Avatar Posted by helo 1001 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: shivaji statue marine drive
The state government on Tuesday approved the blueprint for the proposed statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in the sea off Marine Drive, and even began the process of appointing a developer for its construction, although it has yet to secure clearance from the Union environmental ministry. read more »
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Avatar Posted by sandeshp 1003 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: politiciian builder nexus mumbai houses


Real-estate giants Hiranandani Group may soon be beneficiaries of a benevolent government which has decided to substantially reduce a penalty imposed on the firm for violations in the Powai land-development agreement.

Sources in the Democratic Front (DF) told Mumbai Mirror that a decision has been read more »
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Avatar Posted by kchavan 1007 days ago (http://padsaad.blogspot.com)
Category: Mumbai
शिधावाटप कार्यालयात तुमचं काही काम असेल तर....

नविन शिधापत्रिकेसाठी अर्ज करणे, शिधापत्रिकेत नविन नाव समाविष्ट करणे अथवा युनिटमधे वाढ करणे, शिधापत्रिकेतील नाव कायमस्वरूपी कमी करणे अथवा युनिट्स कमी करणे, युनिटव्यतिरिक्त इतर फेरफार करणे व दुय्यम शिधापत्रिकेसाठी अर्ज करणे अशा कामांसाठी जर आपण शिधावाटप कार्यालयात जाणार असाल, तर एक महत्त्वाची सूचना. सदर कामांच्या पूर्ततेसाठी आवश्यक असलेल्या अर्जांच् read more »
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Avatar Posted by god 1008 days ago (http://ibnlive.in.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: ashok kamte road cama hospital
Amidst Independence Day celebrations, the country also remembered one of its heroes of 26/11, late additional commissioner of Mumbai Police, Ashok Kamte.

A road was named after the braveheart in Saturday in South Mumbai, a place where he once lived.

"He was gallant, he was brave and his courage was beyond words," said Additional Commissioner, South Mumbai, Himanshu Rai read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 1008 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: bmc atms indian railways
People heading to ATM centres near the Mahim and Matunga stations on Senapati Bapat Marg (Tulsi Pipe road) are encountering a peculiar impediment -- huge garbage bins placed by the Brinhanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Reason: a protest by the BMC against the Western Railway (WR) authorities that have permitted ATM centres to be set up on the platform. Why should this bother the BMC, giv read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 1008 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: marathi medium schools marathi language
Concerned by the dwindling number of students in non-English medium schools, the state has given them permission to start semi-English classes. This means that all language schools in the state can now teach mathematics and science in English from Std I to IV from the next academic year.

