A fire official said that a total of 21 people including 4 firemen have been injured while fighting the flames. The injured have been admitted to Bhabha hospital. However, no deaths have been reported so far. Hundreds of shanties were destroyed in the fire. Rubina said that they were watching TV when a neighbor alerted them about the fire. The family of the child artist was forced to spent the entire night in the railway station with Rubina losing books and precious belongings and memorabilia related to the film.

The fire broke out in Garibnagar slums at around 8:20 pm on Friday after which 16 jumbo water tankers and 34 fire engines were rushed to the spot. Though the exact cause of the fire is yet to be established it is believed that because of explosions of cylinders the fire spread quickly.

Yesterday, Mumbai police said in a press conference that the four LeT members have sneaked recently into the city to carry out “violent” attcks ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Last night, Himanshu Roy, the joint police commissioner (crime), told to reporters, “The four jihadis were identified as Abdul Kareem Moosa, Noor Abu Ilahi, Walid Jinnah and Mahfooz Alam. The four recently sneaked into the city to carry out extremely dangerous activities.”

A sketch of one of the four men named Jinnah was also released yesterday and an alert was issued in the financial capital.
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Mumbai In Alert, LeT Men To Repeat 26/11
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Earlier, on Tuesday, the Centre sounded terror alert for Ahmedabad and Mumbai after the inputs of Intelligence that LeT operatives may have entered the two cities.

In a bit to neutralise the LeT men, the city police has formed Special cells and a dedicated phone number has also been set up. People can pass on any related information to 022-22633333.

In a news conference, Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy told to reporters, “The four were identified as Abdul Kareem Moosa, Noor Abu Ilahi, Walid Jinnah and Mahfooz Alam. The four recently sneaked into the city to carry out extremely dangerous activity.”

The four LeT men are in the age group of 20 to 30 years. Roy further said, “The four persons are planning violent attacks that are going to cause destruction.” He warned that the threat is a serious one.
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Four LeT Operatives Who Entered Mumbai Could Be Foreigners
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Earlier, on Tuesday, the Centre sounded alert for Ahmedabad and Mumbai following intelligence inputs that men of LeT may have sneaked the cities to carry out strikes.

It is believed widely that LeT was behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 that killed 166 people. One more attack on Mumbai could damage the economy of the country.

The two said that they had no clue about the misuse of their internet connection and they are using the same connection for past five years.

On Tuesday night, a crime branch team and ATS team of Mumbai picked the two and quizzed them throughout the day.

Akhil, 26-year-old, said that they were picked up on Tuesday after 9.30 p.m. and were questioned about their net connection. He added further, “The same night we were taken to Mumbai for further questioning.”

The team said that the DJs maintained their innocence throught the questioning.

Akhil had added of being aware of such Wi-Fi hacking in the year 2008 in Navi Mumbai that involved US national Kenneth Heywood, but they had never imagined that the same situation can be faced by them.

Mumbai, September 10 — City of Mumbai is put on high alert by Mumbai police after tow foreign nationals with suspected terror links have sneaked here on the start of Ganesh Chaturthi and eve of Eid.

However, the city police has not revealed the nationality of the two, but has released their photographs at a news conference called hurriedly. The two are identified as Hafij Sarif (25) and Kalimuddin Khan (28).

An advisory notice has been issued by Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy to the public to remain alert. The intelligence agencies have said the two foreigners had entered Mumbai to cause disruption at crowded places.

Roy said, “We would like to issue an advisory…We have intelligence inputs that two foreign nationals have entered the city with intention to cause disruption at crowded and religious places.”

He also added, “We appeal to the citizens to remain alert and inform the police if they spot the two.”

Roy said the two had entered the city recently and several teams have beed formed to track them.

The police have also set up helpline numbers 22633333 and 22625020.

Mumbai, August 23 — Death toll due to dengue in Mumbai reaches to four this season when a doctor died after having deadly fever.

32-year-old Doctor Rajan Palav, an ENT (ear, nose and throat) professor, died Monday. He was a professor at the JJ Group of Hospitals’ Grant Medical College.

Dean of JJ Hospital TP Lahane said, “He had been keeping unwell since Wednesday. His reports were positive for dengue and he was getting treated at Hinduja Hospital.”

