Bullet marks bring flood of visitors to Leopold

Monday 29 December '08

In 2003, when Gregory David Roberts came out with his debut novel Shantaram...

Leopold to preserve bullet marks, strengthen security

Saturday 27 December '08

Leopold Café immortalised by Gregory David Roberts’ Shantaram and that became the first target of the 26/11 attacks a month ago saw a sombre Christmas this year.

Post 26/11, no X’mas party for Kandhamal family in Mumbai

Thursday 25 December '08

For Solomon Cecil, 32, and his family tragedy is nothing new. This family of four moved to the city from Orissa after being brutally attacked...

Evicted from Kandhamal, family mourns 26/11 attack on second home

Thursday 25 December '08

For thirty-two-year old Solomon Cecil and his family tragedy is nothing new. This family of four moved to the city from Orissa after being brutally attacked during the Kandhamal attacks and made Mumbai their second home.

Santa plays hide & seek

Thursday 25 December '08

Terror and the economic crisis have cast their shadow on Christmas with Santa Claus and his bag of goodies missing from many malls and restaurants.

Lack of coordination hurt lifelines during attacks

Wednesday 24 December '08

The 26/11 attacks made heroes out of ordinary mortals who fought to save lives. But for Dr Khazim Sayed (of Dial 1298 for Ambulance services)...

To be in top gear, civic body wants emergency vehicles

Wednesday 24 December '08

Almost a month after the 26/11 terror attacks, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

High-end playgrounds for three civic schools proposed

Tuesday 23 December '08

Children studying in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s schools have a reason to smile now.

‘Train nuisance dogs to guard govt offices’

Tuesday 23 December '08

Three days after the Bombay High Court ordered death for rabid and nuisance-causing stray dogs...

Day after HC order, BMC plans humane death for stray dogs

Sunday 21 December '08

A day after the Bombay High Court ordered to kill rabid and nuisance causing stray dogs, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

Comeback day for Taj, Trident

Sunday 21 December '08

Seventy-three-year old Joan Desai from Switzerland is glad that her “Indian” home, the Trident Hotel, will be back in action.

Cheers! Taj, Trident reopen today

Sunday 21 December '08

Seventy-three-year old Joan Desai from Switzerland is glad that her “Indian” home, the Trident Hotel, will be back in action.

Plans afoot for ‘humane’ death of stray dogs

Sunday 21 December '08

A day after the Bombay High Court ordered to kill rabid and nuisance causing stray dogs, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

Former civic chief slams mayor, BMC for being invisible, insensitive post 26/11

Friday 19 December '08

Former municipal commissioner S S Tinaikar on Thursday lashed out at Mayor Shubha Raul and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for being ‘invisible’ after the 26/11 terror attacks and not coming out to show solidarity with the city.

Lower water tax for buildings without occupational certificates: Mayor

Thursday 18 December '08

In a bid to bring some relief to residents who live in buildings which do not have an Occupational Certificate, Mayor Shubha Raul has written a letter to the BMC, asking the administration to bring down water tax...

Colaba Causeway gives shoppers a reason to smile

Wednesday 17 December '08

Shopping at Colaba Causeway had almost always been an ordeal for 25-year-old Ayesha Abraham.

BMC to beef up security at HQ, plans mock drills

Tuesday 16 December '08

Three weeks after the 26/11 attacks, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to leave no stone unturned to beef up security in and around its headquarters in the CST.

She came here to make life better, 26/11 left her a scarred widow

Wednesday 10 December '08

Tetri Devi sits wistfully at her dilapidated ‘home’ staring at a huge cane basket while tears roll down from her eyes.

Close-up experience of Taj horror scars Byculla firemen for life

Friday 5 December '08

Even over a week after 26/11 terror attacks in the city, the hundred odd firemen, who battled the nearly 62-hour siege to rescue hostages at the Taj Hotel, the brutality of the violence is still fresh in their minds.

Deprived of TV sets, they logged on to net for terror updates

Thursday 4 December '08

In a city that was hooked to the 24/7 news coverage of the violence and tragedy that it was subject to last week, television was undoubtedly the most popular medium among Mumbai’s citizens...

His expressions spoke louder than words

Monday 1 December '08

The six-year-old, Sachin Santosh Singh wears a vacant look on his face as he stares at all the visitors and doctors coming to his ward at JJ Hospital. Unmindful of the number of patients still trickling into his ward and what exactly happened...

French couple, the first to get killed at Tiffin’s

Sunday 30 November '08

For French couple Mourad (49) and Loumia Amarsy (47), a night of revelry and fun dinner at Tiffin’s restaurant in Oberoi was their last.

Bell boy first victim at Trident, his brother lucky

Friday 28 November '08

Ever smiling and hard working, that's how the staff of Oberoi Trident hotel remember bell boy Sanjay Surve...

Door-to-door sale of fish a bane for fisherwomen’s business

Thursday 27 November '08

For fifty-year-old Vatsala Kavale, the word ‘recession’ does not hold any meaning.

‘Mumbai Heritage Walk’ for expatriates, locals

Wednesday 26 November '08

In an effort to give the expatriates a Mumbaiya taste, the Indian Merchants’ Chamber...