Global banking major Citigroup has stuck the biggest property deal in recent years in the country by paying a hefty Rs 985 crore (Rs 9.85 billion) for six floors in the upcoming First International Financial Centre (FIFC) Tower at the coveted Bandra-Kurla Complex, to house its country headquarters.
Hazare, who reached Mumbai on Monday night from his village Ralegan Siddhi, paid respects at Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Juhu before proceeding to the fast venue, MMRDA ground, in suburban Bandra in a rally.
The security at the ground of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex will comprise 2,000 constables, 200 sub-inspectors of police, six platoons of state reserve police force, three teams of Quick Response Team and two Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads.
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Coming down heavily on Team Anna's agitation, the Bombay high court on Friday said it can't allow "parallel canvassing" when Parliament is seized with debate on Lokpal Bill and questioned its decision to seek exemption from charges to use MMRDA grounds for Anna Hazare's proposed fast.
The father of a four-year-old girl, who was raped and killed in Quepem town of Goa, has refused to perform the final rites of the body till his demand for justice is met. He demanded that the 22-year-old accused should be given the death penalty.
Corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar, who was arrested for mowing down two people in Mumbai allegedly under the influence of alcohol, has moved a suburban Kurla Magistrate court challenging the applicability of the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against her.
The Goa police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly raping and murdering a four-year-old girl in Quepem town, 80 km away from Panaji. The victim, who hails from Kurla in Mumbai, was on a vacation in Goa at her grandparent's place in Quepem. While the incident happened on Sunday, her body was recovered from an under-construction building in the town on Tuesday.
"We have filed a 560-page charge sheet against the accused. We have made it a watertight case," said an official of the police department.
After the shocking incident of a woman losing her newborn due to the apathy of civic doctors, the administration has initiated an inquiry and suspended the doctors concerned.
As the number of cases crossed 2,56,000 with more than 7,100 fatalities, according to Union health ministry figures, and the country made a calibrated exit from the lockdown in non-containment zones, shop shutters in many malls went up for the first time since March 25 but the sprawling retail places were eerily empty.
The turnout at Mumbai's MMRDA ground may have fallen short of Team Anna's expectations, but there was no dearth of enthusiasm or anti-establishment rhetoric at the venue, finds Sanchari Bhattcharya
Team Anna has firmly laid claim to the stage set inside the MMRDA grounds in Bandra-Kurla Complex. However, post noon barely 10-15 per cent of the ground had been occupied by the supporters. IAC volunteers are confident that the crowds will grow as the day and protest progresses, reports Toral Varia Deshpande.
The MMRDA ground in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai awaits the arrival of Anna Hazare, who is expected to reach here on December 26 for his three-day protest fast against government's "weak" Lokpal Bill.
At a time when the government claims there's hardly any evidence of intolerance in the country, an incident involving a family of four being evicted by fellow patrons from a cinema hall in Mumbai for allegedly not standing up when the national anthem was being played, makes us think otherwise.
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A police constable from Kalyan has been suspended for ignoring a 'tip-off' by a citizen over Mumbai serial blasts that killed 19 people and injured over 130, a senior officer said on Sunday.
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Anna Hazare and his team is all set to commence its three day fast at Mumbai's MMRDA grounds. Anna Hazare has personally appealed to people for donations to be able to pay the rent rates for the ground. With the fast venue almost finalised, the task of maintaining law and order clearly cut out for the Mumbai police. Rediff.com's Toral Varia Deshpande spoke to Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik.
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In an apparent bid to offset BJP candidate Pragya Thakur's controversial statement against slain IPS officer Hemant Karkare, Modi heaped praises on Mumbai police.
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A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Howrah-Kurla Express near Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh by an unidentified man who gave her a Rs 10 note after committing the crime before dumping her at the railway station, the police said on Sunday quoting her.
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The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi has called for the statewide shutdown to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens. Barring stray incidents of stone pelting and attempt to disrupt road traffic in Mumbai, there was not much impact of the bandh in the metropolis.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council will meet on November 17 at the Mumbai Cricket Association's Recreation Centre at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, a Cricket Board official said.
The girl was left with a fractured nose after a man allegedly hit her repeatedly for asking him and his friends not to argue among themselves loudly in Kurla-Nehru Nagar
A local court on Wednesday deferred till Monday the hearing of bail application filed by corporate lawyer Janhavi Gadkar who is accused of mowing down two persons while driving under the influence of alcohol.
Fishplates were found and removed at the spot where the Mumbai-bound Gyaneswari Express derailed early on Friday morning leaving several dead, a senior police official said.
The Indian Premier League's Governing Council will meet in Mumbai on January 5 to discuss details of the player auctions, on January 8-9 in Bangalore.
In a bid to ease traffic congestion and reduce commuter woes in the metropolis, the Maharashtra government has decided to launch 'share-an-auto' service in the Mumbai suburbs beginning next week.
FMC has been asked to go ahead with the appointment of 20 experts, which the commission had sought earlier.
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