Indian Idol Finalists at Mulund, The two finalists of Indian Idol, Amit Paul and Prashant Tamang will be at Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund on Tuesday September 11, 2007 to perform live for the first time ever in Mumbai.

High-profile builder ordered to call 'Bhai' Five people barged into the office of a high-profile builder in Mulund late on Thursday night and pointed a revolver at his office staff, ordering them to inform their boss to call 'Bhai'.

Chetan Shah, who was not in his office at the time of the incident, has several construction projects under the name Marathon Builders.

However, it is yet not clear as to which gang the five people belonged to, said the police.

The Mulund police said they had not received any complaints from the builder regarding any extortion threats in the past.

Two domestic workers, with help from three others, tied their employers and robbed them of jewellery, other belongings and cash worth Rs 25 lakh on Friday. The victims live in a row house in Mulund's Model Town The incident took place in the afternoon while there were only two women in the house.

The Mulund police later launched a hunt for the five accused, all hailing from Bihar. The two main accused—Ram Karan and Umesh Singh—have worked in the house of Gaurishankar Gupta for one and a half years. Vivek Gogi, senior inspector of the Mulund police station, said Umesh, before leaving for his native place, had deployed a friend named Ganesh in his place for the past month. On Friday, Umesh, Karan, Ganesh and two other unidentified men barged into the bungalow and caught the women unawares. Sources said the accused tied up the duo at knife point and then opened the cupboard and safe and took away gold, belongings and cash worth Rs 25 lakh.

The police said the accused drove off in the family's Santro. The amount, added the sources, involved in the theft could go up as the police and the Guptas were still trying to ascertain the exact amount. The accused also stole four expensive mobile phones and disconnected the family's landline connections, the sources said. They added that the Gupta family run flour mills in Airoli. The crime branch swung into action and were conducting a parallel inquiry. A team from the Mulund police also left for the accused's native place in Bihar.

A day after a 16-year-old boy, a resident of Mulund, died consuming pesticide, his family on Thursday has alleged that pressure from the loan recovery agents of a bank led Nikhil Prabhakar to take such a step. Nikhil was admitted to a private hospital after he consumed poison on July 31. He died there on Wednesday. The Mulund police denied allegations that ICICI Bank's loan recovery agents had harassed a 16-year-old youth's family and driven the boy to suicide, on Thursday. The cops said that they had not received any such complaints.

Kamlesh Solanki walked into the Mulund police station and surrendered himself on Sunday evening, minutes after repeatedly stabbing his lover, Usha Shantilal Waghela. Solanki, 38, whose wife had come to know of the affair, was fed up with the constant bickering at home and had gone to meet Waghela at her brother's home to end the relationship. Police said that Solanki and Waghela had both grown up in the same locality in Mulund. The two had been in a relationship that continued even after they were married to different people.

Imagine feeling the chill of snow clad Alps while sitting in a theatre hall, getting tickled when a snake crawls from hero's shoulder and actually feeling soaked when it rains on screen. The Orama five dimension theatre, the first time ever in city, will help you experience all these and much more. For starters, it is launched at Nirmal Lifestyle mall in Mulund.

However, the theatre will not play Hindi movies but just International short films, documentaries and other educational videos of thirty to forty minutes duration.

Anckur Chowksey, Managing director says, "The four dimension theatre at Atria Mall is doing quite well. In fact it has become a popular tourist attraction for people who come to visit Mumbai hence we are sure that even this theatre will attract people."

He adds, "Many Indians while touring in Europe and America make it a point to go to these theatres. They can now experience a similar 5-D movie viewing experience in Mumbai." Equipped with the latest technology, the tickets are priced between Rs 40 and Rs 200.

And there is more. The theatre is housed in a theme park spread across ten thousand square feet of area that is entirely done up on the 'Pirates of the Carribean' theme.

The city police will soon have a software, which will with the help of a camera; capture the image of the number plates of vehicles used by criminals or wanted by the police and relay it back to the police control room whenever such vehicle passes below the camera. The police can reach the spot within minutes and intercept the vehicle.

Ten cameras will be installed, as a pilot project, at each of the five toll nakas in the city namely Dahisar, Mulund (west) and (east), Airoli and Mankhurd.

Doctors here successfully carried out a surgery to fit a pacemaker on a 15-hour-old baby, born with a slow heartbeat.

