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Yes, you read it right.. an entire Bus Stop was stolen in Mumbai !!

In a surprise move and first of its kind of robbery, some miscreants removed the new stylish bus shelters put up by the BEST authorities at the Shastri Nagar in suburban Borivali.


On Tuesday morning it was noticed that the bus stop which was installed by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Sunday was read more »
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MMRDA's 22 km stretch will facilitate a high speed corridor mainly for mumbai Port and related traffic like from Refineries, Commercial and business areas. And it seems trees are the only opposing candidates here. Where is tree authority .. what happened to chipko movement ? read more »
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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. read more »
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The nodal planning agency Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has already admitted that the 135 road accidents and three deaths on the Eastern Express Highway recently were caused due to vehicles skidding on smooth mastic asphalt roads, yet the Brihanmumbai Mu read more »
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The 10-km stretch from Ghatkopar to Mulund checknaka is a drivers’ nightmare. Motorist blame it to the extra smoothness of the road and traffic police blames it to civic authorities and mmrda for not looking into it. And of course civic authorities blame it to reckless driving. read more »
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The proposed tramway project in Navi Mumbai seems to gaining momentum. The state government had recently written to Navi Mumbai civic authorities expressing its willingness to spend money on the conceptualisation of the project. read more »
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The Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) has sought grants from the Central Government under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for aiding it in its first of its kind re-development project for cessed buildings in the city.

The project outlays re-development of read more »
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The great Marathi playwrite Vijay Tendulkar passed away here in Pune on May 19, 2008. The beacon of revolutionary thoughts in the Marathi theatre and recipient of Padmabhushan, Sangeet Natak Academy award was suffering from muscle disorder. The author of 'Shantata Court Chalu Aahe', 'Ghashiram Kotwal', 'Gidhade', 'Sakharam Baindar' and many more dramas without melodrama was known for his read more »
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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), which plans to construct 50 skywalks across the city, will start work on the first pilot skywalk-cum-elevated hawking plaza at Kanjurmarg by October. read more »
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Janardhan Lad who lives in a slum near Bandra-Kurla Complex was ecstatic on being allotted a one-room tenement in a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) building nearby as the hutments were to make way for a market and a residential complex.

Nagesh Yadav and Janardhan Lad in one of the SRA tenements read more »
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Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has asked the civic authorities to strictly implement the anti-encroachment laws so that a strong signal is sent to those constructing illegal structures on public amenities that are meant for the taxpayers.

"People from all over the country are welcome to come and live here, but nobody has a right to construct hutments on the city's water pipelines, footpath read more »
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Pandit Birju Maharaj, India’s best-kown Kathak exponent, is a very disappointed man these days. His dream of celebrating his devotion to Sai Baba with a dance performance inside the Shirdi shrine was crushed by temple authorities recently.rnrnThey said dance performances had never been held inside the temple and, hence, they had to turn down Pandit Birju Maharaj’s written request. read more »
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Six minutes — that is the time you will take to reach Lalbaug from Sion. It now takes 45 minutes to travel the same distance.

And the credit for this goes to residents of Sion and King’s Circle. They convinced the planning authorities that travel time would be reduced considerably if two of the proposed five flyovers were joined. read more »
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Fire killed 5 at byculla, and its amazing to know still there are people like hussain bootwalla rallying around mumbai. Hussain bootwalla, saved 5 lives before he lost his own life. Lets hope the authorities make sure his family will be taken care of. read more »
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The builder lobby is upset over the idea of setting up the Maharashtra Housing Regulatory Authority, a quasi-judicial body that will control, among other housing issues, the prices of houses built by private builders.

“When the government cannot provide us with land at a cheaper cost, how can it expect us to sell the property at a lower price?” argues Anand Gupta, chairman of the Builder Asso read more »
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