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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:12:46 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IPL: Lalit Modi out, Chirayu Amin takes over]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two hours, 12 men - that's what it took to formally endorse the decision to suspend Lalit Modi as Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL).The interim chief of the IPL is Chirayu Amin.The Governing Council of the IPL met this morning in Mumbai to discuss the 22 charges of impropriety that were served last night, via email, to Modi, seconds after the Chennai Super-Kings won IPL3. (Read: 22 charges of financial crimes against Modi)Modi stands accused, in a 34-page notice, of allegedly consistent venality - including accepting a multi-million dollar kickback while assigning the telecast rights for IPL matches, and attempting to rig the bids for the two new IPL teams that were auctioned last month. (Watch: IPL saga - Rise and fall of Lalit Modi)<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The music never stops in this AR Rahman library in Mumbai]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:29:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Mozart of Madras now has a home in Mumbai, and you can visit it whenever you wish. Apart from being a place to delve into the life and works of India's best-known music composer, AR Rahman, the 3,000 sq-ft space in Vasai also doubles as a resource centre for underprivileged students to mirror the legendary musician's altruistic side.The AR Rahman Library and Gallery houses a life-size painting of Rahman in Bollywood-poster style, three albums of the Oscar winning composer's pictures, a large repository of newspaper and magazine articles, an audio-cassette collection, and about 20 frames capturing Rahman in various moods.Six months old, the library has been created by Santosh Kumar Pandey, 28, a Vasai resident and an ardent Rahman fan. In fact, such is his adoration for his guru, that Pandey has also embraced Islam, &quot;just like Rahman sir&quot;.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[British Prince visits 26/11 Mumbai attacks site, donates funds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:47:27 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Prince Michael of Kent, first cousin to England's Queen Elizabeth, visited Chabad Nariman House here on Wednesday.Prince Michael, along with Israeli Consul General Orna Sagiv, and Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz, Director of Chabad Mumbai Relief Fund, visited the five-storey building and inspected the bullet and grenade marks on the walls.Prince Michael presented Rabbi Berkowitz with a cheque of 1,00,000 dollars for the restoration of the building on behalf of the DVK Foundation of which Prince Michael is the patron and donor, helps victims of Mumbai attacks.Prince Michael said that the foundation would help restore Chabad House, especially the kitchen of the building where free meals for travellers and others were prepared.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marathi film set to go places]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:38:16 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In an honour for the local film industry, a Marathi film - Paresh Mokashi's Harishchandrachi Factory - which has been selected as India's official entry to the 82nd Academy Awards, is also going to represent the country at the Golden Globe Awards and the Bafta.The film will release across the country on January 22, confirms Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTV Motion Pictures. Besides making its way as India's entry to the Oscars, Harishchandrachi Factory is based on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke, also known as the father of Indian cinema.One day, while watching a silent Hollywood motion picture with his young son, Phalke decides to seek a way to make India's first feature film. He goes to London to learn film-making and returns to India to establish the craft in his own country.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shiv Sena's Shraddha Jadhav is new Mumbai mayor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:36:25 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Shiv Sena's Shraddha Jadhav was on Tuesday elected Mumbai mayor.Securing 114 votes, Jadhav trounced the opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Priscilla Kadam who got 96 votes, according to an official.The Congress' hopes of bagging the prestigious post were ruined after seven corporators of the Samajwadi Party (SP) boycotted the elections at the last minute.Another six corporators of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) abstained from voting, which gave the benefit to the Sena candidate. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has 227 elected members.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thackeray bahu Smita set to join Congress]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:24:46 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's unthinkable that a member of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's deep-saffron family will switch to the enemy camp. But that's what Smita Thackeray, his 48-year-old daughter-in-law, appears to be doing in suddenly announcing her decision to join Sonia Gandhi's Congress party.``I have become a big admirer of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and want to be part of the good work being done by them for the country,'' she told TOI on Friday.The reasons for Smita's decision are two. One, she feels the Shiv Sena is being unfair to Maharashtrians with its parochial and divisive politics and two, she was being systematically marginalised by powerful elements in the Thackeray household.