The baby, not yet been named, was diagnosed with a intrauterine congential heart block and slow heartrate of 45 as compared to normal 120 beats per minute about two months before his birth when his mother went for an ultrasound check.

It is a rare case as it occurs one in 20,000 cases, Wockhardt hospital cardiac surgeons who performed the surgery said.

The parents, Narendra and Sangeeta Mishra, were told about this and decided not to terminate the baby as Sangeetha conceived this baby after 12 years of marriage.

The cardiac team coordinated with the hospital at Airoli in Navi Mumbai where Sangeetha delivered the child and was brought to suburban Wockhardt hospital in Mulund where the surgery was performed under full anaesthesia.

Dr Suresh Joshi led the team consisting of Dr Swati Kharekhar and Dr Sachin Patil. A hole in the baby's heart was also closed during the surgery on August 13.

The baby is doing fine, Patil said, adding, he will be kept in ICU for two or three more days and fed on artificial milk.

The pacemaker had to be very small and was brought especially from a company in Hyderabad, Patil told PTI. "Since it is small in size, the battery can last only for five years and has to be replaced after that," he added.

Manoj Kotak, a BJP corporator from Mulund, and two others were attacked by octroi agents near MHADA Colony on Eastern Express highway on Wednesday morning. Kotak, corporator from Ward 99, was with his driver Sunil Mishra and friend Rahul Jain when the agents from Anand Nagar check post pelted stones at his Tata Safari and attacked them.

"Around 10-15 people came in an Tata Indica car and motorbikes and pelted stones at his car. They assaulted the three occupants with bamboo sticks and iron rods. All the three injured were rushed to Wochardt Hospital for treatment," informed Ketan Kotak, younger brother of the corporator. According to Niket Kaushik, deputy commissioner, Navghar police, the attack was the result of a tussle between the corporator and the octroi agents. "While the octroi agents allege that Kotak regularly demanded money from them, Kotak claimed that he was attacked because he helped the vigilance officer trap those people who often skipped the octroi at Anand Nagar check post," said Kaushik.
A case has been registered in this regard.

Two persons have been arrested here by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for allegedly possessing large quantity of detonators and gelatin sticks used in quarrying activities, police said yesterday.


Laxman Kamble (55) and Subhash Gaikwad (36) were arrested from Mulund on Saturday evening with 438 detonators and five gelatin sticks, a senior ATS official said. "They claimed to have stolen the detonators and gelatin sticks from quarries in Thane district for selling them to quarry owners," the officer said, maintaining that the explosives were not meant for any sabotage activities. The duo has been booked under the Explosives Act, the officer added.

Nirmal Lifestyle :

Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund was the venue for the second public appearance by the master of the 619 on his 2 day visit to Mumbai. The fans certainly didn't disappoint and were there in full strength to meet one of the greatest wrestlers to enter the WWE arena.

DJ Shiva started proceedings spinning a mix of the latest hip hop hits and was accompanied by singer Abbey who got the house down with his tunes. They got the fans all ready and warmed up to meet the Mysterio Express. Then to the explosive beat of Booyaka 619 entered the Master of the 619, with the entire venue chanting 619. The master greeted his clan and they responded back, a lucky few got to get onto stage and ask him about his road to the top. "Mumbai has been a revelation, the love and warmth that I have received on my visit here has been overwhelming said a visibly touched Rey Mysterio. The fans tonight made me truly aware of the power of the WWE, and I thank Ten Sports for making this a night to remember."

Rey Mysterio a WWE SMACKDOWN superstar known for his high flying style and dropping signature moves like the Mysterio Express, Air Mysterio and the legendary finishing move the 619 enthralled audiences and fans as he talked to them and signed autographs.
 

@home store in Nirmal Lifestyle Mulund, launches the romantic 'Valentine collection'

@home store in Nirmal Lifestyle Mulund, launches the romantic 'Valentine collection' in furniture and home décor accessories. Design your own room with the finest quality
furniture in international styles with a touch of class. @home offers a range of sleek and cozy couches, and also beds in huge king sized and small cozy beds for small rooms. Ignite passion this valentine in your bedroom with the right bed and light up the mood with exotic scented candles exclusively by @home. Also check out their new collection of cozy chairs, comfortable just for two. Range of foldable couches easy to use and also not very space consuming.  Also decorate the room with accessories like rugs and curtains. Add loads of cushions for a naughty pillow fight. And if they happen to in the combination of red and pinks nothing like it!
 

