http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08 : 50 : 52 +05:30 indianexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/iep/images/logo.gif http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by indianexpress.com http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sena-keeps-crown-as-mns-sp-stay-away/548827/ After back-to back defeats in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the Shiv Sena scored the best consolation win it could have hoped for, retaining the prize post of Mayor in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the country’s richest civic body. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/her-priority-taxes-from-illegal-slumdwellers/548828/ New Mayor Shraddha Jadhav wants illegal slumdwellers in Mumbai to pay taxes. After being sworn in on Tuesday, she said it is necessary to draft a policy to ensure this. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/didnt-want-to-vote-together-abstained-together/548829/ The Samajwadi Party said on Tuesday it had not wanted to vote alongside the MNS, but ended up abstaining alongside the party whose members had assaulted SP MLA Abu Azmi. SP leaders alleged the Congress had sent feelers to MNS for support. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/prosecution-called-me-names-says-kazmi-but-vows-not-to-delay-trial/548830/ Abbas Kazmi spoke out the day after the 26/11 trial court sacked him as Ajmal Kasab’s lawyer, accusing the prosecution of having mocked him. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/after-gafoor-charge-hc-case-against-reluctant-top-cops/548831/ A public interest litigation has been filed in the Bombay High Court, seeking action against some top officers of the Mumbai Police in view of former city police chief Hasan Gafoor’s allegations that they had shirked their duty during the 26/11 terror attacks. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kazmi-cries-foul-says-nikam-humiliated-him-during-26-11-trial/548541/ Abbas Kazmi, who was sacked as the lawyer of Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab by a special trial court, alleged that he had to face humiliation in the court. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/submit-report-on-chinese-toys-hc-tells-centre/548840/ The Bombay High Court has directed the central government to file its report on the assessment of toxicity on imported Chinese toys soon. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/noida-man-held-for-texting-threat-messages-to-city-politicians/548839/ Malad police recently arrested a software engineer of an IT firm in Noida for allegedly sending lewd and threatening text messages to political leaders in the city after the Assembly elections. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/monorail-work-starts-near-arthur-road-jail/548838/ Alarmed with deadline inching closer, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has started trenching work outside Arthur Road Jail for the monorail project. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/extra-building-facilities-to-make-borivali-station-a-major-terminus/548837/ With the construction work on the platform no 6A progressing, the Western Railway is planning to make Borivali station a major terminus.