A Goregaon resident who faked her own “attempted rape” has told the police that she had hoped to be sent home after her “image was tainted”.

The government’s effort to revive the disinvestment process through a five per cent stake sale in ONGC through the auction route sailed through on Thursday, but after much confusion thanks to glitches at the exchanges.

Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta’s promotional gimmick for his upcoming movie has invited the ire of the Mumbai police, which has booked Mr Gupta for cheating, forgery and impersonation. The police has confirmed that he has been booked under non-bailable sections and will be arrested.

The sessions court on Wednesday granted immunity to actor Fardeen Khan in the 2001 drug case. However, the court clarified that if he was caught again committing a similar crime, the immunity would be withdrawn.

Investigations into the illegal opium-growing racket busted in Beed in Maharashtra earlier in February have revealed that the syndicate behind the racket has collected and sold opium worth Rs 12.8 crores with each harvest. Even more shocking is the fact that the accused managed to keep the racket going for four years before the authorities found out.

Expressing displeasure on the progress of investigations into the Adarsh Society scam, the Bombay high court on Tuesday slammed the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Two former employees of the United Bank of Swit-zerland have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before a special court in April in connection with a money-laundering probe against a stud farm owner.

In an interesting revelation, one of the four men killed in the police encounter in Chennai earlier this week, has turned out to be a much-hated thorn in the Mumbai police’s side.

A Mumbai housewife and her paramour entered into a suicide pact in the housewife’s Malad residence on Friday afternoon.

In the IT sector, India has an employable workforce of only 17.54 per cent. This was revealed in a report released by HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Friday. The National Employability Report 2011 of engineering graduates was prepared by Aspiring Minds — an employability assessment company after getting feedback from more than 55,000 students who graduated in 2011.