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To ensure compliance with the guidelines laid down by it in 2006, the Bombay High Court on Thursday ruled that all those who wish to organise Chhat Puja will have to compulsorily deposit Rs 1 lakh with the suburban collector.

On October 19, 2006, the HC had ruled that there should be no involvement of political parties in the Chhat Puja and no parties should erect a platform on beachfronts.
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rnदादर म्हणजे मुंबईचं हार्ट लोकेशन. सेंट्रल आणि वेस्टर्न या दोन्ही लाईन्स इथे जोडल्या जातातच शिवाय दादर हे मुख्य टमिर्नस देखील आहे. त्यामुळे अर्थातच त्याच्याकडे मुंबईतलं सगळ्यात महत्त्वाचं स्टेशन म्हणून पाहिलं जातं. पण दुदेर्वाने दादर स्टेशन जितकं महत्त्वाचं, तितक्याच तिथल्या अडचणीही प्र read more »
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As per Bombay Cinema regulation act and revived policy in 2001, a SINGLE SCREEN in mumbai should show a marathi film at least for four weeks in a year. But none of that is working until govt. issued orders against 79 multiplexes last year. And all of all us could see theaters with hoarding of marathi movies once in a while.

It seems the scene is back to the square one, and we again don't see read more »
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sanghralaya tied up with british gallery and multimedia company for their high tech show on mumbai. Using multimedia to communicate could be very effective with younger crowds. Considering this museum directors have realized the potential of multimedia for "Bombay to Mumbai, in 500 years" a high tech show by Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sanghralaya aka prince of whales mu read more »
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Students of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) will be barred from interning in foreign companies, from the beginning of the academic year 2008-09.

The decision came in the wake of a large percentage of students opting for internships in foreign firms and universities.

Third year students have to undergo a compulsory eight-week internship as part of their curriculum. However, read more »
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Breathe in the smells of Colaba Causeway, grab a beer at Leopold Cafe and inspect the infamous block of lock-up cells at Colaba police station.

Let the hustle of Tardeo market tear past your window, take note of the Shiv Sena headquarters in Dadar and try to get a small role in a Bollywood film.

These staple facets of Bombay, immortalised in Gregory David Roberts's bestselling novel 'Sha read more »
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The Maharashtra government said on Tuesday that it was seeking legal opinion on whether private entities could be forced to use ‘Mumbai’ in their names instead of ‘Bombay’, days after the Shiv Sena raised the demand and even blackened some boards which said ‘Bombay’. read more »
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In a throwback to the 90s when the Shiv Sena launched an agitation to rename Bombay, Sainiks took to the streets on Sunday and vandalised signboards of two institutions using the old nomenclature. read more »
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Series of more than 300 sepia toned photographs detailing the evolution of Bombay, its architecture, its artefacts and its people are in the dumping room behind museum because they are of 'Poor Quality' according to new management. These are the same photographs which will tell you where is the Fort in the Fort .. sad :( read more »
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"Don’t you think it’s time for the BMC to think about the quality of life of the residents in the city... to be serious about it? From where did you get the big idea of allowing mobile hoarding trucks to park for hours on end in the middle of the road? Have you demolished a single illegal hoarding?"

The questions came fast and furious from Bombay high court Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar on read more »
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After the bloodbath witnessed on Dalal Street on Monday & Tuesday’s session, Market rebounds sharply in early trade over 900 points on heavy purchases by funds triggered by a surprise interest rate cut of 75 basis points announced by the US Federal Reserve on Tuesday.

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The world’s smallest wearable cardiac monitor, a toffee-sized silicon locket, is almost ready at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). While the tiny computer that can store a week’s electrocardiogram (ECG) data awaits a manufacturer, it is already in demand. IIT read more »
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While the new Rs 1 lakh car has caught the fancy of those dreaming of owning a car, many Mumbaikars are ready to dump theirs for a ride in BEST’s new Kinglong buses.

The Bombay Electrical Supply and Undertaking (BEST) limited says it has received several requests from co-operative housing societies, corporate and government houses to start Kinglong bus services to commute to and from work ever read more »
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Mandani is piece of furniture mumbai housewives used for keeping kitchen utensils, if you can't recollect look at the picture. Years ago when CST was VT and Mumbai was Bombay it use to be an asset of desire for mumbai housewives. read more »
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For lakhs of aspirants who don't make it to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the new year has brought in cheer—this tech school is opening its classrooms beginning Wednesday for engineering colleges across the country.

As reported by TOI on December 8, IIT-Bombay will broadcast its lectures live through Edusat, the satellite which caters exclusively to the educational sector.

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