Anant R Zanane

"I Was Mayawati's Bodyguard For 18 years, She Was Behen-ji The Great"

India News | Anant R Zanane | Friday January 25, 2019

When asked to summarize his tenure with her, he says it was an adventure because she was "Behen-ji the great!".

Hate, Actually? Indrani Blamed Peter Mukerjea's 'Greed', Now He Responds

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday November 23, 2017

Weeks after his wife, Indrani Mukerjea, suggested he had murdered her daughter, Peter Mukerjea has returned the favour. In a letter to the Bombay court that is trying them for murder, Mr Mukerjea accused his wife of "playing the victim card" and "trying to wriggle out of" the charges of murder levelled at her

Sheena Bora Killed For 'Greed, Lust': Indrani Targets Peter Mukerjea

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday November 16, 2017

Weeks ago, Indrani Mukerjea wrote to her husband Peter Mukerjea, "Don't talk to me", and accused his family of trying to frame her for her daughter Sheena Bora's murder in 2012 - a crime for which both are in jail. In a sensational twist to her rancorous exchanges with her husband of late, Indrani told a Mumbai court on Wednesday that Peter Mukerje...

Indrani Accuses Peter Mukerjea In Sheena Bora Murder Case, Talks Of Greed, Lust

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Wednesday November 15, 2017

Indrani Mukerjea, jailed in Mumbai on charges of murdering her daughter, appeared to be pointing an accusing finger at her husband on Wednesday, telling a Mumbai court that Peter Mukerjea could have abducted her daughter in 2012 and "made her untraceable".

Dawood Ibrahim's Mumbai Properties Auctioned For Over 11 Crores, Includes Hotel

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday November 14, 2017

A hotel and a guest house are among three properties of most-wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim in south Mumbai to be auctioned today for Rs 11.58 crore. These are the last known addresses in India of the high-profile fugitive who has been living in Pakistan's Karachi for years.

Mumbai's Monorail Services Halted For Hours After 2 Coaches Catch Fire

Mumbai News | Written by Anant R Zanane | Thursday November 9, 2017

Mumbai's monorail services were stopped for hours after two coaches caught fire in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire broke out at the Mysore Colony station around 5 am, when the monorail started the day's first trip.

Horse Fell On Mumbai Executive's Daughter, 6, Who Died During Joyride

Mumbai News | Edited by Anant R Zanane | Monday November 6, 2017

The six-year-old daughter of a top executive died on Sunday after falling off a horse during a joyride in south Mumbai. The owner of the horse has been arrested and charged.

Mumbai University Students Apply Brakes On Career As Re-Evaluation Results 'Delayed'

Mumbai News | Written by Anant R Zanane | Sunday November 5, 2017

Vatsal Shah, 21, who bagged a job with a top tech firm three months ago, may lose his chance, not because he lacks talent but because Mumbai University is yet to release his re-evaluated marksheet. Like Mr Shah, more than 29,000 students of the university, Mumbai's oldest, are still struggling with re-evaluation related delays

Man With 11 iPhone X Detained At Mumbai Airport

Mumbai News | Written by Anant R Zanane | Sunday November 5, 2017

A man was detained with 11 brand new iPhone X worth over 10 lakhs at Mumbai airport, the Customs official said on Sunday. Bhavesh Ravjibhai Virani was detained on his arrival in Mumbai from Hong Kong on Saturday.

Couple Trying To Extort 7 Crore From IAS Officer Nabbed By Maharashtra Police

Mumbai News | Written by Anant R Zanane | Friday November 3, 2017

The Thane police has arrested a private detective and his wife who were trying to extort seven crore rupees from a senior IAS officer from Maharashtra. Satish Mangle had allegedly demanded the sum for retracting allegations of corruption against suspended civil servant Radheyshyam Mopalwar. He also threatened to leak his phone call recordings if th...

Man Hung Upside Down, Beaten To Death As Cops Watch In Video Gone Viral

Cities | Written by Anant R Zanane | Thursday November 2, 2017

A man is strung upside down to a tree, his hands and legs tied, and thrashed mercilessly in a video from Thane near Mumbai that has gone viral. He died soon after.

Ally Shiv Sena's Classic Opposition Move: A Booklet Against The BJP

India News | Written by Anant R Zanane | Thursday November 2, 2017

The Shiv Sena, the BJP's cantankerous partner now accused of playing a double role by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has made a classic opposition move, distributing a booklet to its party workers titled "Scamster BJP".

Bullet Train Route Making Losses Since July, Reveals RTI Reply: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday November 1, 2017

India's first bullet train, set to debut in 2023 between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat and Maharashtra, may not have been planned on a very profitable route, an activist's RTI or Right to Information query has revealed. For the Railways, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route has been a loss-making one with over 40 per cent of the seats goi...

Route For Planned Bullet Train Loss-Making, 40% Seats Empty, Reveals RTI

India News | Written by Anant R Zanane | Wednesday November 1, 2017

A Right to Information or RTI query has revealed that over 40 per cent of seats on the bullet train route in the last three months have been going vacant and the losses on this sector have mounted to Rs 29.91 crore.

'Take It Or Leave It': Sena Answer to Devendra Fadnavis' Ultimatum

India News | Written by Anant R Zanane | Tuesday October 31, 2017

A day after senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut declared ally BJP his party's "principle enemy," an editorial in the Sena's mouthpiece Saamana has suggested that Maharashtra's Devendra Fadnavis government assess their partnership and "leave it," if not satisfied