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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:11:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Now, hawkers take over loos in Dadar]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:11:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What's more shocking? A tea stall operating out of a toilet or BMC officials, instead of forcing it to shut down, collecting taxes from the owner?Mayor Building and Ibrahim Building, both in front of Dadar (Western Railway) station, are so engulfed by illegal structures that the legal residents of these buildings have not only lost their common wet areas and passages, but also their toilet blocks to encroachers.Their numerous complaints to the local G/North ward office have fallen on deaf ears even as BMC officials go about collecting property and assessment taxes, giving legitimacy to these encroachments.At Mayor Building, a narrow passage between the two buildings has been encroached upon by hawkers. The stalls selling clothes, leather accessories and kids' wear are on the drainage pipeline itself, which is now choked. The residents can't repair the pipeline as they no longer have an access to it.At Ibrahim Building, the encroachers have gone a step further. A tea stall that caters to neighbouring shopowners has been set up right inside the toilet block on the ground floor. The toilet block was razed to make way for the stall. The toilets on the first and second floors have also been encroached upon by garment shops. The common wet area simply doesn't exist in either of the buildings.When this reporter spoke to some of the 'encroachers', they brazenly said they were not scared of any BMC action as they were paying property and assessment tax.&quot;I am here since six years and have been paying all taxes. Whenever BMC officials come I show them my receipts of the taxes I pay, which work as proof,&quot; said one of the stall owners.The buildings fall under the jurisdiction of G/North ward office, which is only a few hundred metres away. The officers here admit that the shops are illegal and say that they are liable for action. It's just that they don't know when.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['In 3 yrs, 24/7 water supply will be a reality']]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:16:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Come 2011 and Mumbaikars will no longer need to store water. The BMC says it is awaiting the completion of the Middle Vaitarna dam project to ensure uninterrupted water supply to the city. The project will augment the city's water supply from the present 3,400 million litres daily to 3,800 million litres daily.There are four stages to achieve 24x7 water supply for the city. These include a water audit to know the quantum of unaccounted for water, meaning water lost due to leakages and pilferage. With only 50% of waters meters in working condition and none in the island city, the BMC cannot dream of providing water at all hours. Working meters are essential to ensure there is no wastage of water.&quot;The water meter tender process has been completed and will be put up before the standing committee on Saturday,&quot; said Anil Diggikar, additional municipal commissioner in-charge of the water supply project.&quot;The water meter tender process has been completed and will be put up before the standing committee on Saturday,&quot; said Anil Diggikar, additional municipal commissioner in-charge of the water supply project.The BMC is also planning a Ground Penetration Radar System to detect leakages in its water supply network and a Geographic Information System so that it knows the exact location of every water pipe. &quot;All this is taking time, but by 2011 we will make 24x7 water a reality,&quot; said Diggiikar.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMC to shut Khar eateries]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:15:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If the civic body's assurances are to be believed, then all the famous eateries operating without licences near Carter Road in Khar (W) will be forced to shut down.DNA had on Friday reported about 11 eateries in the area running sans licence from the health department.As per the RTI findings by Union Park and YMCA residents, out of the 20 famous eateries in Union Park, 11 have been operating without licence.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[a4Rail board biased against Marathisa4]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:26:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (BKS) has demanded a judicial inquiry to a4expose' the alleged prejudice of north Indian politicians and bureaucrats against Marathis in railway jobs. It has also sought restructuring of the recruitment process to restore the a4regional balance' in lower grades.The BKS, which is the union wing of the Shiv Sena, also alleged that 7,000 class IV vacancies in Maharashtra, which could provide employment opportunities to a4bhoomi putras' have been ignored for long. &quot;On the contrary, the Railway board is now planning to reduce the class IV staff as a cost-cutting measure following extra expenditure on account of sixth pay commission,&quot; BKS leaders Anil Desai and Milind Tulaskar said. &quot;While recruitments in this grade have been frozen here, the railway ministry is going for excess recruitments in north India,&quot; they alleged.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Dhoni be allowed to play in Mumbai?