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New Delhi: After quizzing two Union Ministers in connection with the multi-crore Adarsh scam, the CBI has examined former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, as the agency prepares to wrap up its probe in the housing society case. According to sources in the probe agency here on Monday, Mr. Chavan was questioned by the CBI sleuths in Mumbai early this month about his role in connection with Adarsh Housing Society during his tenure as state Revenue Minister and as the Chief Minister...Read Full Story

Colaba a famous part of Mumbai. During the time when Portuguese rule over Mumbai that is in the 16th century, this was anIslandcalled as Candil. When the British captured this island at the end of 17th century, it was renamed to Colio. History The name Colaba, is derived from Kolabhat, it is a Kolis language word. The area which comprises of Colaba now days was previously a region consisting of 2 islands: the Colaba and the Little Colaba. Colaba is a part of 7 islands ofBombay which was...Read Full Story

After quizzing two Union ministers in connection with the multi-crore Adarsh scam, the CBI has examined former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan , as the agency prepares to wrap up its probe in the housing society case. According to sources in the probe agency in Delhi on Monday, Chavan was questioned by the CBI sleuths in Mumbai early this month about his role in connection with Adarsh Housing Society during his tenure as state revenue minister and as the chief minister. Chavan...Read Full Story

Over the years we have seen Mumbai grow into a world class city, but do you know how Mumbai looked decades back? Here is an interesting collection of old pictures of Mumbai (Bombay) City. Old Churchgate Station Old CST Station Old Colaba, Bombay Local at Mumbai CST Elphinstone College, Bombay 1870   Old Mumbai Photos Churchgate Station Bombay Old Mumbai, Colaba Reclamation Old Mumbai, Apollo Bunder Old Bombay...Read Full Story

Close to that iconic landmark of Mumbai, the Gateway to India, amidst the complexity that is Mumbai, located in three acres of grounds planted with palm trees and ornamental flower beds is the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum, known earlier as the Prince of Wales Museum that was founded in the early 1920s to commemorate a visit to Bombay (Mumbai) of the then Prince of Wales. It was renamed after Shivaji the founder of the Maratha Empire in the 1990s along with the renaming of Bombay as...Read Full Story