<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Azmi episode sparks protests in Pune; 50 alleged MNS men picked- Hindustan Times]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:02:14 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Around 50 alleged MNS activists were on Tuesday picked up in connection with stone pelting at city buses on Monday night after suspension of four party MLAs in the Maharashtra Assembly, police said.Those detained by police included MNS city unit president Prakash Dhore.Atleast 30 buses were damaged in the incidents from various parts of the city in which the party activists came on the streets to protest against happenings in the Legislature.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cops look to wire Girgaum chowpatty to tackle terror]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In a bizarre proposal, the DB Marg police have suggested that the entire Girgaum chowpatty coastline be fenced to prevent another 26/11 type attack.The proposal,tabled before a high court-appointed committee on Thursday suggested covering the 1.2-km stretch of the Chowpatty with wire ropes. We get regular security alerts. There is a need to scan entry and exit points to the beach front. Moreover, with limited staff, it becomes difficult to man the crowded beach, said a senior official.But members of the committee, which was formed following a public interest litigation against encroachments on the beach, held back the plan temporarily. The beach is a well-known tourist spot where thousands of tourists come every day. Putting up the fence will spoil the beach and obstruct the view of the sea. It will also restrict the use of the beach for the public, said a member. The DB Marg police in its proposal claimed they were fed up with the repeated instances of people getting perilously close to the sea, especially during high tide.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mumbai girl youngest to complete 10km Bermuda Swimathon]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:24:47 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[City girl Swapnali Yadav is not nicknamed 'Little Mermaid' without a reason.On October 18, the Andheri girl, who will turn 11 next month, became the youngest ever in swimming history to complete the 10km Bermuda Round the Sound Open Swimathon in the Atlantic Ocean.Swapnali completed the 10 km distance in 3 hours 52 minutes and 21 seconds to become the first Indian to win a gold medal in the U-12 category.Her achievement will find a mention in the next edition of Limca Book of Records. However, this is not the only astonishing feat she has achieved.Swapnali, who became the youngest ever in open World Swimming Marathon history at eight years and seven months, had on September 1, 2007 stretched 30 km across Messinikos Gulf in Greece to qualify for the Limca Book of Records 2008-09.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Raj to MLAs: Take oath in Marathi]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:44:55 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[MNS chief Raj Thackeray fired a fresh salvo on Monday when he demanded that all 288 newly elected legislators take their oaths in Marathi or face the &quot;MNS music''. &quot;If anyone dares not to take the oath in Marathi, you will see what my MLAs can do. They will create a ruckus in the house,'' he warned while addressing the media at MIG Club, Bandra (East). The MNS has 13 MLAs, six from Mumbai.Thackeray said that Marathi was a local language and MLAs from across the state should respect it. &quot;In Karnataka, a Marathi-speaking minister lost his portfolio because he was unable to speak the local language, which is Kannada. Will our legislators show a similar attitude towards Marathi?'' he asked.While sources in Bangalore political circles said there is no knowledge of a minister losing his portfolio for such a reason, in Mumbai sources said the MNS is likely to create trouble in the house on the Marathi issue. SP spokesperson Abdul Qadir Choudhary said, &quot;It is a serious threat. Law-enforcing authorities should ensure that our MLAs are safe and MNS legislators do not indulge in violence.'' In the past, the MNS attacked shops in Mumbai and Thane to forcibly get them to display signboards in Devanagari.Raj's statement follows his recent warning to Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Asim Azmi, who had demanded the house agenda in Hindi. Reacting to Raj's call for the oath to be taken in Marathi, Azmi said, &quot;Nobody can dictate terms. The constitution permits me to take the oath in Hindi.''Thackeray also announced the name of Sewri MLA Bala Nandgaonkar as MNS leader in the assembly. Mahim MLA Nitin Sardesai will be the party whip.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[City to get taste of British Independent cinema soon]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:05:50 -0600</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After the invasion of world cinema in multiplexes in India, the British Independent cinema is ready to set its foot in the country. Come February and filmgoers will get a chance to watch Independent films made by British directors in multiplexes across Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore.Sarah McKenzie, senior executive (export development) of the UK Film Council who is in Mumbai for the 11th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival said, &quot;Not only will the audience get to watch films, but will also be able to interact with the cast after the screening of the film.''<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Maharashtra Election Results: Cong-NCP ahead in initial trends :: Samay Live]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:05:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Leads/Trends: 287/288Cong-NCP- 136/0BJP-SS- 98/0MNS- 15/0Others- 39/0Congress-NCP alliance has taken early lead in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.Earlier, the counting of votes to elect new 288-member Maharashtra Assembly begun with thick and fast at 08.00 am.Cong-NCP has taken early leads over BJP-Shiv Sena in the first hours of counting.In Arunachal Pradesh, Congress has been remarkebley ahead and all set to retain the power. Cong ahead in seven seats out of 60. Total trends from Arunachal is available is seven at this moment.