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:04:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[THE TENSE situation in Maharashtra is gradually snowballing into a major problem for the governments - both at the Centre and the state. That both have the blessings of the Congress makes it all the more difficult to understand.The Indian cricket team has plenty of North Indians in its ranks (M S Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, Amit Shrma, Virendra Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Praveen Kumar, R P Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh) - will they feel safe when they come to play in Mumbai or Pune? Sachin Tendulkar is the only Maharashtrian in the Indian cricket team right now! Even the chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar is not there. Will Raj Thackeray suddenly take a stand that the team must be all Maharashtrian if they have to play in Maharashtra?One school of thought pertaining to the indirect encouragement extended to Raj Thackeray is that his votes would eat into the vote bank of the Shiv Sena. There was a time in the 60s when the Shiv Sena was powerful - there were agitations against the South Indian communities. In those days, the Shiv Sena supremo was Balasaheb (Bal) Thackeray, who was a renowned cartoonist - his political cartoons carried enough sting and were loved by one and all. He is the uncle of Raj Thackeray.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bihar burns]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:22:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Patna: Violence continued unabated in Bihar on Thursday with agitated students indulging in arson and vandalism at several places as Biharsharif observed a complete bandh against the killing of an examinee allegedly in a brutal attack by MNS activists.Scores of violent protestors ransacked the railway station at Motihari, headquarter of East Champaran district, smashing glass doors and panes of reservation and ticket counters before setting a police jeep ablaze, Superintendent of Police NH Khan said. Khan said the protestors, who resorted to violence two days ago, also damaged kiosks and eateries on the platform and badly damaged a fire tender, following which the police baton-charged and chased them away.&quot;The situation is completely under control with the arrival of CRPF reinforcements to assist the district police in controlling the situation,&quot; he said.Biharsharif, headquarters of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's home district Nalanda, observed a complete shutdown to protest the killing of Pavan Kumar, who was allegedly assaulted by MNS activists.The government has already announced a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh to the family of Pavan, a resident of Bara-khurd under Noorsarai police station.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I don't need protection, says Raj]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:30:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[MNS president Raj Thackeray rejected state security after news reached him that it had been downgraded from a4Z' to a4Y' category.&quot;I can protect myself. I don't need government security,'' said Thackeray after being informed about the government's decision to scale down his security cover.Raj has so far had Z security with four carbine-wielding policemen and a personal officer moving around with him. Under Y category, he is entitled to a few policemen (besides his party workers) for protection.The decision was taken after a threat perception committee headed by chief secretary Johny Joseph recommended to the state that Thackeray's security be scaled down from Z to Y category. The decision was then communicated to the police commissioner.JCP (law and order) K L Prasad confirmed that Thackeray's security had been reduced. Police chief Hasan Gafoor said the decision was taken sometime ago and implemented on Wednesday.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MNS chief's lawyer is a North Indian]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:24:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Among the battery of lawyers defending Raj Thackeray, one stands out because of his surname. Akhilesh Chaubey is the public face of the MNS leader's legal team, and is also, for all purposes, the official spokes-person of the defence.The 32-year-old lawyer, whose family is from Jaunpur in UP, isn't apologetic about being the most ardent North Indian supporter of Raj.Chaubey's association with Raj goes back to 1987 when he was an activist of Shiv Sena's student wing Bharati Vidyarthi Sena, then headed by Raj. &quot;I'm a follower of Rajsaheb's ideology and political views right from the beginning. Rajsaheb's only concern is betterment of Maharashtra,&quot; Chaubey said.&quot;I am used to getting calls from people in UP and Bihar, asking me to disassociate myself from MNS,&quot; he added.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More cases may give Raj sleepless nights]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:24:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Raj Thackeray was heard telling the police at the Bandra court that he hadn't slept well on Monday night. By Tuesday night, as he prepared for his first night in a lock-up, he and his lawyers would have lost some more sleep.The MNS leader's legal team rushed to Kalyan court to seek bail in another case emanating out of the violence that his men had resorted to on Sunday at various Railway Recruitment Board examination centres. But the police pipped their plea by saying they wanted to make some investigations and would produce him only on Wednesday. Thackeray's legal options are now to seek bail from the Kalyan court just as he did in the Bandra court and got it.But, if he is required by other police teams for other cases registered against him, then the Kalyan magistrate may direct that his custody be handed over to such other police stations. Police officials on Tuesday said there were four cases against him, including the Kherwadi case (from which he got bail), and in that case Thackeray might end up doing the merry-go-round for a while.