When I heard the judge’s verdict, I thought I had been shot once again
Four years after she was shot at six times from point blank range, and four days after a sessions court dropped the attempt-to-murder charge against her brother, Lorna D'Souza revealed that she had been left shattered by the verdict, and added that while "the...
Members of probe panel use plush cars paid for by under-scanner MMRDA
The three-member Adarsh Inquiry Commission seems to be carrying on with the spirit of give and take between bureaucrats that made Adarsh one of the murkiest scams in recent memory.
Information gathered through an RTI application filed by Mumbai Mirror...
Poonawalla runs into bad luck ahead of the Sunday Indian Derby
Cyrus Poonawalla's challenge at the Indian Derby got into trouble at the very first hurdle. And it was the kind of trouble he could do very little about. A publicity gimmick, that involved meddling with the club's rulebook, left Hills and Stars (the derby...
How govt protected corrupt by sitting on sanction to prosecute
A recent Supreme Court ruling, which has asked the Central government to set a deadline for giving a green light for prosecution in corruption cases involving public servants, has come as a shot in the arm for the State Anti-Corruption Bureau. Earlier...
It just got verse
The Indian cricketers have not just been playing some pretty average cricket in Australia, they've been writing some rather ordinary poetry as well. Proof of this can be found on the white board in the visitors' dressing room at the Sydney Cricket...
NTC wants its share: Mill for Ambedkar, now what about us?
While the Centre has agreed in principle to give the entire 12.5-acre Indu Mills plot for construction of an Ambedkar memorial, the National Textile Corporation, which owns the Dadar mill, is not giving up the plot so easily. The NTC last week...
Tease, maar kha!
He may be shooting thousands of miles away in Cuba but the aura of Salman Khan was presiding over the most interesting maar-dhaad in recent memory. On Monday morning, at a suburban night club where Sanjay Dutt had thrown a party to celebrate...
To trump low-cost airlines, touts, CR doubles tatkal slice
Central Railway has some good news for people who find it impossible to plan their train travel in advance. In a bid to make the most of increasing demand and cut the clout wielded by touts, the railways has decided to effectively double the quota of tatkal...
Citizen vs Citizen
Citizen candidates in the forthcoming elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation are facing tough competition from an unexpected quarter - other citizen candidates. As candidatures get finalised and the last day of filing nominations...
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...