Mumbai, India News

MUMBAI/NASHIK/PUNE: The assault on Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi by MNS legislators inside Maharashtra assembly and the subsequent suspension today triggered violent protests in several parts of the state.

Four MNS legislators have been suspended for four years after they were charged with assaulting Abu Asim Azmi for his oath in Hindi Hardnews Bureau Those in the corridors of power never shy away from fomenting trouble.

Senior NCP leader R R Patil, who resigned in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks, has got back his old portfolio.

Strengthening security to avert a 26/11-type terror attack will be the top priority of the Maharashtra government, Home Minister R R Patil said in Mumbai on Monday.

Riding high on a 6-7 per cent expected economic growth and signs of global economy gradually bouncing back, India Inc is likely to hire 20-30 per cent more talent in 2010, a top industry official said.

MUMBAI: Allocation of portfolios of the 38 members in the Congress-NCP ministry in Maharashtra has been delayed, apparently due to claims by senior ministers over key departments.

Mumbai had a progeria case in 2003; two-year-old boy looked like an old man In a case in Mumbai in 2003, when the mother of a progeria-affected child heard the prognosis that her two-year-old's head was not going to shrink, that he would never grow hair and his tight, pinched skin wouldn't get softer, she wept.

Going to a bar in Mumbai no longer has to be about getting bitten by mosquitoes or perspiring.

Israeli security elements inspected the security level in India's Goa coast following recent alerts warning of threats to Israelis, the Times of India newspaper reported local security officials as saying.

NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal [ Images ], who will be deputy chief minister, was also sworn in.

The government has yet to grant permission to foreign journalists to cover the Dalai Lama's week-long visit to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh that begins Sunday, saying the applications are still 'under consideration'. The applications by 36 foreign journalists for restricted area permits , mandatory for foreigners wishing to travel to Arunachal ...

Roads were closed, shops shuttered and police on guard in Hasan Abdal, near Pakistan's capital, as about 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims defied advice in order to honour the founder of the faith.

When Ritu Sen, 23, went on a holiday to the Andaman islands, she was the only Indian woman in a swimsuit while others on the beach either wore salwar kameez or saris .

India Gazette Wednesday 4th November, 2009 Energy firm Cairn India, which operates the Mangala crude oil field in Barmer, Rajasthan, Wednesday said it had concluded an initial agreement to sell crude oil to Reliance Industries.

New Delhi, Nov 6 : US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, who is on a visit to India, Friday said she would discuss a "bilateral agenda" on issues concerning women during her stay here.

Organisers of the 11th Mumbai Film Festival have given megastar Amitabh Bachchan a Lifetime Achievement award for completing 40 years in the entertainment industry.

India Gazette Friday 6th November, 2009 Mumbai, Nov 6 : Indian Coast Guard ships conducted an exercise off Mumbai coast on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Pakistani militants intended to strike two elite boarding schools and a New Delhi military academy, Indian newspapers reported yesterday, citing officials and suspects arrested in the United States recently.

When Dhundiraj Govind Phalke decided to make a movie in 1911, he faced ridicule and a severe shortage of funds.

Sanjay Somany, a prominent industrialist, was arrested at the domestic airport in New Delhi after closed-circuit TV cameras indicated that he had stolen a blackberry phone of a passenger, police said on Tuesday.