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[State clears blueprint for Shivaji monument]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:10:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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.The 321-foot-high monument 1.4 km off the coast would not only top New York's Statue of Liberty by a good 16 feet, but also be the world's tallest. For now, however, its fate depends on coastal clearance.The state is yet to get such clearance for even more modest projects, such as the proposed Pedder Road flyover's end at Wilson College on Marine Drive and the two steel bridges for cars on Worli seaface. Considering that even these are not off the ground yet due to bureaucratic hurdles in New Delhi, the proposed Rs 350-crore Shivaji monument seems unlikely to be an exception.While sources in Mantralaya say coastal clearance would be in place by the time a developer for the project is finalised, there is another think that the announcement is simply a political gimmick for the upcoming assembly elections; polls are likely to be announced in a day or two.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[35-year-old man is Mumbai's 4th H1N1 death]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:31:33 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Eight swine flu deaths were reported across the country on Thursday, the highest in a day so far, taking the national toll to 39.While a 35-year-old man died in Mumbai, Bangalore reported three deaths -- a woman succumbed to the outbreak and test results of another two, who had died earlier, confirmed H1N1 infection.A woman and a man died in Delhi, becoming the capital's first swine flu fatalities. Pune reported two deaths -- that of a 27-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man.Dattatray Gawde, 35, a resident of Ghatkopar, died at Kasturba Hospital of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by H1N1 infection.His family, however, blamed the &quot;callous attitude&quot; of doctors at Rajawadi Hospital for his death. The allegation comes just three days after a pregnant woman from Mira Road was given a run-around by two civic hospitals. She later delivered a stillborn child.Gawde had visited the screening centre at Rajawadi a week ago but doctors refused to take his throat swab though he had &quot;breathing problems, fever and cough&quot;, said one of his relatives.&quot;More importantly, he had travelled to Pune about two weeks back,&quot; the relative said, adding that the doctors didn't find it necessary to put him on Tamiflu.Around 8am on Tuesday, Gawde, a flower vendor, was rushed to Ghatkopar's Satyam Nursing Home, but was referred to Kasturba Hospital within an hour as he had &quot;classic symptoms of swine flu&quot;, said Dr G Surendra, consulting physician and owner of the hospital.Gawde, who is survived by three daughters, was admitted to the isolation ward of Kasturba Hospital and &quot;immediately put on ventilator&quot;, said additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar. &quot;We sent his throat swabs to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, and the confirmation came by Wednesday,&quot; she said, adding that he was put on Tamiflu even before his reports had arrived.Mhaiskar said it is possible that Gawde may not have developed flu symptoms when he first visited Rajawadi. &quot;We have to check with the hospital for more details,&quot; she said.In between, Gawde had also consulted a general physician, who treated him for normal fever.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India has got talent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:59:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Kiran]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:48:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Kiran, wishing you a Very Very Happy, Cheerful &amp; Beerful year<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Revamped Masjid is back on track]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:06:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By the time you read this on Monday morning, major work to remodel Masjid station will have been completed. Train movement will have started to and from CST after being shut for 48 hours.The block was successfully completed at 10.30 pm as planned. After the removal of wagons with debris, the first local scheduled to arrive at CST was from Titwala at 11.25 pm.By Sunday evening, the old railway overbridge was broken down and the railway machinery was seen working in full force to deliver on a tight deadline. &quot;Almost 95% work of dismantling of the old bridge has been completed. The work is progressing as per schedule and without any hindrance,''said an official.However, even as the foundation was laid to extend the two platforms from 9-car to 12-car length, railway officials said that double halts will continue for a while.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[a4Our gates are closed for H1N1a4]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:04:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is one school which is doing its best to ensure that no one in its premises is infected with swine flu.Since August 6, Oberoi International School at Goregaon, has been checking the body temperature of everyone entering its campus. Every day.Anyone with a temperature above 98.6F (or 37C) is refused entry and asked to consult a doctor.&quot;We have told parents what precautions they should take to ensure that their children don't contract the virus,&quot; said Andreas Swoboda, the Head of the school. He added, &quot;Furthermore, we are also instructing our students, teachers and non-teaching staff on personal hygiene.