”Mumbai north” News

Professionals to clean up India's 'dirty politics'

MUMBAI (AFP) – Middle-class professionals have been spurred into standing in India's general elections, fed up with what they say are declining standards of governance and complacency, corruption and cronyism. In the country's 04 13 2009 1:01AM (...more)

Partial solar eclipse to be visible in India

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A partial solar eclipse will be visible in parts of India and will start at 4:03 p.m. in New Delhi on Friday, the government's Press Information Bureau said.
08 2 2008 12:53AM (...more)

Bomb kills 26 at polling station in NW Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomber pretending to need help with his car killed 26 people in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said, underscoring concerns that militant
12 28 2008 8:54PM (...more)

Suspected U.S. missile strike kills two in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile into a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Monday, killing two people, Pakistani
12 16 2008 11:17AM (...more)

Bollywood's Bachchan 'responding to treatment': doctors

MUMBAI (AFP) - Bollywood movie legend Amitabh Bachchan had a comfortable night in hospital and is responding to treatment after being admitted with stomach pains , doctors said Sunday.
10 12 2008 11:25PM (...more)

India's first 'sea bridge' opens in Mumbai

MUMBAI (AFP) – India 's first "sea bridge" was officially opened in Mumbai on Tuesday, raising hopes that the state-of-the-art structure will ease chronic congestion on the city's notoriously choked roads. The
07 4 2009 2:44AM (...more)

India sets up regional base for anti-terror troops

MUMBAI (AFP) – India 's first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai , fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response
07 3 2009 6:51PM (...more)

Mumbai bridge raises hopes for new infrastructure

MUMBAI (AFP) – After years of delays and legal wrangling, India 's first "sea bridge" opens to traffic this week, aiming to ease chronic congestion on Mumbai's notoriously choked roads. It is hoped that the 16.5-billion-rupee
06 30 2009 7:04AM (...more)

Five hurt in small bomb blast in Thane

MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least five people have been injured in a low-intensity bomb blast on Wednesday afternoon in the underground carpark of a theatre in Thane, police said.
06 5 2008 6:46AM (...more)

Police arrest Hindu monk over Malegaon bomb attack

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – A Hindu monk was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a bomb attack that killed four people in September in Maharashtra's Malegaon town. The 36-year-old man, head of a Hindu monastery, was charged with conspiring in an attack on Malegaon,
12 6 2008 10:17AM (...more)