Maharashtra

Self-proclaimed scientist and miracle doctor Munir Khan, who surrendered to the Versova police on Wednesday, spent a night in the Andheri lockup among petty criminals. He will remain among them till May 17 at least. Khan has allegedly made around Rs200 crore from sales of his ‘miracle’ drug ‘Body Revive’. According to police, Khan was not cooperating with the police during interrogation and allegedly complained of suffocation. However, when police told him they would admi…

Following recent casualties of Cobalt-60 in Delhi, the government has alerted the army about a Chemical Biological Radio and Nuclear (CBRN) threat ahead of Commonwealth Games 2010.Six battalions under Delhi-based 60 and 35 brigades are undergoing the CBRN training in their respective formation and will also have a joint training capsule with Delhi Police. ?Delhi Police is solely responsible and will be fully geared up for the same, but the army also has been asked to be prepared as stan…

It’s official that the road leading to Thane station and areas outside the railway station have high decibel levels. In a recent survey conducted by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), noise levels of six areas around the Thane station were recorded for 24 hours. The areas included Ashok Talkies, State Transport (ST) stand, autorickshaw stand, road towards railway station platform number 1, road leading towards toll plaza and Alok Hotel. While the noise levels at all six locations du…

Though the developers are boasting of providing power back ups and generators at the high rises in Kamothe, the residents are grumbling about huge maintenance charges they have to pay. The maintenance charge per flat is Rs 1-1.50 per sq ft. While, 12 and 14- storeyed buildings are charging Rs 1.50 per sq ft as maintenance charges, those staying seven- storeys are paying Rs 1 per sq ft. "The maintenance in Kamothe is exhorbitant compared to the facilities that we are receiving. In the mu…

The first mover also has his disadvantages. Meru?the AC fleet cab service?is learning it the hard way, as it is faced with a Shiv Sena-led agitation of a few drivers which also led todisruption of its services on the day railway motormen also struck work. Rajesh Puri, Meru’s chief executive officer, spoke to Neeta Kolhatkar and Ninad Siddhaye to explain the company policy, and dwelt at length on the future of public transport in Mumbai.Meru could not deliver on the day of the motorm…