&quot;While confirming the gate checks, he added that the school has also kept a medical practitioner available at its premises between 7.30 am to 9.30 am to check such cases. The doctor checks the suspected patient and refers him/her for a swine flu test if he/she shows other swine flu symptoms.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Testing for swine flu to begin in Mumbai]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:59:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[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, could get bigger.&quot;If the situation arises, we can increase the number of beds in the quarantine facility from 20 to 50,'' said Dr J Thanekar, BMC executive health officer.Two more persons from Mumbai tested positive on Tuesday. The number of positive cases being treated here so far is 24, said Dr Pradeep Awate, in-charge of the swine flu cell of Maharashtra. The figure includes two Thane cases.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Juhu-Bandra residents upset over elevated 2nd Metro route]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:24:17 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Citizens' groups in the Juhu-Bandra area are getting ready for a long drawn battle with the MMRDA over the issue of an underground section of the second Metro line-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd.&quot;We will first try for a dialogue with the MMRDA, only when it fails will we resort to other measures like legal action,'' said Nitin Killawalla of the Juhu Vile Parle Residents' Association. Aftab Siddiqui of the Linking Road Residents' Association said they have asked the CM for a realignment along S V Road and are preparing to file a PIL against the elevated route.The MMRDA, at its executive committee meeting on Wednesday, passed the second Metro line project with an elevated route, belying hopes for an underground section from Andheri to Bandra which citizens groups felt would prevent demolition of a large number of residential and commercial structures. Anandini Thakur, president of the H-West Ward Citizens Federation, said, &quot;The Colaba-Bandra Metro rail route is planned as an underground route, then why this discrimination against north Mumbai residents who have to put up with an elevated route which will cause destruction and pollution in our area?'' she said.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verdict in 2003 Mumbai twin blasts case today]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/verdict-in-2003-mumbai-twin-blasts-case-today/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A special Pota court will pronounce the verdict in the six-year-old Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar twin blasts case on Monday.Fifty-two people were killed and 184 injured in the August 25, 2003, blasts. This would be the biggest judgment in a terror-related case since a Tada court convicted 100 people for the 1993 serial blasts case in 2007. The crime branch had said the blasts were engineered by members of the &quot;Gujarat Muslim Revenge Force'' to avenge the Gujarat riots. The conspiracy for the blasts was hatched in Dubai, the police claimed. The accused told the police that they planned the blasts in retaliation against &quot;atrocities on Muslims'' in Gujarat.The police arrested six persons, including a 16-year-old girl, but a court later acquitted her. Two other accused, Ansari Ladoowala and Hasan Batterywala, were discharged from the case after a Pota review committee gave them a clean chit. The police claimed to have recovered 750 gm of RDX from Batterywala's auto repair shop in Kurla and two detonators from Ladoowala's house in November 2003. The cops also claimed that<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pranab Mukherjee to be conferred Lokmanya Tilak award]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Politics/pranab-mukherjee-to-be-conferred-lokmanya-tilak-award/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/Politics/pranab-mukherjee-to-be-conferred-lokmanya-tilak-award/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:20:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Lokmanya Tilak Award will be given to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. The declaration was made by president of the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust, Deepak Tilak at a press conference on Friday.The award distribution ceremony will take place at Tilak Smarak Mandir on August 1. Instituted in 1983, this is the 27th year of the award. Earlier recipients have included Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh.Born in Mirati, a small village of Birbhum district in 1935, Mukherjee's father was a freedom fighter and member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. After a brief career in academics Mukherjee started his political career as a Rajya Sabha member of the Congress party.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[12 hospitalised after gas leak in bhiwandi]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/12-hospitalised-after-gas-leak-in-bhiwandi/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:13:30 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Chlorine gas leak on Thursday in Bhiwandi led to the evacuation of over 4,000 villagers, while 12 persons were hospitalised since the incident.Officials said the situation had returned to normal by Friday evening as the gas leak had been plugged.The problem began when a rusted cylinder containing chlorine was damaged in an explosion in the dumping ground of Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation, affecting residents of Khoni village and surrounding areas. In fact, several chlorine cylinders have been reportedly kept in the area by the municipality, which has been a cause of worry for the nearby residents.