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For Mumbai’s medical sleuths, crime scene will soon be their classroom

Sunday 25 November '07

Tejas Yadav’s argument during the lively classroom debate is simple.
Mumbai: Father denies having ‘tortured’ daughter

Wednesday 7 November '07

Hanuman Mal Tater says his “only dream” was to make his daughter a “good chartered accountant and finance...
Sr KPMG official held for sexual harassment

Tuesday 9 October '07

The mumbai police on Monday arrested Vikram Uttamsingh (44), partner and head of Finances...
Police help sought to keep Harry Potter’s secret

Wednesday 18 July '07

Even as children all over the world anxiously await the July 21 launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last in the series by J K Rowling
They travel together and ensure no one goes alone

Thursday 12 July '07

When Jatin Dhameliya (27) says he “completes one year of life today”, his friends, fellow passengers on board Wednesday’s Bhayendar Fast, understand.
Lynched Briton’s brother in Mumbai to meet police chief

Tuesday 3 July '07

Six months after British tourist Stephen Bennett was found dead outside Malsai village, Roha, his brother Paul Bennett arrived from the United Kingdom on Monday
In a hostel’s thank-you register, Pratibha Patil has all the votes

Saturday 16 June '07

For 250 working women in Mumbai, hostel set up by Pratibha Patil’s trust 30 years ago is home
Amol was among state’s top shooters

Monday 7 May '07

At 25, Amol Chauhan, a director at Parle Products Private Limited, the biscuit and confectionaries major...
Abhi-Ash wedding: Police tied up in knots

Sunday 29 April '07

The Mumbai Police are conducting an inquiry into allegations that UP Police commandos, who were seen roughing up photojournalists covering the Abhi-Ash wedding...
VSNL suspects its arrested employee of stealing data

Thursday 8 February '07

The arrest of a Tata-owned VSNL employee “for misappropriation of funds” is now developing into “a case of data theft”, according to the Mumbai Police.
Flesh trade to beggar mafia: Mumbai capital for missing children

Tuesday 6 February '07

For over three years now, the Agarwals in central Mumbai have been waiting for their son Raj.
Real Madrid

Sunday 14 January '07

A trip through Spanish beaches and wineries, relishing cider and cubism, gazpacho and Gaudi
2 Indians dead, 12 missing as ship sinks off Iraq

Tuesday 9 January '07

At least a dozen Indians are feared dead after a medium size wooden cargo vessel...
Hated commutes, had decided to make city his home

Friday 5 January '07

At a Christian wedding march accompanied by music, guests are expected to join the newly-weds and walk in pairs.
Retired legal firm executive, migrated to build a life in Mumbai

Tuesday 19 December '06

If the river Bharatpuzha in Kerala’s Malabar region inspired modern Malayalee poets Vallathol and Edasseri to pen some of their more famous works, it also drew young Ramankutty Nair to its banks almost everyday.
An accountant, he was enjoying being a grandfather

Saturday 9 December '06

On December 3 last year, Chandrakanth Mithani broke his daily routine for the first time in 65 years: he left work mid-way. The reason was worth it. His daughter had given birth to a son.
End of a Mumbai dream: 7 mowed down on road they restored

Monday 13 November '06

Six youth in Toyota Corolla run over sleeping migrant labourers, kill 7, leave another dozen seriously injured
ATS probe: Who bought the 7/11 pressure cookers?

Sunday 8 October '06

In the busy bylanes of Santacruz market, a salesman at the home appliances store, Decent Houseware...
71. Vithal Choudhary, 46

Wednesday 27 September '06

Praful's smile is what separates him from the rest of the neighbourhood children his age.
Doting father, he was the family’s window to the world

Sunday 27 August '06

Midnights were their time-outs. He would be back around that time from a day of hard work, while she would be waiting all the while for the doorbell to ring...
She was grieving loss of her sister six months ago

Tuesday 15 August '06

“I think I am ready for Gadbad,” said Nandini, referring to the local ice-cream parlour that served a sinfully cold delight of jelly, cream and custard.
Face of ’93 has faith in Mumbai, wants to return

Thursday 10 August '06

Even his Army days, during which he had to ‘‘dance with death’’ while dealing with the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, could not prepare Brigadier G Natarajan for March 12, 1993.
Education his mantra, didn’t charge rent from coaching class

Tuesday 1 August '06

Besides a travel agency he ran in partnership, Sualeh Shaikh owned two shops at the Asmita Anita Complex on Mira Road. And when Kulwant Singh wanted to rent one of its annexes to start a coaching class, Shaikh agreed readily.
He didn’t give up moped: ‘Won’t be able to feel you close to me’

Thursday 27 July '06

‘‘Are you sure I need this?’’ he asked wife Lakshmi, who had just handed him a men’s fairness and anti-wrinkle cream to try...
‘Doston ka woh azeez tha. Salim toh bas Salim tha’; Last wish: to take mother for Haj

Sunday 23 July '06

Seven blasts on seven trains on 7/11. That’s how they all died. 185 citizens of India. The Indian Express chronicles how they lived
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