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No special treatment to Raj: Cops]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:24:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Source : DNAAfter 14 cumulative hours on the road, Raj Thackeray's last stop on Tuesday was the police lock-up in Manpada in Kalyan. The leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, if police sources were to be believed, would not be accorded any special treatment.Apparently, he will be spending the night in the only lock-up at the station. The cell does not have an air-conditioner - so cooling his heels will indeed be out of place here. The police source further said that he would be given chapati and vegetable subzi for dinner.Thackeray is reportedly armed with a book written by Dr BR Ambedkar which also kept him company during his journeys, first from Ratnagiri to Mumbai and then from the Bandra court to Kalyan.At 7.30 pm on Monday when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray returned to the government guest house at Ratnagiri after a hectic tour he was looking forward to a quiet dinner with his partymen. Outside the guest house, a crowd of supporters was waiting to get a glimpse of their leader. An hour or two later, he got wind of the news of his likely arrest. Almost 150 policemen had encircled the guest house arresting the MNS activists from Konkan region as a preventive measure.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Delhi cheers Thackeray arrest but fears backlash]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:20:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Many in the national capital cheered the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Tuesday, though there were fears his &quot;thugs&quot; would let loose a reign of terror against innocent people in Maharashtra from outside the state.While many people in Delhi, mostly from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, wondered why a person who believes in &quot;divisive&quot; politics was allowed to roam free and create rift in a democratic country like India, many said what he was doing was no less than terrorism.Thackeray, whose supporters Sunday attacked non-Maharashtrians appearing for a railway recruitment examination, was arrested from Maharashtra's Ratnagiri town early Tuesday.An angry Zia-ur-Rehman, 29, who is in Delhi but is based in Mumbai, blamed the Congress, which is in power in Maharashtra in coalition with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), equally for the rising clout of MNS.&quot;It's all politically motivated. The Congress is also responsible for all that is being done by MNS in Maharashtra. It is said that no one is above law then why was he allowed to spit venom for all these days?&quot; said Rehman, who works in Mumbai.Rehman, who is from Siwan in Bihar, said: &quot;What Raj Thackeray has been doing is no less then terrorism. It's terrorism in broad daylight and that too in front of police and administration. Although he has been arrested, people from north India are afraid of its repercussions.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MNS, face of urban terrorism?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:07:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Maharashtra government is under political pressure to act against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray. Police already have a non-bailable arrest warrant against Raj, but are yet to take any action against him. The MNS chief, too, dared the Maharashtra government to arrest him after his party activists on Sunday attacked young North Indians students appearing for a railway recruitment examination.The issue was raised in Parliament on Monday with MPs asking why the Maharashtra government is not taking any action even as MNS supporters go on a rampage.CNN-IBN show Face the Nation debated: Are groups like MNS urban terrorists?The panellist included Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule, Shiv Sena Legal Cell head Rahul Narvekar, Rashtriya Janata Party MP Alok Mehta and writer Prof Chidananda Murthy. The discussion was moderated by Sagarika Ghose.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sewage water clean enough to drink]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:17:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What would you say if we told you that the sparkling water coming out of your tap is what exited from your loo not so long ago? It's not such an outlandish notion because if the Enhance Nature Chemistry Purification system invented by Malad-resident Vag Shantharam Shenai gets the government's go ahead, you could soon be drinking treated sewage water.The purification system called Bio-Sanitiser, which is actually an innocuous-looking substance that resembles coal, has been invented by 49-year-old Shenai wherein sewage water is purified and becomes ready to use within seconds. If implemented on a large scale, Shenai's project could also spell an end to the city's water woes.Several housing societies and five star hotels are already using Shenai's new technique to treat sewage water as well as to curb the breeding of mosquitoes in water storage systems and removal of bad odour and heavy metal from water. Also, water that has been treated with the Bio-Sanitiser is being supplied to slums. It was also supplied to a highrise once.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reinstate sacked staff, Raj threatens Jet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:16:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[About 200 sacked crew members of Jet Airways met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and urged him to get them reinstated.The MNS chief is reported to have warned the airline of an agitation if the sacked employees are not taken back.Thackeray's representatives will meet the Jet Airways management on Thursday.His support to the sacked crew is seen as an attempt to check mate Shiv Sena which has over the years been controlling unions in the aviation sector.In recent months, employees of duty-free shops at the airport have also joined MNS while Shiv Sena's Bharatiya Kamgar Sena is facing problems.Significantly, Shiv Sena controls a union of Jet Airways employees. &quot;If Raj is successful in taking up the cause of sacked cabin crew, it will enhance his clout and further undermine the Shiv Sena,'' a political observer remarked.