Excerpt from DNA by Francis D’Sa on Saturday, October 3, 2009: Read Full Article

The Sri Subramania Samaj Temple at Chheda Nagar, Chembur, held a three-day art exhibition starting from September 28 in the temple premises, in collaboration with S Ravindranath of Vedant Welfare Foundation (VWF). The exhibition of around 150 paintings, done by senior citizens and home makers — mostly first-timers in art — was inaugurated by Mumbai mayor Shubha Raul.

Excerpt from CG+, on Saturday, October 03, 2009 : Read Full Article

A 28-year-old youth, Salim Jabbar Khan, resident of Shivaji Nagar, Govandi has been arrested by the Vashi police for allegedly kidnapping and raping his 18-year-old ex-lover, a resident of Nerul and a student of Tilak College in Vashi.

The accused was arrested from his residence on 24 September after a case was registered against him by the victim at Vashi police station. He is a NCP activist and Deputy Block President of the party’s Shivaji Nagar unit. The police has even confiscated the Hyundai Accent car (MH-04, BH-9598) used by the accused for kidnapping the girl. He has been booked under Section 366 (Kidnapping, Abducting) and 376 (Punishment for Rape) of the IPC.

He was remanded in police custody till 29 September. He was produced before the court on 29 September and has been sentenced to Magisterial Custody Remand (MCR) for 15 days.PI (crime) Sanjay Surve informed,

Excerpt from DNA, Ashutosh Shukla  on saturday, October 3, 2009: Read Full Article

With 10 days left for the assembly elections, residents’ associations across the city have come up with plans to help voters and ensure a high voter turnout. They have already come up with a helpline which will provide a white paper on candidates that will give a comparison of criminal records, if any, and assets of the candidates in the fray.

They are also taking the help of students to ensure that their parents would come out and vote on the D-day.

“There is a lot of confusion in areas like Chembur. Some areas come under Kurla. So we are giving such details of the constituencies and candidates in our fortnightly paper,” said V Sangole of Pestom Sagar advanced locality management (ALM).