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mira Road skywalk: WR's demand delays opening]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/mira-road-skywalk-wrs-demand-delays-opening/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:02:33 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The first phase of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region's third skywalk, at Mira Road station, is ready but is not being commissioned as Western Railway (WR) wants the MMRDA to create a ticket counter close to this skywalk. WR has told the MMRDA that access to this facility will be given only when a ticket counter is built near the facility, said MMRDA officials.The officials added that WR has to open a gate so that commuters can approach the skywalk directly from the station's foot overbridge. This, they said, can happen only after the MMRDA either pays WR for the plot of land at the station that has been used for the skywalk or after creating a ticketing counter. This would take some time and people wouldn't be able to use the skywalk despite its first phase being ready, they said.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BMC rushes to address Bachchana4s flood woes]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Movies/bmc-rushes-to-address-bachchanrsquos-flood-woes/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:09:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For us ordinary Mumbaikars, heavy showers mean unending woes. While no one in the administration exactly rushes to mitigate the agony of people coping with waterlogged homes and roads, it is a different story altogether if the affected person is superstar Amitabh Bachchan.On Tuesday, when Big B blogged about his plight after his bungalow Prateeksha was flooded, it moved the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation bigwigs so much that a team of civic officials led by an assistant municipal commissioner went all the way to Bachchan's home to explain the cause of flooding. They not only treated him to a Powerpoint presentation on why flooding occurs regularly, but also apprised him of the solutions being worked out.<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BEST chief gets notice for `illegal' construction]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/best-chief-gets-notice-for-illegal-construction-1/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:08:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The BMC has served a notice to BJP corporator and BEST chairman Dilip Patel for an alleged illegal construction in his residential building in Goregaon.Patel, however, rubbished the charges. &quot;The notice is not in my name. I do not want to speak on the issue,'' he told TOI. But the place to which the notice had been sent (room no 2, plot no. 102) was Patel's address as recorded in the municipal records, officials said.The BMC notice-a copy of which is with TOI-charges Patel with encroaching upon a portion of open space in his Jawahar Nagar chawl and keeping it under his possession. The chawl is a ground-plus-one structure. The showcause notice, issued by the local ward office last month, said Patel had encroached upon open space on the first floor and had taken over the passage and included the space in his house. &quot;The owner has taken over the front and the rear portions outside the house and constructed it illegally,'' the notice reads.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paul Schrader to make film on Mumbai slums]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/paul-schrader-to-make-film-on-mumbai-slums/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:42:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Yet another foreign director has set his sights on Mumbai's slums. After Danny Boyle's dark and passionate look at the city in &quot;Slumdog Millionaire&quot;, it is American director Paul Schrader's turn to make a film here.Schrader is set to direct &quot;Extreme City&quot;, a Mumbai-based underworld drama. Produced by Anubhav Sinha, the film will be shot in and around the slums of Dharavi and will star both Hollywood and Bollywood stars.&quot;I can't deny there's tremendous interest in another Mumbai slum saga after 'Slumdog Millionaire'. But our project was firmed in much before Danny's film released,&quot; Sinha, who had a hush-hush meeting with the director-producer, told IANS.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Steel scaffolding collapses at Mumbai Metro site]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/steel-scaffolding-collapses-at-mumbai-metro-site/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:18:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A steel scaffolding used in the construction of the financial capital's first Metro line collapsed in the northwest suburb of Sakineka late on Monday night following gusty winds.No one was injured in the incident which took place when work was going on at the site.The incident comes two days after an under- construction metro pillar collapsed in Delhi leaving six persons dead.&quot;It was a temporary scaffolding which we had put up during the construction and it fell due to the strong winds. We removed the debris in two to three hours. Work has resumed at the site,&quot; K P Maheshwari, Director of Mumbai Metro One, the consortium building the metro line between suburban Andheri and Ghatkopar, said on Tuesday.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MNS general secretary joins Shiv Sena]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Politics/mns-general-secretary-joins-shiv-sena/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:46:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Raj Thackeray led MNS suffered its first big jolt before the assembly polls, with its general secretary Shweta Parulkar quitting the party and joining the rival Shiv Sena on Thursday.Parulkar, who was one of the founders of the MNS, alleged that that the party was doing &quot;big injustice'' to Marathi manoos by dividing them. &quot;I was an MNS candidate for the LS polls and bagged over 1 lakh votes. But I realised that by my candidature, Marathi votes were divided which resulted in the victory of the Congress. I now refuse to be a part of the MNS whose only agenda is to weaken Marathis. Most people who voted for the MNS are realising their mistake and have decided to vote for the Shiv Sena in the assembly elections,'' she said. The MNS has refuted her claim.