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Avatar Posted by asthipanjar 2 days ago (http://www.independent.co.uk)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: terrorism mumbai vt cst local trains
Sebastian D'Souza, a picture editor at the Mumbai Mirror, whose offices are just opposite the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji station, heard the gunfire erupt and ran towards the terminus. read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 21 days ago (http://www.smh.com.au)
Category: Sports | Tags: cricket india australia world champion
Australia surrendered the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to India today, losing the final Test in Nagpur by 172 runs to hand the jubilant home side a 2-0 series victory.

The tourists were bowled out for 209 in only 50.2 overs today, confirming the gulf that has grown between the two teams over the course of the four Tests and returning to India the trophy Australia won in the same city four years ago. read more »
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Avatar Posted by sckajala 27 days ago (http://www.newsgaze.com)
Category: General | Tags: job cuts; pay cuts employees; india
One person fired in USA means one person employed somewhere in India, China or some other Asian countries. This equation has made us keep aside the sad aspect of job loss of Americans. However things have changed now. read more »
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Avatar Posted by pavwalafrommumbai 34 days ago (Editorial)
Category: General | Tags: mumbai police shoot out best bus
Mumbai Police were forced into shooting the gunman down. Anyone with a gun and who has hostages is termed as a terrorist. The cops waited until he fired the first shot and then abivously fired back. Mumbai police were right in doing so.

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Avatar Posted by helo 40 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: cases against raj thackeray
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. read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 41 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mns raj thackeray arrest
Here is a quick look at the damage done by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists by Tuesday afternoon following the early morning arrest of party chief Raj Thackeray:

One police van torched on the Western Express Highway

38 BEST public buses set on fire in Bandra suburb and surrounding areas

Six BEST drivers and four conductors injured.

One toll checkpost pelted with stones, dama read more »
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Avatar Posted by punchtantra 44 days ago (http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Sports | Tags: sachin tendulkar
rnOn his first tour of England, he batted against Eddie Hemmings who started his first-class career seven years before Tendulkar was born. Now he shares a dressing room with young men who were in their nappies, or sometimes found even those unnecessary, when he scored his first century! But the zest, the limitless energy, read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 47 days ago (http://www.mid-day.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: bus stop best public transport
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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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 62 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Society | Tags: racism indian railways mumbai trains
Nearly 115 years after the historic incident where Mahatma Gandhi was pushed out of a first class train compartment in South Africa though he had a valid ticket, a courier boy is humiliated in a similar way every day.

Arivindsingh Thakur, 26, who holds a valid first class season ticket from CST to Mankhurd and Dombivli to Borivli has had to deal with taunts from co-passengers everyday just be read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 70 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: sez farmers land development industry
In the first-ever referendum in the country involving farmers, more than 6,000 land-owners from 22 Raigad villages made their views on a special economic zone known on Sunday.

Judging by the mood of the farmers in the command area of the Hetwane irrigation dam, it appears that the Reliance group will have its task cut out to acquire land for its multi-crore SEZ project in the Konkan area.

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Avatar Posted by limin 86 days ago (http://businessofcinema.com)
Category: Movies | Tags: samaantar amol palekar sharmila tagore reliance big picture reliance big picture
Reliance ADAG's film production arm BIG Pictures has launched its first Marathi film Samaantar, which is co-directed by Amol Palekar and his wife Sandhya Gokhle. The film, which is currently under production, revolves around a man-woman relationship. It stars Palekar, Sharmila Tagore, Makrand Deshpande, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Kishore Kadam, Aishwarya Narkar and Radhika Apte. read more »
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Avatar Posted by helo 91 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: shiv sena institute manohar joshi's
The Shiv Sena, which claims to be the first political party to raise the issue of Marathi "asmita" (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. read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 95 days ago (http://www.mid-day.com)
Category: Sports | Tags: abhinav bindra indian olympic athletes
India's first-ever Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra is working on a roadmap to prepare other athletes to scale similar heights in future.

"I am working now on a structure which I can be directly involved with for the development of other shooters and athletes. I will actually try and groom people for the future. I am in the process of starting off with a shooting plan," he said.

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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 96 days ago (http://sports.in.msn.com)
Category: Sports | Tags: cricket china india t20
or to bowl out all other countries !!??!!

Get ready for competition India, here come the chinese...

As China laps up the plaudits for its staging of the Beijing Olympics, some within the world's most populous nation are turning their attention to cricket.

And having topped the overall medal table at an Olympic Games for the first time, the rest of the world ought to be aware of what Chi read more »
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Avatar Posted by funaholic 110 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: dahi handi
This year, dahi handi events in Thane will be a tad different from previous years. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be monitoring the events at major dahi handi venues in the area.

CCTVs are being installed for the first time in Thane in view of the recent terror attacks in Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Besides, the increasing number of govindas has prompted the police to take extra p read more »
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