He added further that Palav “avoided getting admitted to JJ Hospital as it was already overflowing with patients and wanted to avoid spreading infection.”

About 150 patients in Mumbai have been detected with dengue till now said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official.

Dengue is a deadly disease and is transmitted to humans by the aedes aegypti mosquito. The symptoms of Dengue is high fever, joint and bone pain, headache, nausea and fatigue.

Mumbai, August 9 — A foreign cargo ship further spills oil 10 km off Mumbai harbour for the third day after colliding with another vessel.

Arun Singh, Commandant (Operations) of Coast Guard said today, “MSC Chitra has tilted 80 degrees and the total oil spill is nearly 50 tonnes.”

He added till now three-hundred containers have been tumbled into the water filled with oils.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said, “This is a serious issue. We have already filed cases against the captains of the two ships which are from abroad. Today, I am going to have an aerial look at the accident site… We are trying to contain the leak as far as possible.”

Last Saturday, the two Panamanian cargo ships named MV Khalijia-111 and MSC Chitra collided 10 km off the Mumbai coast and oil started spilling from MSC Chitra.

Immediately after the incident, 33 crew members were rescued from the ships, but the oil slick has been seen 2 to 3 kms around the vessel.

Fishing associations are requested to halt fishing activities till the oil spill is contained.

August 7 — Air India authorities refused veteran leader and Union minister Subodh Kant Sahay to board for a Ranchi flight from Mumbai on July 26 because he reported late at the airport.

Enraged Sahay threatened the airport staff of talking to civil aviation minister Praful Patel after the refusal.

State minister in food processing industries ministry Sahay reached the Mumbai airport at around 8 am, just 15 minutes before departure, to board flight IC 809. By this time all the passengers were suppose to be on board and so he was refused to board on it.

Airport sources said, “Sahay was shocked when he was not allowed to board. As per the DGCA guidelines, pilots must seek a pushback clearance 15 minutes before the departure. This means all passengers have to be on board before that.”

Sahay blamed the airline for this incident of not allowing him to board. However, he denied to have threatened anyone.

He said, “was all because of airline’s mistake. I reached the airport 15 minutes before the departure. The airline staff told me that the plane is parked near the international terminal and it will take 20 minutes for me to reach it. I would have come earlier had I been told about the boarding time. I travel daily and have never inconvenienced fellow passengers.”

July 15th 2010

Today an FIR was registered against some unidentified persons connected with the chlorine gas leak in Mumbai Port Trust where around 100 people fell sick.
“We have registered an FIR against unidentified persons (in the gas leakage case) at Sewri police station and started probing the matter,” DCP Khalid Kaisar told PTI.

“When the cylinders were brought here to the Port Trust, who imported them and why they were lying since over ten decades will be among the various things the police would look into it,” he said.

DCP also said that the Port Trust had been guarding the cylinders and till now the police are not holding Port Trust responsible for that incident.

It was around 103 people who fell sick early today morning after inhaling the chlorine gas that leaked from an imported cylinders at the Bombay Port Trust’s (BPT) Hay Bandar premises.

Eight among the effected are said to be in a critical condition as of now.

Mumbai, July 14 –A chlorine gas leak in Sewri area of south Mumbai has killed at least three people in the wee hours on Wednesday.

More than 60 people have been admitted to JJ Hospital due to the gas leaked from cylinders and six of them are in critical condition. Fourteen of the hospitalised are college students. They inhaled chlorine gas near the Bombay Port Trust.

Chief Fire Officer Uday Tatkare said, “It’s a huge cylinder down below various other cylinders (from which the gas is leaking). The cylinder is among various cylinders seized by custom authorities. While removing other cylinders, we are taking care that there is no leakage.”

The chlorine leakage was reported at 4.00 am. People in the area have been evacuated said official.

Tatkare added, “Following the complaint, our men rushed to the spot to plug the leakage. However, four of our men also took ill and have been rushed to nearby hospitals.”

According to Dean of JJ Hospital P P Lahane, sixty affected people came to the hospital.

He said, “Six of them are in a serious condition and have reported burning sensation and respiratory problems. They have been admitted to the ICU.”