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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. read more »
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प्रमुख राष्ट्रीय राजकीय पक्ष म्हणवणाऱ्या काँग्रेस आणि भाजपा यांच्यात पक्षांतर्गत लोकशाही शिल्लक असल्यास शोधावी लागेल आणि त्यामुळे प्रचंड प्रमाणात बोकाळलेल्या प्रादेशिक राजकीय पक्षातून 'एकचालकानुवतीर्त्व' असणे ओघानेच आले आहे. तथाकथित साम्यवादी पक्षातूनसुद्धा घराणेशाही-हुजरेगिरी इत्यादी 'समानात अधिक समान' अशा प्रवृत्तींची सरशी आहे. read more »
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With the demand for additional area for Dharavi tenants, the government will now have to lose its major share of the premium it was supposed to get through the development.

On one hand, the tenants are demanding houses of 400 sq ft, while on the other, the redevelopers have demanded additional FSI.

If the government wishes to come out with a via media and still keep the project feasible, read more »
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Shiv Sena executive president, Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday demanded that state government should pay Rs 10,000 per acre compensation to farmers who have suffered losses due to insufficient rains in the first sowing.

“The scanty rains across Maharashtra have aggravated the problem of farmers and they are forced to go in for second and third sowing and thus have incurred losses on account of fai read more »
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Central Railway says MMRDA to blame, Rs 166-cr project for additional lines between Kurla and Thane delayed over removal of 11 toilet blocks

The World Bank mission that is currently in the city to review the bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) is said to be unhappy with the progress on the laying of additional lines between Kurla and Thane, a senior government official said. read more »
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Relief is trickling in for Kalawati Bandurkar, the widow who has suddenly become the face of Vidarbha's agrarian crisis after Rahul Gandhi mentioned her during the Lok Sabha debate on Tuesday.

But the aid, all from individuals, remains meagre.

On Friday, the mother of nine broke down and threatened to end her life, saying she has only got visits from government officials but no assistance read more »
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विधिमंडळ हे संसदीय लोकशाही पद्धतीतील सर्वोच्च व्यासपीठ म्हणून ओळखले जाते. विधानसभेला लोकशाहीचे मंदिर म्हटले जाते. तरीही दुष्काळाच्या प्रश्नावर चर्चा असताना राज्याचे कृषीमंत्री बाळासाहेब थोरात पहिल्या दिवशी गायब होते. दुस-या दिवशी मदत व पुनर्वसनमंत्री डॉ. पतंगराव कदम गैरहजर होते. दोन्ही मंत्र्यांनी, अध्यक्षांनी अगोदर पत्र लिहून आपण उपस्थित राहू शकणार नसल्याचे कळवले होते. पण हा शेवटी उपचाराचा भाग read more »
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Several highrises in the city are violating fire safety norms blatantly.

Even the development control (DC) rules, framed by the state government to streamline the construction of highrises, are relaxed by the BMC to such an extent that fire safety norms are often overlooked.

This was revealed in a Right to Information application filed by a panel of civic activists. Developers of every hi read more »
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The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared a "drought-like" situation in the state.

The state cabinet took the decision at a meeting in view of below-average rainfall in many regions.

This, the cabinet said, has resulted in only 29 percent of sowing possible so far. read more »
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Aaj Tak has been awarded Indian Television Academy’s Best News Channel award for six consecutive years. In a recent BBC/Reuters/Media Center Poll, Aaj Tak was voted the most trusted and most important news source in India surpassing even the Government sponsored channel Doordarshan and expansively beating n read more »
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The Maharashtra Government will shortly notify around 3,000 hectare mangroves area and suburbs as ‘protected forest’. read more »
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Close to 2000 acres of rice fields in Raigad are being destroyed by tidal water. The Maharashtra government is yet to repair the bunds built to keep seawater away. And now the land cannot be productive for three years.

The inclusion of some of this land in the proposed reliance SE read more »
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Every year as the summer sun dries up the city’s water resources, the government machinery sounds an alarm and Mumbaikars are asked to brace themselves for impending water cuts.

However what in fact had to be done was to educate and encourage citizens in the practic read more »
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' मरीन ड्राइव्ह'समोरच्या सागरात १०० कोटी खर्चाचे छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे स्मारक राज्यातील काँग्रेस आघाडी सरकार बांधत असले तरी केंदातील काँग्रेसच्या लोकशाही आघाडी सरकारचे मात्र शिवरायांकडे सपशेल दुर्लक्ष झाल्याचे त्यांच्याच वेबसाईटवर दिसून येते. केंद्र सरकारच्या 'नो इंडिया' (जाणून घ्या भारत) या पोर्टलवर भारताच्या मध्ययुगीन इतिहासातील मुस्लिम तसेच हिंदू राजांचा आढावा घेण्यात आला असला तरी यात read more »
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Travel advisories issued by the US government to its globe-trotting citizens are usually concerned with terrorist attacks or the outbreak of a deadly virus. However, this time around it's the monsoon in Mumbai and the BMC's handling of it that have got Uncle Sam worked up.

American citizens in Mumbai have been asked to follow "commonsense precautions", like avoiding low-lying areas that ap read more »
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