Mumbai violence: 22 injured cops still in hospitals
August 12th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) As many as 23 policemen, who were injured during Saturday's mob violence in south Mumbai, continue to be under treatment at various city hospitals while 22 ... Read more...
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Historian Sharada Dwivedi dead (With Image)
February 6th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Noted urban historian and author of several books on the history and culture of Mumbai, Sharada Dwivedi passed away here Monday, a family member said. She ... Read more...
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Maharashtra governor recovering from arterial surgery
January 12th, 2012 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 12 (IANS) Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, who underwent an arterial surgery to remove a clot in his left artery, is making excellent progress and has been shifted ... Read more...
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Cop facing probe into farmer deaths injures himself
November 7th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) A Mumbai deputy commissioner of police - embroiled in the controversy over the death of three protesting farmers in Pune in police firing - Monday suffered ... Read more...
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Filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra dies of cardiac arrest
September 4th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Hollywood-based Indian filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra, who made films like "Bawandar" and "Provoked", died of cardiac arrest Sunday, a doctor said. He was 62.
His last rites were ... Read more...
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Coming to terms with terror, 16 days after bombing
July 29th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) The July 13 bombings in Mumbai have already receded from the front pages, reduced to a concise 13/7 in India's terror annals. But scores of survivors ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts toll climbs to 23 (Lead)
July 23rd, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) The deaths in the July 13 Mumbai triple blasts climbed to 23 Saturday, with another injured person succumbing to his injuries here, a hospital official ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts toll rises to 22
July 23rd, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) The deaths in July 13 Mumbai serial blasts rose to 22 Saturday with another injured succumbing at Sir J.J. Hospital here, officials said.According to the Brihanmumbai ... Read more...
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Another Mumbai blast injured dies, toll 21
July 23rd, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) The toll in last week's Mumbai serial blasts reached 21 Friday with another injured succumbing at the Harkisondas Hospital here, officials said.According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal ... Read more...
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Mumbai triple blasts toll rises to 20 (Lead)
July 19th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) The death toll in the triple blasts has risen to 20 with a critically injured victim succumbing to his injuries at the Sir J.J. Hospital here ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts toll rises to 20
July 19th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) The death toll in last Wednesday's triple blasts has risen to 20 with a critically injured victim succumbing to his injuries at the Sir J.J. Hospital ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts death toll rises to 18
July 15th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) A critically injured victim of Wednesday's triple blasts succumbed to his injuries at Bombay Hospital here Friday evening, taking the toll to 18, an official said.The ... Read more...
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List of those killed in Mumbai bombings
July 14th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Here's a list of the 17 people killed in the Mumbai serial blasts Wednesday, including four who remain unidentified, as procured from various hospitals.Bombay Hospital:1. Himmatbhai ... Read more...
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Private hospitals provide maximum relief to blast victims
July 14th, 2011 - 4:03 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) For the first time, private hospitals played a major role in providing relief and treatment to the victims of Wednesday's triple blasts which claimed 21 ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts: Eight dead identified
July 14th, 2011 - 2:22 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) The authorities had succeeded in identifying eight of the 21 people declared dead in the serial blasts, while five dead were listed as unidentified.The dead identified ... Read more...
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Jamia chancellor, Akbarally’s founder F.T. Khorakiwala dead (Lead)
July 5th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala, the chancellor of New Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia and a business tycoon who founded the Akbarally's chain of department stores in Mumbai, passed ... Read more...
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26/11 was a unique emotional experience: Doctor
November 24th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) He is used to seeing blood and gore every day, but the mayhem wreaked by terrorists in Mumbai was "a unique emotional experience" to Keki ... Read more...
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‘60 percent of heart disease cases to be in India’
July 17th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) India will account for 60 percent of heart disease cases worldwide over the next few years, according to Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan who Saturday said lifestyle diseases were ... Read more...
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Drunk woman driver kills two, injures four in Mumbai (Lead)
January 30th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Two people, including a sub-inspector, were killed and four policemen were injured when a 27-year-old drunk woman driver rammed into their vehicles early Saturday, police said.
The accident occurred ... Read more...
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Drunk driver kills one, injures five cops in Mumbai
January 30th, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) One man was killed and five policemen were injured when a 27-year-old drunk woman driver rammed into their vehicles early Saturday, police said.
The accident occurred just before 1 ... Read more...
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Maharashtra changes Tamiflu protocol, ropes in private hospitals
August 14th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) As Maharashtra reported more swine flu cases, the state government Friday decided to start administering Tamiflu tablets to patients with positive symptoms without waiting for their throat swab ... Read more...
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Noted Marathi litterateur Shantaram Nandgaonkar dead
July 11th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Eminent Marathi poet, writer, lyricist and music director Shantaram Nandgaonkar died here Saturday morning after a long illness, a family member said. He was 75.
Nandgaonkar was suffering from ... Read more...
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Russian flight attendant jumps to death from Mumbai hotel
February 2nd, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) A Russian airline crew member died after jumping from the 16th floor of the Hotel Trident Oberoi here early Monday morning, a police official said. The deceased, identified ... Read more...
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Terror denouement begins as Oberoi cleared, Pranab points to Pakistan (Afternoon Lead)
November 28th, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) Gunfire crackled and explosions rocked south Mumbai Friday as Indian commandos launched a final assault against terrorists who continued their hold on the Taj and the Nariman House, ... Read more...
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Don’t know what was happening: Released foreign hostage (Lead)
November 28th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) "I don't know what was happening," an unidentified woman, who was among some 50 people, mainly foreigners, who were escorted out of the Oberoi-Trident hotel here Friday after ... Read more...
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Over 50 people evacuated from Oberoi Trident Hotel
November 28th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) After 36 hours of a gunbattle with terrorists at the Oberoi Trident Hotel here, security forces evacuated at least 50 people, mostly foreigners, from there Friday morning.The people ... Read more...
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V.P. Singh, former PM and champion of social justice, dead (Second Lead)
November 27th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Former prime minister V.P. Singh, who launched a bold initiative in social engineering while heading the country's first coalition government during 1989-90, died here after battling kidney ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh opposition leader injured in car accident (Lead)
September 17th, 2008 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 17 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Leader of Opposition Jamuna Devi suffered fractures in her leg and hand Wednesday evening when the car in which she was travelling collided head-on with another ... Read more...
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India’s former chief justice Y.V. Chandrachud dead
July 14th, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Former chief justice of India Justice Y.V. Chandrachud died here Monday morning following a brief illness, an official said. Chandrachud was 88. His son, Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud, is ... Read more...
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V.P. Singh’s 77th birthday passes unnoticed
June 25th, 2008 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Former prime minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh celebrated his 77th birthday Wednesday at his bed at Delhi's Apollo Hospital, without the political class queueing up to greet him ... Read more...
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V P Singh hospitalized in Mumbai
June 6th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, June 6 (ANI): Former Prime Minister V P Singh has been admitted to the intensive care unit of Bombay hospital.
Singh is suffering from kidney and heart problems.
Dean of the ... Read more...
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Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh undergoes heart surgery
May 10th, 2008 - 3:43 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh has undergone heart surgery at the Escorts hospital here, a doctor said Saturday. According to sources at the Escorts Heart Institute and Research ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena MP Prakash Paranjpe dead
February 21st, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by admin
Thane, Feb 21 (IANS) Shiv Sena MP Prakash Paranjpe has died of throat cancer at his Thane residence. He was 60. The end for the three-time Lok Sabha member came around 11.45 ... Read more...
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