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Pay and bark: Dog owners told to give extra society charge

Two sisters in Malad have taken on their housing society for charging them extra maintenance for their two pet dogs. The sisters, Aarti and Deepti Hiranandani, residents of New Gitanjali Housing Society in Raheja township, are being charged Rs 300 extra...

City’s shit plot turns into Dilli haat-style showcase for culture

A city built on twin pillars of business and Bollywood is set to get a giant dose of culture, with a sprawling plot in the heart of Mumbai being turned into a dedicated hub that will showcase slices of history, craft and cuisine from all corners...

Battle for BMC: Cong brings out big guns to fight Sena-BJP in city

If there were any doubt about the Congress's seriousness about dislodging Sena-BJP from the BMC, this should settle it -- the party is summoning all its firepower from Delhi for the February 16 election to the municipal corporation. While in...

14 cctv cameras to watch over every sq km of your city

Three years, one month and 28 days after 26/11 terror attacks, the state government has finally cleared the proposal to buy 6,000 CCTV cameras to put Mumbai under London-style surveillance. This means that on an average 14 new cameras will keep an eye on every...

TDR panic spreads: Worried docs want out of TB hospital

Barely two weeks after it was revealed that the most dangerous strain of the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria has found its way into Mumbai, Asia's largest TB hospital in Sewri is battling another problem: worried about contracting the virus, several staff members...

HIV+ve patient kills self by jumping off hospital building

A 39-year-old HIV patient, who had tried to commit suicide on January 9 by jumping off the fourth floor of the hospital where he was being treated, died on Saturday. The death has sparked off a debate in the medical fraternity regarding the...

CBI officer wants £ 50,000 from A-I for 12-hour torture

A senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer has sued Air India for £50,000 (Rs 39 lakh), accusing the national carrier of in human treatment, flying with an underqualified pilot and providing false information. CBI DIG Praveen Salunkhe’s complaint...

Colaba psycho bashed 3-year-old girl for an hour after killing her

Less than 24 hours after the body of three-year-old Karishma Chavan was found near Nariman Point Fire Brigade Depot on Wednesday, cops and JJ doctors, who carried out a post-mortem, agree there is possibly a psycho killer on the loose in the...

Angry HC pulls up burking cops: Filing FIR is not a ‘favour’

The Bombay High Court has come down heavily on the state police machinery, slamming their repeated reluctance to file FIRs despite clear directions, and asking the Home Secretary to step in and sort out the issue of burking. Burking is a technique...

Oprah followed by dance & much drama

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey spent Tuesday afternoon walking around Colaba with Gregory David Roberts, the author of Shantaram, to get a sense of life in Mumbai. Though by then she had already been handed a generous slice of its nightlife...