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbaikars agree ?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:54:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Former PM of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew said the only way to lift Mumbai to international standards is to make it a separate state or province.Source : Mumbai Mirror<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbai to get 129 trains by June 2010]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:11:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite initial delays, the Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory is on track to meet the deadline of June 2010 to provide 129 trains of 12 coaches each, officials said here on Tuesday.  The trains which are being introduced on the city's suburban rail network as part of the World Bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), have new features including air blowers, greater accelerations and better interiors.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Now, experts mull Metro line for garbage disposal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:00:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As landfill sites move to far suburbs, experts study feasibility of using and extending existing railway network to transport 11,000 tonnes of garbage produced daily in the regionEven as plans get underway to solve Mumbai's burgeoning garbage disposal problem - 8,000 tonnes per day and set to rise further - by developing a common landfill for the entire metropolitan region, experts at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) are simultaneously tackling the problem of transporting such large quantities of waste to the disposal site. To that end, the MMRDA is currently exploring the possibility of either using the existing railway network or laying a dedicated Metro Rail line for the purpose.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Disneyland like amusement park at Sindhudurg likely]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:36:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Maharashtra government is considering setting up an amusement park on the lines of the world-famous Disneyland, in coastal Sindhudurg district.&quot;The State Government is mulling over a suggestion to set up the amusement park at Kumarmath in the district,&quot; Revenue Minister Narayan Rane told reporters on the sidelines of an event organised to mark the World Tourism Day here.The suggestion was made in a report prepared by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) after the district was declared as a tourist district by the Central government a decade ago, Rane said.The government is also considering various other proposals like setting up five-star hotels and a fishermen's village for development of Sindhudurg as a tourist destination, Rane, who hails from the district, said.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pay less for food if you are a Marathi manoos]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:51:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is one discount offer that is in poor taste. Diva Maharashtracha, a Marathi eatery, has been dishing out handsome discounts to its patrons - but only if they are Maharashtrians or at least, speak Marathi.Even though this scheme has been on for about a year and a half, the owners have decided to promote this only now, by sending SMS-es to the public.Dr Suhas Awchat, co-owner of Diva Maharashtracha, Culture Curry and Goa Portuguesa, has been exercising the 50% discount-policy for Maharashtrian patrons at Diva Maharashtracha on main course lunch, and 25% off on main course dinner on weekdays.When we asked him the reason for this discrimination, he said, &quot;Most Maharashtrians lead simple lives, and are not wealthy. I want them to be exposed to the rich culture they belong to. I don't want them to be intimidated by the dcor of the place or the celebrity patrons who frequent the joint.&quot; People of other communities are wealthy or at least well off, and dining out for them is a casual experience, he believes.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Police ask two Raj Thackeray aides to leave Mumbai]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:01:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In a surprise move, the Mumbai police Sunday asked two senior aides of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray to leave the city for one year, a party leader said Sunday.Dadar unit chief Girish Dhanorkar and MNS Cine Workers' Union president Ameya Khopkar have been externed for one year from Mumbai, Thane and Raigad, said the party's state co-ordinator Sanjay Ghadi.An official at the Dadar police station, confirming the developments, said the duo has been ordered to leave the city Monday and stay away for a year.<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WHAT MUMBAI WANTS, FIND OUT AT LALBAUG]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:01:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cure my son of the gutkha addiction.I want my husband to start paying attention to me and forget his extra-marital affair.I need your help but people in Bihar need you the most today...so help them and then help me...These are just some of the requests that devotees have made in writing to Lalbaugcha Raja. Besides money and ornaments, organisers of the popular Ganpati mandal at Lalbaug are increasingly coming across letters in the donation boxes. Most devotees have either sought a good job or a good husband but there are many unusual requests from people who seem to have lost all hope in the material world and whose only hope is Lalbaugcha Raja.One of the most moving letters is by a Maharashtrian woman. Written in English, it says, &quot;Today lakhs of people in Bihar are suffering. May Lord Ganesh help them in all their difficulties. More than me, people in Bihar need Lord Ganesh's help.