Autorickshaw union leaders have reacted sharply to the government proposal of phasing out autos from the city within the next seven years. While the Mumbai Autorickshaw-Taximen’s Union has called it a conspiracy by some big automobile companies; the Rickshaw Chalak-Malak Sena has said the decision would take away the livelihood of thous
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Actor Nana Patekar said on Tuesday that he cannot limit himself to being a Maharashtrian as that would mean limiting his soul.
“I am as much a Gujarati, Punjabi or of any other community in the country,” Patekar said at the launch of fellow-actor Sonali Kulkarni’s book So Kul at Crossword in Juhu.
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There will be no new small taxis in the city anymore. Alarmed by the exponential growth in the number of vehicles, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) headed by transport secretary C S Sangitrao has proposed a complete ban on registration of smaller vehicles—less than 1,000 cc, as cabs, initially in Mumbai, Thane and Pune.
Miles away, in Jogeshwari, a packed suburb of Mumbai, first-time Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar is at work in the new culture. Jogeshwari is where some huts of Hindu families were set ablaze in January 1993, a month after the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
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After black and yellow taxis, autorickshaws in the suburbs and fleet taxis are set to get a new colour code each. The government will seek suggestions from the public before deciding on the colours.
For black and yellow taxis, the transport department has already asked art students to select new colours and sought public suggestions.
Nariman Point, one of world’s most expensive office markets, is expected to yield the government a windfall of Rs 12,500 crore if it decides to go ahead with a proposal to integrate the makeover of the area with that of Mantralaya.
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कोरेगाव पार्क भागात असलेल्या जर्मन बेकरीमध्ये बॉम्ब स्फोट होऊन १० जण ठार तर ४० जण जखमी झाले आहेत. या हल्ल्यामागे दहशतवादी संघटनेचा हात असल्याचे गृह सचिव पिल्लई यांनी स्पष्ट केले आहे. जखमींमध्ये अनेक परदेशी नागरिकांचा समावेश आहे.
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The Shiv Sena activists today held demonstrations outside theatres in eastern suburbs against Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film 'My Name Is Khan', prompting the police to arrest 46 troublemakers.
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The Maharashtra government has formally chalked out a weapons policy for the police that will not only expedite phasing out antiquated guns like the 416 Musket, 303 rifle and the Carbine, but also do away with the problem of procuring spare parts and ammunition for them.
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The state government last year weeded out 29 lakh bogus ration cards across Maharashtra, according to information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The highest number of bogus rations cards were found in Mumbai (6.5 lakh), followed by Pune (3 lakh), Nashik 1.5 lakh, Nagpur and Ahmednagar 1.1 lakh respectively.
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Mumbai---sapno ki nagri, main---sapno ke peeche..
Mumbai jaane kab marathio ki ho gayi, main jaane kab bihari ho gaya.
Mumbai pehle Bombay kehlati thi. aur Main insaan kehlaata tha.
Bombay Mumbai hui kisi ne gaur nahi kiya…
Main hindustaani ban-ne laga kisi ne nahi dekha..
Aaj mumbai kisi ek ki banayi ja rahi hai.
Aur mujhe bihari bana
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Over 75,000 car owners in Mumbai who, like Sachin Tendulkar, had registered their vehicles in Navi Mumbai and Thane to save on cess, will now have to pay the difference to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as a penalty for evading city taxes.
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मुकेश अंबानींचा रिलायन्सच्या कंपन्यांवर जेवढा हक्क आहे तेवढाच हक्क मुंबईवर मराठी माणसांचा आहे असे त्यामुळे मुंबई-मराठी माणसाच्या वाटेला जाऊ नका , असा दम शिवसेनाप्रमुख बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांनी दिला.
मुंबई , दिल्ली , चेन्नई सर्व भारताची असे विधान करणाऱ्या मुकेश अंबानी यांचा बाळासाहेबांनी आपल्या ठाकरी शैलीत समाचार घेतला.
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Engineering major Larsen & Toubro and Malaysia's Scomi Group are expected to commission the first phase of Mumbai Monorail, India's first such system, by end of this year.
The Rs2,460 crore project, an initiative of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), is a modern urban transport where cars move on a single beam in an elevated corridor.
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