The police, however, said that Maru was killed when he inhaled excessive oxygen that oozed out of the cylinder.
What Indrani doesn't know is that even if she is handed down a sentence of not guilty by the judge at the end of the long and meandering Sheena Bora murder trial, for India's legion of armchair judges, she will always be guilty. She won't be able to change that. Ever.
The warmest reception came from his soon-to-be ex wife Indrani, who on spying him getting out of the lift, muttered an "Oh dear!" and walked over to him, trailed by her police guards, wreathed in high-wattage smiles.
In this emerging trend, doctors are joining hands with venture capitalists, drug firms and medical equipment vendors to set up advanced medical care facilities at low costs.
So who stands to benefit the most by a weak Opposition? What's behind the sudden public spat between the two parties?
IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi was questioned by IT and Enforcement Directorate officials on Thursday.
In this emerging trend, doctors are joining hands with venture capitalists, drug firms and medical equipment vendors to set up advanced medical care facilities at low costs.
Before Maharashtra assembly commence its first session of Legislature, a political debate has started between the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and its rival Samajwadi Party with the SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi demanding the House agenda in Hindi.
As Mumbaities bids adieu to Lord Ganesha on the final day of the festival, Rediff's Hitesh Harisinghani and Satish Bordes speak to lifeguards of city's beaches.
The Shiv Sena executive president was at his aggressive best while dissecting the Shiv Sena's recent electoral debacle, at a press conference on Monday.
A major fire has been reported at Gulmohar Mill situated on Dadasaheb Phalke Marg in the Dadar area of central Mumbai. At press time no serious casualty has been reported, nor has anyone been trapped in the fire, the Mumbai fire brigade said.
The court asked the city's civic body to bring its house in order.
Fisticuff fans of Mumbai would have the rare chance to witness the cream of Indian boxing in the fourth Super Cup Inter-Zonal National Boxing Championships next week.
Cook is scheduled to meet top honchos of India Inc later during the day
"Water logging was reported in central Mumbai's Byculla, Parel, Mahalaxmi, Mahim, Goregaon and Milan Subway in the western suburbs following the rains," a Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) official said.
'It's still very early. I have just been handed over the matter and therefore I haven't formed any views on it as yet,' Justice B N Srikrishna tells Pavan Lall.
President Pratibha Patil's son Rajendra alias Raosaheb Shekhawat is pitching for a Congress ticket to contest from the Amravati Assembly seat in Vidarbha.
The Maharashtra government is embarking on a major police recruitment drive and the process to induct 15,000 personnel will soon be initiated to augment security in the state, which faces terror and Naxal threats.
Sakshi and Rohit managed to make it out of the Kamala Mills fire and get themselves treated for burns.
Family members of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in a Pakistani prison, on Saturday met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, her husband Baldev Singh and Sarabjit's daughter Swapandeep Kaur met Raj at his residence in central Mumbai.Describing their plight to Raj, Dalbir alleged that the government was not making the required efforts to seek Sarabjit's release.
Thomas Ninad's bank account was defrauded of Rs 14 lakh under mysterious circumstances.
A 38-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the wee hours of Tuesday and her husband seriously injured after being robbed by two motorcycle-borne persons at Parel in central Mumbai, according to the police. The victims, Beena and Jitin Dedia, were taking a morning walk at approximately 5.45 am when the masked robbers intercepted them and snatched their ornaments and other belongings, they said.
The sun is a tiny speck in the mid-day sky. Raging below is a fire in Mumbai's Gold Mohur Mills, a defunct cloth mill in the Dadar East district of Central Mumbai.
Third attempt to get more buyers, property market still quite depressed.
'My biggest contribution is the creation of the first 'modern Indian law firm',' Cyril Shroff tells Sudipto Dey.
Upset over refusal of nomination from Mahim constituency for the October 13 assembly elections, Shiv Sena MLA from the city Sada Sarvankar joined the Congress on Thursday.
Two eye witnesses in the 26/11 terror attacks case testified before the court on Monday, saying they saw a powerful car bomb exploding at Mazgaon in central Mumbai, killing three persons. The taxi driver and two occupants, Zarina and Rima, died in the blast while 19 others including one of the witnesses Abdul Salim Shaikh were injured, they told the court.
Student says that the computer-based CAT is great but a few small glitches might cost you an entire year.
'There was the indisputable fact that Savarkar knew Godse, Apte and Karkare well, he had corresponded with them closely, and funded their extremely provocative newspaper, and they looked up to him as their icon.'
The fair saw children with their parents, their faces beaming as they took in the treats on offer. Then there was the other side -- child labourers selling trinkets to earn a buck, oblivious of the joyrides around them.
Ever since Mekhail had first entered the courtroom, he had, it would seem, never once looked at his mother, though they were a few metres away from each other. Curiosity, residual regard, memories, anger, none of it, could make him even look at the woman who gave birth to him. Was his hatred so overpowering?
Indrani called her personal assistant Kajal Sharma from the UK, May 3, 2012, and told her she had to sign Sheena's resignation letter as if she was Sheena signing it. But she had to first practice the signature and send Indrani proof of her proficiency in signing Sheena's name before sending the letter off. Sharma said she was reluctant and told the court that she told Indrani as much, but Indrani demanded it of her.
'If Mr Modi continues growing as a Hindu Hriday Samrat, better that it is done by restoring ancient temples than demolishing medieval mosques,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Maruti Warke's basic understanding illustrated how far outside the system most less privileged Indians are -- simple, innocent people barely but admirably eking out an existence, with almost no knowledge of their surroundings or owning even the basic smarts to go about life. The same people who instinctively and often astutely vote governments into and out of office in New Delhi without knowing the entire reality of this country. The folks who are actually the essence of India.
The Mumbai police, along with a group of enthusiastic citizens including Mumbai Sheriff Indu Shani, combed commercial complexes, malls, office buildings and residential premises in south and south-central Mumbai to identify and get rid of unsecured Wi-Fi connections in the city, following terrorist attacks last year.Terror mails were sent via unsecured Wi-Fi connections before the Delhi and Ahmedabad serial blasts also.
In Mumbai, developers like the R K Jatia and Lodha groups have launched or reopened ultra luxury residential projects, complete with limousine and concierge services.
It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours.
'Every traffic police station in the city has a policeman designated unofficially as the 'cashier.' 'His job is to collect the bribes and, at the end of every month, distribute this money among the cops according to rank.'
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According to sources close to the development, the ministry feels that the National Textile Corporation (NTC), which has put the land on sale, will get better prices than the bid put in by Lodha Developers. The company, which had initially placed a bid of Rs 657.90 crore (Rs 6.57 billion), later hiked it to Rs 710 crore (Rs 7.1 billion), following a request from NTC.
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