According to a government resolution dated August 6, schools, including the Marathi-medium ones, can now op read more »
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Avatar Posted by saineek 1013 days ago (Editorial)
Category: Mumbai
राज ठाकरे यांना काँग्रेस-राष्ट्रवादीची पापं दिसत नाहीत. त्यांना शिवसेनेशिवाय दुसऱ्या कुणावर टीका करायची नसते. त्यामुळे त्यांनी केलेल्या आरोपांना गंभीरपणे घेण्याची आवश्यकता नाही’, असं सांगत शिवसेना कार्यकारी प्रमुख उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी ‘मराठी माणसाचा घात मनसेनेच केला’ अशी घणाघाती टीका लोकप्रभाला दिलेल्या खास मुलाखतीत केली. या खणखणीत मुलाखतीत उद्धव यांनी त्यांचा शिवसंवाद दौरा, शेतकऱ्यांच्या समस्या, का read more »
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Avatar Posted by god 1017 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mahim train accident borivli local
Eleven people were injured when an Andheri-bound train rammed into a stationary Borivli-bound slow local at platform no 1 at Mahim station on Sunday afternoon. The accident apparently occurred as the Andheri-bound train failed to stop at a signal before Mahim, but Western Railway (WR) said it would conduct an inquiry to ascertain the cause of the incident. read more »
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Avatar Posted by god 1019 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: kem hospital revamp kem parel
The King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Parel, a Grade II heritage structure, is all set for a revamp. The BMC recently awarded a contract to renovate the sprawling structure to Mumbai-based real estate and infrastructure services company-the Neev Group. The same firm has also bagged projects worth Rs 200 crore to ensure ready and capable infrastructure for safe drinking water supply all over read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 1021 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mumbai slums bmc corruption mns
शहरात १९९५ पर्यंतच्या झोपड्या कायम करण्याचा निर्णय शिवसेना-भाजप युतीच्या काळात घेण्यात आला असून तत्कालीन मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर जोशी यांनी शिवसेनाप्रमुख बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांना अंधारात ठेवून हा निर्णय घेतला, असा गौप्यस्फोट मनसे अध्यक्ष राज ठाकरे यांनी बुधवारी केला. read more »
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Avatar Posted by helo 1022 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: haffkine institute wine flu mumbai
A day after swine flu claimed a life in Pune, the changed atmosphere was apparent in Mumbai as well. It was announced on Tuesday that the city's Haffkine Institute, Parel, will soon start testing for the A-H1N1 virus, becoming the second centre in the state after the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, to do so. And, the city's only quarantine centre in Kasturba Hospital, Chinchpokli, c read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 1022 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: uncommon man r k laxman
आजूबाजूला घडणाऱ्या घटनांचा मामिर्कपणे वेध घेऊन तो 'कॉमन मॅन' या कार्टून कॅरॅक्टरच्या माध्यमातून रेखाटणारे ज्येष्ठ व्यंगचित्रकार आर. के. लक्ष्मण या 'अनकॉमन मॅन'ची जीवनकथा आणि निवडक व्यंगचित्रे पुस्तकरूपात प्रकाशित झाली आहेत! गेल्या सहा दशकांची लक्ष्मण यांची कारकीर्द सांगणाऱ्या 'आर. के. लक्ष्मण- दि अनकॉमन मॅन' या पुस्तकाचे मंगळवारी राजभवनात राज्यपाल एस. सी. जमीर यांच्या हस्ते प्रकाशन झाले. read more »
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Avatar Posted by jyotishelar 1026 days ago (Editorial)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mumbai beggars
Beggars in the city are an increasing menace. It’s stupid of people to give them money cos they are nothing but polished actors. read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 1027 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: dharavi dharavi development dharavi tenders
मुंबईतील 'मूषक'राजवरून सुरू असलेले आरोप-प्रत्यारोप आणि सन २००० पर्यंतच्या झोपड्यांवर मारण्यात आलेला सरकारी मान्यतेचा शिक्का या पार्श्वभूमीवर धारावी झोपडपट्टी पुनविर्कासाचे कंत्राट कुणाला मिळणार, हे ठरवणाऱ्या बोलीकडे सगळ्यांचे लक्ष होते. मात्र, धारावी पुनविर्कासासाठी चार एफएसआय आणि २००० पर्यंतच्या झोपड्यांना संरक्षण राज्य सरकारने दिले असले तरी विकास नियंत्रण नियमावलीत (डीसी रुल्स) तशी दुरुस्ती न read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 1028 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mumbai metro reliance infrastructure
गॅसप्रकरणावरून थेट केंद सरकारशी पंगा घेणाऱ्या अनिल अंबानी यांच्यासाठी बुधवारचा दिवस दिलासा देणारा ठरला. मुंबईतील चारकोप-वांंदे-मानखूर्द हा ३२ किमीचा दुसरा मेट्रो मार्ग उभारण्याचे कामही रिलायन्स इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्च कंपनीलाच मिळाले आहे.

मुख्य सचिव जॉनी जोसेफ यांच्या अध्यक्षतेखाली झालेल्या 'एमएमआरडीए'च्या एक्झिक्युटिव्ह समितीच्या बैठकीत ८२५० कोटी रुपये खर्चाच्या या मार्गाचे काम रिलायन्स इन्फ्रास्ट read more »
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