The cat is out of the bag. Commercial establishments are illegally tapping water meant for residential pockets in the city.

An audit on supply and distribution of water in the city has brought to light cases where commercial establishments are illegally consuming water meant for residential consumption.

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मुंबई शहरापेक्षा मुंबईच्या उपनगरात झाडांचे प्रमाण अधिक आहे. यातही पश्चिम उपनगरवासी पूर्व उपनगरात रहाणाऱ्यगंपेक्षा अधिक भाग्यवान आहेत.

विभागवार विचार केला तर, दक्षिण मुंबईतील मरीन लाइन्स येथे लोक आणि झाडे यांचे प्रमाण सर्वात वाईट आहे. तेथे दर ५१ माणसांमागे एक झाड आहे. या यादीत दादरचा तिसरा क्रमांक लागतो. तेथे हे प्रमाण आहे. तेथे तेरा माणसांमागे एक झाड असे प्रमाण आहे. डोंगरी भागात हे प्रमाण चौवी read more »
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मित्रानो आज महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स मधे बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांच्या पुस्तकावर आधारित "मुंबई हे महाराष्ट्रीयांचेच घर" हा लेख प्रसिद्ध झाला आहे। हा लेख खालील पत्त्यावर देखिल मिळू शकतो http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5306204.cms

माझ्या मते मुंबई ह्या शहराची खरी हद्द ही कर्जत कसार्या पर्यन्त आहे कारन आज ह्या शहरात खरं काम करणारा मानुस सुबर्बन शहरातून येतो। मला कळत नाही की आपण कल्याण आ read more »
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मित्रानो प्रहार मधे एक बातमी वाचली आणि मनात आले की ही बातमी तुमच्या बरोबर शेयर करायला हवी। ही बातमी ह्या पत्त्यावर देखिल मिळू शकेल http://epaper.prahaar.in/Details.aspx?id=16366&boxid=43217734 read more »
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Cracking down for the first time on those illegally selling BMC water, civic officials teamed up with the Shivaji Nagar police to nab 21 people who have run a small-scale racket for the past 10 years. They read more »
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The Bombay High Court, hearing a petition of Shiv Sena leader Sitaram Dalvi expressing inability to pay the compensation for damage caused to Hotel Intercontinental when a group of men he had led turned violent in January, on Monday observed that the amount could be realised by attaching Sena property.

Dalvi, who had led a morcha of Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (BKS) men to the hotel at Sahar in prot read more »
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केंदातील सत्ताधारी मुंबईकडे सोन्याचे अंडे देणारी कोंबडी म्हणून पाहतात... मुंबईतून गोळा होणाऱ्या हजारो कोटी रुपयांच्या करातून या शहराला काय मिळते, असे आरोप गेली किमान चार दशके सुरू आहेत.

परंतु केंद सरकार नव्याने लागू करत असलेल्या गुड्स अँड सव्हिर्सेस टॅक्स (जीएसटी)मुळे केंद सरकारच्या तिजोरीत जाणाऱ्या सव्हिर्स टॅक्समधील निम्मा हिस्सा राज्याला मिळेल. विशेष म्हणजे मराठी माणसांच्या मनातील ही सल के read more »
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Neither the government nor the police are going to wake up, move heaven and earth to protect us unless we force them by holding them accountable at every step. It’s up to us to instil a vision, direction and cohesion in both these institutions and to formulate a plan of action with annual targets read more »
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General Insurance Corporation (GIC), the designated administrator of the terror insurance pool, has released Rs 167 crore to Taj and Oberoi General Insurance Corporation has released Rs 167 crore to Taj and Oberoi hotels in connection with the 26/11 terror attacks, a top GIC Re official said. read more »
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The city’s first skywalk, adjoining the Bandra railway station, continues to shelter 100-odd slumdwellers of Garib Nagar four months after a massive fire gutted over 300 multi-level shanties in the area.



Even after a reminder from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which owns read more »
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Western Railway (WR) has sought assistance from the state government for acquiring land to complete the Churchgate-Borivli elevated corridor. The project was announced by former railway minister Lalu Prasad in the 2008 budget.

WR officials held a meeting with senior state officials on Tuesday to discuss the project. Principal secretary of Urban Development (UD) T C Benjamin said, "The track read more »
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The bullets in the ATS chief’s body make it clear that the bulletproof jacket he was wearing did not offer him protection. read more »
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आम्हाला मराठी कळत नाही. आम्ही मराठीतून बोलणार नाही. दुकानांच्या पाट्या मराठीतून लावणार नाही.

एवढेच नव्हे तर मराठी प्रातांत परप्रातियांना संख्याबळावर तिकिटे द्यावीत, अशी मराठीद्वेषाची भाषा बोलणाऱ्या अबु आझमी, संजय निरुपम, विरेन शाह यांना मराठीप्रेमाचा धडा शिकविण्यासाठी गांधीगिरीचा मार्ग स्वीकारण्याचे मराठी अभ्यास केंदाने ठरवले आहे. ज्या अमराठी लोकप्रतिनिधींना मुंबईत राहूनही मराठी येत नसले अशां read more »
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The authorities have woken up to the dangers of climate change and global warming. Efforts are being made to find ways to mitigate their effects. But a lot more has to be done, and fast.

The next five years are going to be crucial, experts say. The new forest minister of the state will have to get cracking right from the word go as his tenure is going to be full of challenges.

The rising s read more »
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After several months of talks and various court cases, Mumbaikars can finally buy electricity from Tata Power instead of Reliance Infrastructure.



Recently, Tata granted a connection to R P Abrol, 66, their first-ever power consumer in Malad. Abrol believes that his bill will now reduce by at le read more »
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