More than 200 people were bitten by dogs every day last year in India's commercial capital Mumbai, up 50 per cent in four years due to a surging population of strays, a report said on Monday.

The num

Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Saturday inaugurated the Maharashtra cluster of chain of static sensors aimed at proving real time surveillance cover along the coastline.

The sensors are operatio

Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, who was facing flak over the August 11 Azad Maidan violence in the city, has been transferred, Home Minister R.R. Patil said here on Thursday.

Patnaik has be

Defying the Mumbai police, which refused him permission for a rally from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday led his supporters' march against August 11 violence during a demonstration against alleged atrocities on Muslims in Assam and Myanmar.

Police on Monday said they have granted permission to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to hold a public rally at Azad Maidan on Tuesday but were silent on nod for a protest march ahead of the meet by

Authorities have restored the vandalised Amar Jawan Jyoti, a memorial dedicated to martyred soldiers, which was recently damaged by rioters in here recently.

Mumbai turned into fortress last Saturday

The issue of violence in Mumbai over Assam riots stalled proceedings in the Lok Sabha for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as opposition members stormed the Well demanding dismissal of Maharashtr

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to brief him about the violence in Mumbai following protests against Assam riots.

Chavan met the Prime Minis

Abu Jundal, on Sunday recorded his confessional statement in the presence of additional chief metropolitan magistrate P.S. Rathod amidst tight security.

Jundal had been given 48 hours by the court t

The violence in Mumbai after a rally to denounce riots in Assam rocked the Lok Sabha on Monday with Shiv Sena and BJP members storming the Well demanding dismissal of the Maharashtra government on the issue.