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[First collision on sea link]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/first-collision-on-sea-link/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:12:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the first accident reported from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link since its inauguration, a car banged into another that had broken down on the bridge on Tuesday evening. Nobody was injured and both vehicles were towed away in 10-15 minutes, the police said.&quot;The wheels of an Esteem suddenly got jammed and halted on the Worli-end of the link when another car banged into it from behind. Both cars were damaged,'' deputy commissioner of police S S Solunke said.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kahin khushi kahin gham: CM]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/kahin-khushi-kahin-gham-cm/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:15:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Chief minister Ashok Chavan described this year's rail budget in one line: &quot;Kahin khushi, kahin gham.&quot; The reason for `gham,' he said, was key projects for Maharashtra were not sanctioned.Activist R Shridhar said he was happy with the budget especially the Izzat scheme as fares had been reduced for the common man. &quot;There are many ambitious infrastructure projects announced by Mamata Banerjee which on the surface seem nice but require constant follow-up. I hope they do not become like others which were abandoned mid way,&quot; he said.<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bandra-Worli Sea Link witnessed heavy traffic on day one]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/bandra-worli-sea-link-witnessed-heavy-traffic-on-day-one/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:08:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The first day of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link passed off smoothly, except for the fact that the sea link was tested to its full strength by residents of the city, who were looking forward to cruise along this newly opened one of its kind sea link.People from not just Bandra and Worli, but other parts of the city decided to use the bridge, causing traffic snarls for hours at a stretch.&quot;I don't think I will use the sea link frequently, but I wanted to drive on it,&quot; exclaimed Manish Malhotra, a resident of Matunga. Said Sheetal Gala, a resident of Bandra, &quot;I did not expect that it would take us so long to cross the sea link. However, I think once the toll starts things will change and it will indeed take us less than 8 minutes to cross the sea link.&quot;Since it was the first day and there was no toll, as announced by the Chief Minister, many people decided to ply on this route. A traffic police constable posted near the bridge stated that the curiosity among people led to commuters flocking at the sea link, thereby causing incessant jams. &quot;Also, the fact that there would be no toll for the first few days led more and more to try the sea link. Once the toll starts I don't think there would be any problems,&quot; said the constable.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Khul ja sim sim]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Mumbai/khul-ja-sim-sim-1/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:26:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Mumbai</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Looking at Seshadri Srinivasan, it's hard to believe that this unassuming gentleman is responsible for the design of Mumbai's newest landmark: the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Yet, the whole behemoth, inaugurated on Tuesday, first took its present form in the sketches of this 77-year-old bridge designer.&quot;I've lost count of the number of bridges I've designed,&quot; says Srinivasan, a 1958 post-graduate in structural engineering from Madras University.&quot;In fact, it would be safe to say that I designed my 100th bridge a long time ago.&quot;And indeed, the man has quite a few famous bridges to his credit, from the JJ Flyover that was completed in 2002 to the world-renowned Jamarat Bridge in the holy city of Mecca, which is used by Muslims during Haj in the stoning-of-the-devil ritual.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mhada to sell forms for flats from August]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/mhada-to-sell-forms-for-flats-from-august/</link>
<comments>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/mhada-to-sell-forms-for-flats-from-august/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:22:57 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Mhada, which is coming up with 4,000 flats in December, plans to start selling the forms in August. Confirming the move, Krishna Hegde, Mumbai board member and city Congress spokesperson said around 2,000 flats were ready.Mhada had earlier said over 1,200 flats for the economically-weaker sections were ready at Malwani. Sources said the Mumbai board would get credit if the forms were sold from August. &quot;As the polls will be held in September-October, the party will benefit if we start selling forms in August. Middle-class voters will remember us,'' said a Congress party functionary.