Slowdown effect: Bounced cheques fill magistrates’ plate

Monday 2 March '09

Magistrates in Mumbai have an uphill task dealing with the enormous number of cheque-bouncing cases filed in the past six months.

Terror kingpin claims Express 187-lives series changed his heart — for a while

Saturday 28 February '09

Suspected Indian Mujahideen kingpin Sadik Sheikh, arrested for his alleged role in a string of bomb blasts around the country since the 7/11 attacks on Mumbai’s local trains.....

Movie for a Malady

Monday 23 February '09

In the summer of 2001, two teenagers, Radhika Iyengar and Kinjal Mehta, suffered from an eating disorder where the victim fears putting on weight.

Mosque firing cop booked

Friday 20 February '09

Just a day before a sessions court in Mumbai acquitted Farooq Mapkar of all the charges levelled against him for rioting at Hari Masjid on January 10, 1993...

A decade later, wait for Ambedkar statue ends, not hunt for justice

Monday 16 February '09

A decade after the desecration of the statue of Dr B R Ambedkar at Ramabai Nagar Colony in Ghatkopar, it’s back on its pedestal.

Hari Masjid case: CBI FIR soon, victim-turned-complainant elated

Wednesday 11 February '09

It’s the first step towards justice, said Farooq Mapkar as he stepped out of the CBI office on Tuesday, the first day he was summoned, not as an accused but as the complainant in the Hari Masjid firing case.

A year after MNS attacks, cops still to act against Raj

Thursday 5 February '09

Exactly a year ago, Raj Thackeray’s MNS took to streets of Mumbai, launching a virulent campaign against migrants from north India.

On Dwivedi’s laptop: jehadi text, videoclips, one on Iraq, another on Sonia

Thursday 22 January '09

Videos of execution of hostages in Iraq, documents about jehad, Sonia Gandhi, CRPF in Kashmir, destruction of temples and press statements about the Amarnath Yatra....

Steeped in ignorance and nowhere to flee from stigma

Sunday 18 January '09

When Kaidar Bangera, a construction worker in Panvel realised the intensity of his ailment in September last, he returned to his native place in Bidar district of north Karnataka.

Goof-up: cops linked 26/11 to Indian Mujahideen earlier also

Tuesday 6 January '09

Last week, an embarrassed Mumbai Police Crime Branch had retracted an attempt by one of its investigating officers to link the 26/11 terror attacks...

Linked blasts: 1 officer, 1 error, 2 times

Tuesday 6 January '09

Last week, an embarrassed Mumbai Police Crime Branch had retracted an attempt by one of its investigating officers to link the 26/11 terror attacks to the Indian Mujahideen men blamed for the Delhi and Ahmedabad blasts last year, calling it an “internal error by a well-meaning officer”.

16 yrs on, another riots victim looks for justice

Tuesday 30 December '08

Inspired by the ruling in favour of Farooq Mapkar, a victim and accused in the Hari Masjid firing case during the 1992-93 Mumbai riots, another victim’s family has set out to seek justice from the Bombay High Court.

Separated at a hotel that brought them together

Friday 26 December '08

“I guess you wanted to marry the Taj and you settled down with me.” This might was a silly joke to Sunu till a month back, however today this joke forms one of the most cherished memories that she is left with, a month after losing her husband to terrorists at the Taj.

Finally, legal advisers to help police build tight cases

Tuesday 23 December '08

With the 26/11 terror attacks having once again raised calls for improvements in the policing system...

Hari Masjid ‘accused’ who became crusader

Monday 22 December '08

He is modest and available to help everyone. But the moment he encounters injustice, Farooq Mapkar becomes a different man, a hard nut to crack.

60-year-old alleges discrimination by Haj committee, moves court

Sunday 7 December '08

Calling it a commercial exploitation and discrimination towards the common man, a sixty-year-old pilgrim has now decided to take on the Haj committee that restricted her from visting Haj through the committee for next five years.

Kasab may find it really tough getting a lawyer

Thursday 4 December '08

In 2002, away from the media glare, when Saquib Nachen was produced before the Bhiwandi Magistrate court, no lawyer was ready to defend the accused.

In hospitals, shock etched in every corner

Friday 28 November '08

He wore a red checkered shirt with a white tee inside. He was quiet handsome. He resembled my son Harshal,” said Sangeeta Sardar...

‘They killed my family, I could do nothing’

Friday 28 November '08

Every face at the civic hospitals of Mumbai spoke of anxiety and endless wait and pain.

Nanded blast was an accident, police tell SHRC

Wednesday 26 November '08

If the police are to be believed, the 2007 blast in Nanded in which two people died was an accident.

Muslims mastermind all acts of terror, Hindu action a mere retaliation: Dhule cops on riot

Monday 17 November '08

While the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad questions suspected radical Hindus who it alleges masterminded the September 29 Malegaon blast, policemen probing the October 5 riots in Dhule, while seeking remand of one of the riot accused, have stated.

Cops cite SMSes, calls as proof against Raj

Friday 24 October '08

In a bid to nail Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, the Mumbai Police appear to have more than his slogans that indicate his involvement in the violence on October 19 and later.

Raj out on bail, no special treatment in lock-up, say cops

Thursday 23 October '08

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray got bail within minutes of being taken into judicial custody for two weeks...

Now, state wants Raj’s earlier bail cancelled

Wednesday 22 October '08

Following the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday

Alive and Leapfrogging

Monday 20 October '08

Introduced three years ago in the city and with hundreds of students already enrolled, Brazilian dance and self-defence art form Capoeira is quite the rage in Mumbai.