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Bevakoof (the uninformed). That's how Jamaat-E-Islami Hind (JIH) chief Syed Jalaluddin Umri described the youths attracted towards the Islamic State (Isis) movement in Syria and elsewhere. The renowned Islamic scholar was talking at the four-day Jamaat convention which concluded on Monday in Hyderabad. Source: Mumbai News

The Kandivali police formally arrested three men, on Tuesday, in the double murders of internationally acclaimed artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambhani. Source: Mumbai News

One of the country’s premier contemporary art destinations, Gallery 7, in the heart of SoBo, Kala Ghoda, is hosting a one-of-a-kind show of the biggest showmen of art, F.N. Souza. Source: Mumbai News

A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her mother's live-in partner in Mira Road on Monday night. He was thrashed by neighbours and handed over to the police. Source: Mumbai News

A 23-year-old youth, Zaffar Ali, was killed after his two-wheeler was hit by a speeding truck in Andheri (east) on Saturday . Source: Mumbai News

Twenty-five years after a self-styled priest and exorcist raped a young married woman who had come to him to be cured of her illness, the man, now in his late 50s, will go to jail for the crime. Source: Mumbai News

Even as the state reels under a shortage of pulses, estimates for the drought-hit kharif season which just ended show that the crisis could worsen. Source: Mumbai News

The two bodies found stuffed inside cardboard boxes that were discovered in a Kandivali (W) drain on Saturday evening were identified as prominent artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Brahmbani on Sunday. Three people — including a tempo driver who transported the boxes from Juhu thinking they were broken antiques — were detained over the murders and a police team travelled to Uttar Pradesh to nab two other suspects. Source: Mumbai News

Mumbai may be guilty of jumping on the street art bandwagon a tad too late, but now, it’s slowly seeing a boom in the display of creativity on its busy streets. Source: Mumbai News

Preparations are afoot for two major festivals in the city: Eid-e-Milad or Pro phet Muhammad's birth anniversary on December 24 and 10-day Mahim Fair to pay tribute to Sufi saint Makhdoom Mahimi beginning on December 25. Source: Mumbai News