Archive for October, 2008
Mehboob mere,Mehboob tere
Friday, October 31st, 2008All the top stars who are reportedly planning to purchase Mehboob Studio and use it as the base for their film production activities will have to wait as the landmark on Hill Road at Bandra (W) is in the midst of a legal battle among the grandchildren of its founder, legendary…
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Bombay Parsi Punchayet results out
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008The results of the voting to elect the new trustees of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trust were announced on Wednesday evening.The new trustees who will take charge on Thursday noon are Arnavaz Mistry, Dinshaw Mehta, Jimmy Mistry, Khojeste Mistree, Yazdi Desai, Rustom Tirandaz and Noshir Dadrawala. Arnavaz Mistry, a social worker got the highest [...]
Mumbai author in Asian Booker shortlist
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Mumbai-based Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi is among five authors whose works have been shortlisted for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize, often dubbed the Asian Booker. Kavery Nambisan is the other Indian author shortlisted. Shanghvis Lost Flamingoes of Bombay and The Story That Must Not Be Told by Kavery Nambisan are among the five works chosen [...]
Bandra Tailor kills wife for taking loan
Monday, October 20th, 2008The Kherwadi police station in Bandra East on Sunday arrested Shaukat Ali Mohammed Hussein Shaikh, 30 a tailor residing in the Sant Dnyaneshwar Nagar, Bandra East for stabbing his wife to death for borrowing a loan without his knowledge. On the early morning of October 19 Shaukat started yelling at his wife Tabassum for taking [...]
I-T notice to Lok Group for Rs 100 cr tax evasion
Monday, October 20th, 2008Income Tax authorities have served notices to Lok Group for tax evasion to the tune of Rs 100 crore. The authorities said that following the notice, the company has paid about 10 per cent of the amount. During the survey, an income of Rs 354 crore, on which no taxes were paid, was unearthed, a [...]
HC upholds removal of J J school principal
Monday, October 20th, 2008The Bombay High Court on Sunday upheld the Mumbai Universitys decision to revoke the appointment of Rajan Lakule as principal of prestigious JJ School of Architecture. Lakule was removed from his post by the vice-chancellor Vijay Khole in September this year, following a report by a retired High Court judge that the appointment was not [...]