&quot; She prays that the Lord help them just the way he had helped a cancer-stricken child for whom she had prayed earlier.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marathi to find place in JNU]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Education/marathi-to-find-place-in-jnu/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:43:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray isn't the only one in Maharashtra trying to promote the use of Marathi. The state government has secured a proud position for the language at one of the country's most prestigious universities, which will soon start a chair in Marathi.The Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi recently proposed to institute a chair for the promotion of Marathi and research on the language.The Maharashtra government's higher and technical education department then promptly committed to a Rs 5.5 crore grant, by way of a government resolution issued on August 29.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbai to give up Lungi for pants]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:04:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mumbai: A Worli-based social organisation in Mumbai, has given a clarion call asking its members to avoid wearing traditional wrap around, locally called &quot;Lungi&quot; and instead start wearing pants.The main contention stated behind the step is to motivate organisation's members who are from Uttar Pradesh to wear pants so that local authorities take them seriously.&quot;Lungi Choro, Pant Pehno&quot; (Give up wrap around, wear pants) campaign is being carried out here by Mohammed Abdul Hamid Yuva Pratishthan (MAHYP), the social organisation.&quot;The Lungi is comfortable to wear while going to sleep but most of our members wear it even during the day projecting a bad image about our people,&quot; says Akhlaque Khan, founder of Mohammed Abdul Hamid Yuva Pratishthan.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shiv Sena sees red over Jaya's Hindi remark]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:10:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Shiv Sena has denounced Samajwadi MP and actor Jaya Bachchan for her statement that the people of Maharashtra should not object to her speaking in Hindi.On Saturday, during the launch of the music of her upcoming film Drona, Jaya had said, &quot;I am from Uttar Pradesh and will speak in Hindi and the people of Maharashtra should not take any objection.&quot;Sources at the event said, &quot;There was no reason for Jaya to use an entertainment platform to take potshots at politicians. It did not sound like a spur-of-the-moment statement, but it was well planned.&quot;<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Siddhivinayaka4s a4original ownera4 now lives in a slum near temple]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:14:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Next time you visit the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi in the evening, just ask the gateman where the maalak (owner) is. He will point to a tall but weak and poor man.With Ganeshotsav starting on Wednesday, lakhs of devotees will visit the temple over the next 10 days, but few, if any, among them will know that the poor man standing near the deity is the original owner of the temple.Krishnakumar Patil's family managed the temple for more than 100 years. Today, he is forced to live in a slum in a bylane near the temple because he has been denied a share in the vast income of the temple.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MNS activists target Shiv Sena leader's institute]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:11:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Shiv Sena, which claims to be the first political party to raise the issue of Marathi &quot;asmita&quot; (pride), was in for some embarrassment as activists from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) targeted senior Sena leader Manohar Joshi's technical institute-Kohinoor-in Ahmednagar for having an English signboard.The MNS party workers on Saturday stormed the institute, situated near the main bus stand in Ahmednagar, and shouted slogans such as &quot;Jai Maharashtra&quot; before indulging in vandalism. The demonstrators condemned the Sena for its double standards and waved MNS flags before leaving the place.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No green signal for wax museum]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/no-green-signal-for-wax-museum/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:02:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The BMC's plan to construct a wax museum in the city, on the lines of London's Madame Tussauds, has been put on hold. The civic body realised only recently that the place they had earmarked for the museum falls under a green zone and, hence, cannot be developed.The BMC had earmarked six acres of land with a built up area of 1.5 lakh sq ft behind Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Byculla for the project. Said Anil Diggikar, additional municipal commissioner (projects), &quot;While chalking out the details of the plan in a meeting, we realised that the plot we allotted for the museum comes under a green zone.