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['Apply '95 cut-off to structures near Jogeshwari caves']]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/apply-95-cut-off-to-structures-near-jogeshwari-caves/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:35:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/apply-95-cut-off-to-structures-near-jogeshwari-caves/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[About 750 structures in the prohibited area around the Jogeshwari caves may finally be declared as slums so that residents can avail of benefits-including systematic rehabilitation-of the state's cut-off of 1995.The BMC improvements committee on Wednesday requested the state urban development department to apply the cut-off date to the structures by amending existing construction norms, according to which only structures built at the site before 1964 would be protected.If the 1995 deadline is applied, structures built before that year will not be demolished. And, even if they are demolished, the displaced will be rehabilitated.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In rare case, man jailed for 7 days for crossing rail tracks]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/General/in-rare-case-man-jailed-for-7-days-for-crossing-rail-tracks/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:16:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>General</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A 42-year-old medical salesman was sentenced to seven days' simple imprisonment by a railway court in Virar for crossing the railway tracks at Vasai.Prakash Pathak becomes the first person to be imprisoned for a period as long as a week by Western Railway even though the law permits a trespasser to be imprisoned for up to six months. Pathak was sentenced under Section 147 of the Railway Act and is now cooling his heels at the Central Jail in Thane.The incident occurred at 7.15 pm last Wednesday. Officials said Pathak was returning home when he was caught but was released on a bail of Rs 1,000 the same day. He was asked to be present at the railway court on Thursday, when he was given his sentence.<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Andheri college faculty faces heat for a4controversiala4 essay]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Education/andheri-college-faculty-faces-heat-for-lsquocontroversialrsquo-essay/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:10:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Education</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Education/andheri-college-faculty-faces-heat-for-lsquocontroversialrsquo-essay/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An anti-reservation essay published in the students' magazine of an Andheri college has drawn strong criticism from a section of the institution's faculty.Teachers from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan-run Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE) and Sardar Patel Institute of Technology (SPIT) have asked the college management to take punitive action against the faculty members who allowed the article to be published.The satirical essay, written by a third-year electrical engineering student, appeared in the annual issue of Disha. The article said that reserving seats in educational institutions for members of particular castes rewarded under-achievers and &quot;robbed&quot; other students of academic opportunities.<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slumdog kids allotted Mhada homes in Malwani]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Movies/slumdog-kids-allotted-mhada-homes-in-malwani/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:27:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Movies</category>
<guid>http://www.marathikatta.com/Movies/slumdog-kids-allotted-mhada-homes-in-malwani/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Chief minister Ashok Chavan on Friday allotted two Mhada flats in Malwani to `Slumdog Millionaire' child stars Mohammed Azharuddin and Rubina Qureshi. Given that the cost of the apartments was borne by the Mumbai Congress, Mhada has - for the first time in its history - appointed a political party as custodian of the property until the minors turn 18.Interestingly, the children are shortly due to receive a similar dole from the Jai Ho Trust set up by the film-makers.On Friday evening, Mhada delivered the allotment letters to the children's slum in Garib Nagar, Bandra, after the Congress issued two cheques of Rs 4,14,200 each towards the cost of the flats.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[History stops Birla high-rise]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Culture/history-stops-birla-high-rise/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:28:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<category>Culture</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Mahatma Gandhi was a frequent visitor, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel breathed his last in the hallowed building. It's no wonder then that Mumbai's Heritage Conservation Committee rejected a proposal that would convert Birla House at Malabar Hill into a 44-storey tower.Besides its historic significance, the committee also argued that the structure was in excellent condition, and that it did not see any reason why the 81-year-old building should give way to yet another high-rise.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hawkers beat up senior BMC officer]]></title>
<link>http://www.marathikatta.com/Society/hawkers-beat-up-senior-bmc-officer/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 23:56:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A senior BMC officer was assaulted by three hawkers at Santa Cruz (E) on Monday.The complainant, Vasant Kini (56), is a senior inspector with the Encroachments department of the H-East ward at Santa Cruz. The accused, Ashok Mishra (48), Dilip Mishra (40) and Pradeep Mishra (38), assaulted Kini when he and his staff were carrying out a drive against illegal hawking on footpaths.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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