Notice issued against Amitabh bachchan for paying less stamp duty
The district authorities in Barabanki issued a notice aginst the Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bchchan on Monday accusing him of undervaluing the stamp duty on a plot of land he bought in Barabanki. Additional District Magistrate (Finance) of Barabanki issued the notice to Amitabh Bachchan through his local lawyer Pradeep Roy & fixed May five for a reply.
The notice against Big B accusing Bachchan of violating relevant sections of the Indian Stamp Duty Act on the basis of a report filed ….
Air India bus killed 1 at Mumbai airport
A man has been died at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport after being hit by an Air India bus.
The incident occured at 1:30 am on Sunday.
The driver of the bus has been arrested. The loader was hit by the bus of Air India & died at the spot.
The loader is identified as Gyansehwar.
Attack on North-Indians in Mumbai again
Motorcycle-borne assailants attacked on North Indians on Friday late night. They attacked on Taxi Drivers in Varley & Lower Prail. They also damaged 5 taxis The accused were on bikes. Police has arrested 4 person in this case.
A North Indian taxi driver said, “There were 4-5 people. There was a motorcycle & I realised that there was another vehicle in Mumbai. The police haven’t done anything as yet”.
Though the police have arrested four people, it is not yet clear ….
Forest land areas residents got relief
The government of Mumbai, put in an awkward situation by the Bombay high court’s landmark order on conservation of private forest land, has come up with a face-saving formula which it will submit to the Supreme Court. It proposes to ask the court to waive two of the three conditions imposed on anyone indulging in non-forest activity (like construction) on forest lands in violation of the Forest Conservation Act.
The Supreme Court has laid down three guideline penalties. A violator must ….
Raj Thackeray gave speech in Shivaji function yesterday
Raj Thackeray the leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Monday addressed a function in Mumbai. The function was organised on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti, the birthday of the Maratha warrior Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He again gave a speech against North-Indian.
Raj Thackeray said, “Why government talking about Mumbai only, Why not they are taking action in Manipur case”.
Raj Thackeray said, “Those who said I am against the north Indians kept mum when 14 ….
Construction on Mulund, Borivli & Bhandup areas illegal
Bombay High Court on Monday declared construction on 120 acres of land in Mumbai illegal. It could affect 1.5 lakh families. The High court said the construction, which had been carried out in Mulund, Borivli & Bhandup areas, was illegal as it had been done on forest land.
The land in question was earlier notified as private forest land, but the state government later renotified it as government forest land.
The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the government’s move. The decision ….
Teenager arrested for sending threatning email of blast
A has been arrested for sending an e-mail threatening to blow up a suburban railway station in Mumbai. A 16-year-old student from Ahmedabad was held for sending threatning email of blast in train in Andheri on 18 March.
An official of Police said on Monday, “We narrowed down on the address from where the mail was sent by tracking the Internet Protocol (IP) address & arrested the boy on March 22″.
The threatning email was recieved by channel India TV on March ….
L.K. Advani met Bal Thackeray
L.K. Advani leader of BJP on Sunday met Bal Thackeray the chief of Shiv Sena at the latter’s suburban Bandra residence in Mumbai tonight.
An official of Shiv Sena said, “It was a courtesy call by the senior BJP leader”.
Advani presented a copy of his recently-released book “My Country, My Life” to the Sena chief.
Raj Thackeray will attend Shivaji function today
Raj Thackeray the leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is to address a function on Monday in Mumbai. The function is organised on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti, the birthday of the Maratha warrior Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
This gathering comes three weeks after the expiry of the last court order prohibiting Raj from delivering inflammatory, anti-outsider speeches in public.
The function is being held at Central Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, the traditional venue of Shiv Sena rallies.
Raj Thackeray’s MNS, which broke away from ….
Union Minister Subodhkant Sahay’s car collided with tanker
A car in which Union Minister Subodhkant Sahay was travelling collided with a tanker near the Mumbai domestic airport, but there is no report of any injury. Subodhkant Sahay is the Union Minister for food & processing indusry of India.
Sahay was travelling to the airport to board a flight for Delhi when the incident took place.
An official of Police said thet no one was injured in the incident & the car sustained some minor damage. The minister later continued his ….