&quot;<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[100-mark hurdle for BMC teachers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:24:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After Raj Thackeray's campaign for Marathi as a compulsory language in CBSE and ICSE schools, even the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a writ that all teachers in its schools will have to clear a 100-marks test in Marathi, failing which their increments will be withheld. A circular to this effect was send to all BMC run schools last month. Most school teachers said the circular is unfair and unreasonable.&quot;We have already cleared a 50- marks Marathi paper when we cleared our SSC examinations, yet we are being asked to appear for this test. What is the logic of this test?&quot; enquired a teacher from a Urdu medium school in H West ward.The circular clearly states that the increment of the teachers who have not cleared this test will be withheld. When asked about this circular, BMC education officer Arun Thackeray said it was being implemented as per rules of the state government, that all government employees must know Marathi. &quot;This is being done as per the instructions of the government. We are not implementing this on teachers who know Marathi,&quot; said Thackeray.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Community radio for slum residents]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:46:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Two girls in Mumbai are leading students and residents of slums to host shows on a radio station started by the Mumbai University.The girls are spearheading a change through community radio.Born in a Mumbai slum, 17-year-old Gautami Chawre, a factory worker, has never been to school. Now her radio shows on MUST Radio have made her the talk of her neighbourhood.&quot;I never thought that I could become a radio jockey. I used to listen to other RJs and wonder if I could do this. Now I know I can. In my workplace everyone used to stay I speak too loudly. Now they tell me at least you are putting your voice to good use,&quot; said Gautami.Another girl Shenaz Shaikh is also learning to be a radio jockey.It is an initiative by the Mumbai University community radio station, MUST Radio to bring about a change in local slum communities by talking about issues like health, hygiene and education.&quot;We decided to choose people from the slum community itself and train them to be radio jockeys. It is a big USP because people will listen to someone their own kith and kin. They think it is from their own basti,&quot; said Pankaj Athavale, consultant, MUST Radio.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shivaji may force sealink to go under water]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:34:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Even before it takes final shape, a proposed sealink is sinking. The state government is all set to drop a proposal to construct a 4-km sealink between Malabar Hill and Nariman Point. It has instead asked a private consultant to work out other options, like having an under-sea tunnel.The reason apparently is to make the western waterfront of the Arabian Sea clear and provide an unobstructed view of the upcoming Chhatrapati Shivaji statue, which has been planned in the middle of the sea between Chowpatty and Nariman Point.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Convert all Mumbai bars into yoga centres: Baba Ramdev]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:29:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[All bars here should be converted into yoga centres in order to have a better society and healthy living, said Baba Ramdev Saturday while laying the foundation stone of a yoga centre being built in the place of a nightclub that closed down four years ago.Ramdev, in his short speech, said: &quot;I am very happy that a place which was being used for destructing people's lives will now be used for making lives of various people happier and healthier.&quot;He said: &quot;People who used to come here for lust and addiction will now be coming for meditation. And I say that all bars in Mumbai which cause no good to any person should be converted to these types of yoga centres.&quot;<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Here come the rickshawalis]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:50:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Starting today, don't be surprised if you hail an autorickshaw and the driver turns out to be a woman. For, beginning Monday, 15 women who successfully completed their training as auto drivers may hit the city's streets.The women, most of them from lower-middle class Maharashtrian families, trained at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Andheri. And, all of them sailed through their driving tests.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First fully air-conditioned suburban rail service in Mumbai]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:43:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Two companies from Germany and one each from Spain, England and India have been shortlisted for the final selection of the consultant to undertake a feasibility study of the elevated AC suburban rail corridor project in Mumbai. The final decision on the consultant will be taken by end August 2008.The proposed project involves the suburban rail service from Churchgate to Virar in Mumbai, which will be the first fully air-conditioned suburban rail service in the country.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dona4t just skywalk, shop too]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:45:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The second pedestrian skywalk, after the one already operational in Bandra (East), will be completed within six months at Kanjur Marg. Unlike the one at Bandra, the Kanjur Marg one will have space for shops and vendors.The width of the 222-metre-long skywalk would be seven metres, as against the five metres of width on the Bandra skywalk; in Kanjur Marg, the walkway space available for the pedestrians would be four metres, for vendors - three metres and one metre for the shoppers. The estimated cost of the skywalk is Rs5.87 crore.