Gautam S. Mengle

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Octroi scam worth crores: ACB

The Anti-Corruption Bureau’s evaluation of the trucks seized in its recent raids on octroi nakas across the city has indicated that octroi worth crores was being evaded on a daily basis across the cit

Cops: Have evidence for MCOCA in temple theft

Less than a month after arresting six accused in the Dive Agar Suvarnaganesh idol robbery, the Raigad police claims to have gathered enough evidence to charge the four main accused under the stringent

ACB conducts mass raid at four octroi nakas in city

In one of its biggest operations this year, the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday morning conducted simultaneous surprise raids at four octroi nakas and four godowns in Mumbai, seized 31 vehicles carr

HL: Life’s flavours on the last train to Karjat

Mumbai is known to be a city of spirit, famous for finding solutions to its everyday inconveniences.

Court rejects interim bail of Shirdi trustees

In a development that spells more trouble for the three controversial trustees of the Shirdi Sai Baba Santhan, a local court in Kopargaon on Friday cancelled their interim bail, making them liable for

2 traders stuck in China losing hope

While diplomatic dialogue and legal intricacies drag on with no end in sight, Indian traders Shyamsunder Agrawal and Deepak Raheja, stuck in China for the last five months, are steadily slipping into

Peas worth lakhs stolen from docks

The police has initiated inquiries into the disappearance of more than 400 metric tones of imported white peas worth `94 lakh that went missing while the barge containing the consignment was anchored

Detained Indian traders’ kin in financial ruins

While diplomatic dialogue and legal intricacies drag on with no end in sight, Indian traders Shyamsu-nder Agrawal and Deepak Raheja, stuck in China for the last five months, are steadily slipping into

FB page to track errant auto, taxi drivers

In another example of the youth turning to social networking websites as a tool to create awareness, a young Mumbaikar has started a unique initiative on Facebook against taxi and autorickshaw drivers

Cops grill 5 suspects in Ajmera builder's wife's murder case

The Pant Nagar police, in its investigations of the murder of Ghatkopar resident Chetna Ajmera (49), has zeroed in on five prime suspects who were in the building between the time her husband Jayant l

The crisis facing Europe today is starker and deeper than any it has encountered before.

With the Indian political league hotting up and general elections barely two years away, (or less, as Mamata Banerjee has claimed), it may be a good time to look at where the major players stand.