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The dream of Mumbaikars to drive from JJ Flyover to Mulund and from Bandra to Dahisar, without having to stop at any traffic signal, may be fulfilled in two years.

After performing the bhoomipujan for 16 proposed flyovers for the city, at the flyover site on Santa Cruz Airport junction, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, said:
"The non-stop drive between each of the two destinations would reflect the busy lifestyle of Mumbaikars." The ceremony is being seen as a precursor to the Congress'
campaign for the civic elections scheduled for early next year.
 

Nirmal Lifestyles ties up with Accor for hotel project

Nirmal Lifestyles has entered into a joint venture with with Accor, one of the world's largest operators of hotels, to develop and operate India's single largest hospitality project at Mulund, Mumbai.
The project is expected to be completed by 2010-11 at a total cost of Rs 10bn. The development will feature two Sofitel hotels, with 250 and 200 rooms each,
a Novotel hotel with 250 rooms, a "Grand Mercure Residences" serviced apartment product with 180 units, and an Ibis hotel with 200 rooms. There will also be a  convention centre with a capacity of 5000 people.
Other unique features of the hotel complex will be its proximity to a shopping mall and entertainment complex of over 3mn sq ft, parking for over 2500 cars and a rooftop landscaped garden measuring over 7 acres.
Nirmal Lifestyles stated, "The hotels will be part of large integrated township- being developed by Nirmai Lifestyles in Mulund. The suburb Mulund was planned by the German town-planners,
Carter & Crown, Mulund has a well laid-out green character, which has brought it the soubriquet "prince of the suburbs". Placed strategically to Thane and Navi Mumbai, the tri-suburb
region is slated to become one mega urban agglomeration in the medium tenn, adjacent to the large special economic zone planned in the area."

Dharmesh Jain, Chairman and MD of Nirmal Lifestyles Group, said, "This agreement complements our contribution to Mumbai's vision of becoming a 'world city'. It is an initiation towards building the
largest Retail and Hospitality venture mega structures in the country. Accor was chosen after an extensive evaluation of all major international hotel companies. In Aceor we found a true partner
whom we believe will be the most supportive of our vision. We are delighted to be partnering such a world leader."
 

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With Sujata Pawar, a maid from Mulund, becoming one of the first women to register a case under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, the law is finally coming to the rescue of those believed to be genuinely oppressed. But the debate about its perceived bias against men, who have little redress even if falsely implicated, refuses to die down.
 

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Mulund has emerged as the cleanest residential area generating only three metric tonnes (MT) of waste compared to Kurla which generated a mammoth 230 MT. On the day of  Id, Mulund one again generated a measly one MT garbage of waste.Perplexed by the disparity across the 24 wards in the city, the officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) now plan to do a comparative study of the waste generated during the festive season.
 

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Pulse Foods India Private Limited, the first pan-India chain of quick service restaurants serving Indian food, today made its foray into the commercial capital of India by opening
two restaurants in Mumbai. Announcing this at a formal media briefing, Mr. Neeraj Jain, CEO, Pulse Foods India Private Limited, said that the two pulse restaurants have come up at Prabhadevi & Mulund. Pulse has come up at Nirmal Lifestyle Mall in Mulund (W) where it will have 70 covers spread over a 2000 sq feet area. The restaurants will open from 11.00 am to 11.00 pm and will have "an all-day dining and take-away menu". Home delivery will also be available from both restaurants during this time. Each Pulse Foods restaurant is a warm, inviting oasis where a customer can come, be comfortable, place his order to an attentive and courteous staff, eat food that is wholesome, great tasting and light on pockets, and yet be on his way in half an hour's time.
 

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Wockhardt launches 40-bed Cancer Centre
 
With the purpose of providing cancer care to the patients of Central and Navi Mumbai, Wockhardt Hospitals has come up with a cancer centre in their Mulund-based hospital.

The Centre will initially start off with a 40-bed facility (10 medical & 30 surgical) and a team of 18 doctors, 10 of which will be oncologists. They plan to develop the Centre to a 150-bed facility in future.

The Centre will have a comprehensive team of oncologists, oncosurgeons, radiotherapists and hemato-oncologists. The team will be well supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic, nursing and rehabilitation teams.