WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mumbai Police - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Police

    The Mumbai Police ( Marathi: मुंबई पोलीस, IAST: Mumbaī Pulīs, officially Greater Mumbai Police, formerly Bombay Police) is the police department of the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a part of Maharashtra Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Mumbai.

  3. Maximum City - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_City

    Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found is a narrative nonfiction book by Suketu Mehta, published in 2004, about the Indian city of Mumbai (also known as Bombay). It was published in hardcover by Random House 's Alfred A. Knopf imprint. When released in paperback, it was published by Vintage, a subdivision of Random House.

  4. Pradeep Sharma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradeep_Sharma

    Pradeep Sharma (born 1961) is a former officer in the police force of Mumbai, India. Sharma attained notability as an "encounter specialist" with the Mumbai Encounter Squad and was involved with the deaths of as many as 312 criminals. [1] On 31 August 2008 he was suspended from the Mumbai police on charges of corruption but was reinstated on 16 ...

  5. Bombay riots - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_riots

    t. e. The Bombay riots were a series of riots that took place in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Maharashtra, between December 1992 and January 1993. An estimated 900 people, predominantly Muslims, were killed. [1] [2] The riots were mainly due to escalations of hostilities after large scale protests by Muslims in reaction to the 1992 Babri Masjid ...

  6. 2006 Mumbai train bombings - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Mumbai_train_bombings

    The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. The bombs were set off in pressure cookers on trains plying on the Western Line Suburban Section of the ...

  7. Maharashtra Police - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_Police

    Website. mahapolice.gov.in. Maharashtra Police ( IAST: Mahārāṣṭra Polīs Sēvā, formerly Bombay State Police) is the law enforcement agency responsible for the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is headed by Director General of Police, Mrs. Rashmi Shukla (IPS), and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra . It is one of the largest police ...

  8. 2008 Mumbai attacks - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks

    The report said the "war-like" attack was beyond the capacity to respond of any police force, but also found fault with the Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor's lack of leadership during the crisis. The Maharashtra government planned to buy 36 speed boats to patrol the coastal areas and several helicopters for the same purpose.

  9. Fourteen killed and dozens injured after Mumbai billboard ...

    www.aol.com/eight-killed-dozens-injured-mumbai...

    At least 14 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a giant billboard collapsed during a sudden storm in the Indian city of Mumbai. The billboard, measuring 70m by 50m according to ...