Sonia Gandhi will adress famer rallies in Maharashtra
Sonia Gandhi the President of Congress will address two farmers rallies in Maharashtra on Monday. Sonia will adress first rally in Osmanabad in Marathwada region. She will adress second rally in Sangli in western Maharashtra.
In Osmanabad & Sangli, the clear purpose of the Congress is to ensure that they claim the credit for the Rupee 60-thousand crore loan waiver package for farmers.
The Congress has been in a hurry to make its point especially because ….
Blast in local train in Mumbai
A minor blast occured in local train in Mumbai on Saturday in which three persons were injured.
The explosion occurred at 12.55 pm in central Mumbai’s Sion station.
Railway Police Commissioner A K Sharma said the cause of the explosion has not been known as yet. The injured have been shifted to nearby Lokmanya Tilak Memorial Hospital.
Four passengers thrown out from running train
Four passengers on Thursday were allegedly thrown from a running train near Jalgaon. The incident took place near Pachora station in Jalgaon when as many as four passengers were thrown from the Goa Express train.
Two of them died & 1 critically injured in this incident. The whereabouts of one other are still unknown.
High alert in Mumbai & Delhi
The Government has warned the Delhi & Mumbai Police of possible terrorists attacks at important locations in the cities. In a letter to the Delhi Police, the Home Ministry said that terrorists could target important places such as the CBI headquarters or the IIT campus in the near future.
In Mumbai, the Bombay Stock Exchange has been cited as the possible target.
Underworld Don Abu Salem on hunger strike
Abu Salem an underworld Don went on a hunger strike at Arthur Road jail from Thursday. He said that the Maharashtra government is “mentally torturing him” by not allowing him to attend court hearings & meeting anyone. On Monday, the home department had issued a notification asking the jail authorities not to send Abu Salem outside the prison.
The notification came after Mumbai police received an intelligence tip off about a terrorist attack on the don during transit & to avoid ….
Bal Thackeray: “Biharis unwanted all over India”
Bal Thackeray the chief of Shiv Sena on Wednesday targeted Biharis saying they were an “unwanted lot” in all parts of the country.
Bal Thackeray said, “They are not wanted in Southern India, Assam & also Punjab & Chandigarh”. Thackeray said that the Biharis have antagonised local population wherever they had settled. The UP-Bihari MPs have shown their ingratitude towards Mumbai & Maharashtra with an anti-Marathi tirade in Parliament”.
MPs from Bihar & UP had raised the issue of anti- north ….
MNS attacks: Bakeries demand police protection
The Bakery Products Association Maharashtra on Wednesday has demanded the police protection for the bakeries in the district following attacks from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists.
The president of the association said that the protection was sought in the backdrop of recent incidences of attacks on bakeries in some parts of the district.
President said that there are around 15,000 bakeries in the district with a workforce of more than 40,000. The incidents of threatening & attacks are hampering the production as ….
Manyata wants to cancel her residence certificate of Goa
Manyata on Friday moved an application to cancel the controversial residence certificate she submitted to register her marriage with actor Sanjay Dutt in Goa.
The request by Manyata to authorities in Salcete taluka in South Goa is treated as her reply to the show cause notice issued earlier by Salcete taluka’s Mamlatdar, a senior revenue official Paresh M Fal Dessai, asking why the residence certificate should not be cancelled.
A marriage registration in Goa requires a residence certificate stating at least six ….
Attacked on Amitabh Bachchan’s Office
Amitabh Bachchan’s office attacked by some Unidentified persons. They threw bottles at the office of the Bollywood Superstar, behind his Juhu residence Jalsa, on Friday night.
On this Amitabh Bachchan said, “My bungalow was attacked by four people who came in a car a& threw bottles. I have informed the police & they are investigating”.
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh said that the men came in a grey Santro (MH-02 AL 580). He suspected the involvement of Raj Thackeray’s supporters in ….
Amit Kalra Shiv Sena leader surrenders
Amit Kalra a leader of Shiv Sena leader, accused in the kidnapping & ransom case surrendered before the court in Mumbai on Thursday. The court asked him to cooperate with police in the case. An official said that the Kalra the president of District Youth of Shiv Sena was wanted by in a case of kidnapping & ransom, he surrenders before the court on Thursday.
The official said that an Aligarh based family had accused Amit, his friend Mangal Pandey and ….