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dabba service gets dearer]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:33:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Mumbai dabbawallahs has almost become one of the motifs of the city and it is one of the unchanging elements of life in Mumbai.But getting a dabbawallah to deliver the lunch packet will now cost more. Balu Walunj, a dabbawallah, spent 18 years in Mumbai delivering food to offices. It is a daily routine that's now weighing him down.His monthly salary of Rs 5000 is not enough to beat rising prices. He has a family of six to support back home in his village near Pune and knows his options are limited.''Kerosene prices are up, all essentials are more expensive. How can we manage with what we have. There isn't enough money to send home,'' said Balu Walunj.They have got a six sigma performance rating, a near 100 per cent error free delivery record and they have also impressed Prince Charles. But inflation seems to be beating them down.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BEST gives Rs 50 cheque to man wrongly fined]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:34:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A commuter who was fined by a ticket-checker of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking in March 2007, fought against the administration when he found out that he had been wrongly charged. On Wednesday, he was awarded a cheque of Rs 50 after he made BEST realise its mistake. Interestingly, the commuter has spent more than Rs 500 till date. Shyam Bhanushali, a Dahisar resident, was travelling by a BEST bus between Nagothane and Borivli on March 30, 2007. He said, &quot;I had bought a ticket worth Rs 40. At 9:30 pm, a ticket-checker at Borivli station said my ticket was for March 29 and no longer valid and fined me Rs 50.&quot; Bhanushali wrote to the BEST administration and provided copies of his ticket and a receipt. After a month-long investigation, he was told that he would be given a refund.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marathi author, poet Kalyan Inamdar dead]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:41:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Well-known Marathi author and children's poet Kalyan Inamdar expired in Pune on Monday afternoon following a brief illness, according to his publisher Arun Jakhade.He was 68 and is survived by his wife and two daughters who are married, Jakhade said by phone from Pune.Inamdar July 2 suffered a brain haemorrhage and was rushed to the Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital. He died this afternoon around 2.30 pm, Jakhade said.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Now, Raj is after Eng medium schools]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:41:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After his campaign against North Indians, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Monday asked English medium schools in the state to make Marathi a compulsory subject from first standard and shopowners to put up nameplates in Marathi in a month.      The MNS chief also reiterated his appeal to Marathi officials to stop abetting 'outsiders' by issuing bogus domicile certificates and driving licences, saying these acts were rendering the state bankrupt and leading to spurt in crime.      The two-year old MNS will also contest Lok Sabha polls, Raj said in suburban Bandra, adjacent to the residence of his uncle and Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Mumbaikars must change their attitude before they can change their city']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:32:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We cannot expect the BMC to handle a population of 18 million. With a density of 23 people per sq ft there are bound to be hygiene and cleanliness issues. However, it is a pleasant surprise to see that the citizens of Mumbai are making an effort to keep the city clean. This can be seen on the city roads where people abstain from throwing things outside their car windows.I strongly feel that in order to make the city cleaner the age-old mentality of only keeping your house clean and throwing garbage outside your house needs to be nipped in the bud. Especially in our country hygiene is constricted to the boundaries of our house, once the house is clean we do not give much thought to the environment anymore. Mumbaikars need to feel that the entire city is their home, not just the apartment they live in.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Film on 7/11 salutes Mumbai]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:57:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[To mark the second anniversary of the 7/11 train blasts, a4Dombivli Fast' director Nishikant Kamat is releasing his film a4Mumbai Meri Jaan' which is based on the tragedy. &quot;The film is a salute to the spirit of mankind,&quot; said Kamat. Starring Soha Ali Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Paresh Rawal, Irfan Khan and Madhavan, the film narrates how the incident shook the city by focusing on five main characters. The UTV Motion Pictures has produced a4Mumbai Meri Jaan' . Kamat decided to make the film a few days after the blasts. Kamat and his team researched extensively for the film. They confirmed facts and figures with the authorities and even met witnesses and survivors of the tragedy in order to understand how the affected are trying to regain their footing and getting back to normal life.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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