Tag: Mumbai
Proud moment! Gujarat beat Mumbai, win their maiden Ranji Trophy
In a historic moment, Parthiv Patel led his team Gujarat to a maiden Ranji Trophy after beating Mumbai by five wickets in Indore. Gujarat beat defending champions who have 41 titles to their name. Needing 312 runs to win, Gujarat started their innings on the final day at 47/0 with[Read More…]
Mumbai: Fire breaks out in Air India building
A massive fire broke out at Air India building, Marine Drive in Mumbai, on early Tuesday, with no casualties being reported so far. The firemen brought the fire under control at around 9 am and said that no one injured in the occurrence. It is commercial 23 floor building with[Read More…]
Mumbai dentist stabs wife, sits beside her body for 3 hours
A dentist from Mumbai’s Matunga area stabbed his 36-year-old wife to death following an argument over finances on Sunday. According to reports, to make matters worse, Umesh Babole then sat by the body for three hours before calling the police to inform them of his crime. On Sunday morning, Umesh[Read More…]
Helicopter crashes in Aarey colony in Mumbai, 1 woman dead
A helicopter crashed in Aarey colony of Goregaon in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon. Reportedly one woman died in the tragic incident. According to media reports, The helicopter ‘Robinson R44’ crashed in Filter Pada area of Aarey Colony in Goregaon. The accident took place around 12:15 PM. At least four people[Read More…]
‘Narendra Modi app’ hacked; 7 million user data under threat?
Raising questions over the cyber security of country, a 22-year-old Mumbai-based hacker claimed that he hacked the Narendra Modi app. According to YourStory, Javed Khatri a mobile app developer from Mumbai, mailed to the portal on Dec 1 saying that he had hacked the app. “I am able to access[Read More…]
Callers for dollars: Inside Thane’s scam call centers
As many as 1500 people lost more than USD 300 million in an “enormous and complex fraud” running since 2013 in India, US Justice Department said. The department last month brought grand jury charges against 56 people in India and the United States for “telefraud” scams run from fake call[Read More…]
“I’m not Coldplay”
A comedian named Chris Martin was confused after he gained 500 Twitter followers post Coldplay band concert in Mumbai. He has same name as the lead singer of band. “To the 500 Indian followers I gained in the last day I’m not in Coldplay.” He also updated his Twitter profile[Read More…]
Mumbai Police wins over Twitterati with their post on the Coldplay concert
Coldplay is here! Indian fans of the band have been going crazy about the Mumbai concert. The Global Citizen Festival which takes place on Saturday at MMRDA Grounds, in Bandra-Kurla Complex is going to witness a really big crowd swarming from all parts of the country with many big Bollywood[Read More…]
Tragic! Man allegedly poisons 3 daughters, kills self in Mumbai
In an unfortunate incident, a 40-year-old man on Saturday allegedly committed suicide after poisoning his three minor daughters in suburban Andheri in Mumbai over a property dispute with his family. A resident of Mohili Village in Sakinaka Pipeline area, Manesh Aanerao along with his three daughters was found unconscious this[Read More…]
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup dates confirmed, from Oct 6-28; draw on July 7
The FIFA under-17 World Cup in 2017, which will be held in India, officially has six venues now after the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata was ratified by the FIFA delegation after an inspection on Tuesday. The other five venues that had been ratified before Kolkata are Kochi, Mumbai, Goa,[Read More…]
Mumbai man runs over stray dog for peeing on his car
A man in Vasai ran over a sleeping stray dog inside his housing society, dragged it under his wheels for a few feet, coolly parked his car and went home. Reason behind the atrocity – the dog peed on the man’s new car. Bala Mani, a Facebook user, shared a[Read More…]
Mumbai RTI activist shot dead after petitions target illegal constructions, 2 held
Bhupendra Vira, a 60-year-old RTI activist was shot dead in his home at Vakola, Mumbai on Saturday evening. Many of his applications targeted a former corporator over illegal constructions in some areas and the corporator had received an order from the Lokayukta hours before the murder that four of his[Read More…]
Five-storey building collapses in Bandra, four persons dead
In a tragic turn of events, four people have died after a five-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Bandra East this afternoon, say officials. The incident took place as the wall of a five-storied building collapsed in the slums of Behrampada, trapping four to five people underneath it. It was around[Read More…]
Lucky escape: 16-yr-old saves friend from being run over by train
A teenager saved his friend from being run over by a train at Kurla station when both of them were heading for home in Dombivli on Wednesday. As the train chugged into platform number 1A, the duo, Virendra Pokle (16) and Sarvesh Dhere (16), started walking in the opposite direction.[Read More…]
Mumbai youth climbs 3 floors with sword to avenge mother’s insult
Taking anger to a different horizon, a Mumbai youngster tried to attack his neighbour to avenge an insult to his mother in a housing society at Bhayandar on Wednesday evening. According to the police, the incident occurred at the sprawling Planetaria Complex in Bhayandar (west). In a fit of rage,[Read More…]
Uran intrusion: Suspect’s sketch released after armed men spotted near Naval base
A day after Mumbai’s Naval base at Uran was alerted after school children saw “men carrying weapons,” a sketch was released based on these accounts. Forces have been combing the area and NSG has been roped in to catch the intruders. The students’ report sent the Navy into the highest[Read More…]
Indian Navy put on high alert after 4 men carrying weapons spotted near Mumbai naval base
The Uran Naval facility in Mumbai has been put on ‘highest alert’ after four men were spotted moving suspiciously near a Naval facility in Uran close to Mumbai. The men were spotted by school children in Uran. The students said they saw 4 men in black dresses at around 11 am talking[Read More…]
Travel from Mumbai to Goa in just 6 hours soon, says Nitin Gadkari
Mumbaikars travelling to Goa by road may soon take only six hours! Union Minister for Roads Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari made the announcement during the launch of a construction of a new four-lane concrete highway. “It will soon take only six-hours to travel between Goa and Mumbai with the[Read More…]
Monsoon mayhem: Rains bring Mumbai to a standstill, traffic halted
Heavy rainfall in Mumbai has disrupted normal life in the last 48 hours with the weatherman predicting rainfall at regular intervals in the next 24 hours. From Wednesday 8 am to 8 am this morning, the city recorded 84.7 mm rainfall, western suburbs recorded 95.89 mm, while eastern suburbs registered[Read More…]
Don’t save, just sign up for ‘FREE’ as Coldplay confirms gig in India
A day after social media went berserk over rumoured astronomical ticket prices, Global Citizen announces Coldplay’s debut India show in Mumbai on 19 November this year will be free. After several media reports that led to inaccurate coverage about expensive ticket prices and which city would host Chris Martin and[Read More…]
Love Coldplay? Shell out ₹5 lakh for their debut India gig
Up and up and up! no it is not the lyrics of Coldplay song but is is the ticket prices of Coldplay’s India gig that just escalated to ₹5 lakhs. A good news for all Coldplay fans- the band IS coming to India in November to perform its debut gig.[Read More…]
Eknath Khadse breaks silence, says county will shake if he opens his mouth
While speaking for the first time after his resignation as a revenue minister following series of allegations, Eknath Khadse, veteran BJP politician from Maharashtra, said on Thursday that the country would shake if he opened his mouth. Khadse was compelled to quit for his alleged connection with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.[Read More…]
Mumbai car density rises 56% in last 6 years: Govt data
The state transport ministries data has revealed that Mumbai has the highest number of private cars on roads among others. According to the data, Mumbai has 430 cars/km of road which has spiked almost 56% in last 6 years. Maharashtra’s Mumbai has the highest density of private cars on the[Read More…]