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A six-month-long inquiry into how a 230 acre plot at Powai meant for "affordable housing for Mumbaikars" was transformed into a plush haven for the wealthy has resulted in the biggest crackdown on a builder in recent years.
The Hiranandanis who have become synonymous with Powai have been fined Rs 3 crore for violating a 1986 agreement and a report by MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Develop read more »
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The Hiranandanis who have become synonymous with Powai have been fined Rs 3 crore for violating a 1986 agreement and a report by MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Develop read more »
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I never agree with Saisuresh Sivaswamy. But he has written an article in rediff which is very detailed, and puts across the point of very well. I think its a good idea to read it, even though I disagree with every point he has to make!
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The pot of gold which Indian Railways was sitting on for decades can at last be opened.
The state government on Wednesday paved the way for development of a 11-acre plot adjoining the Bandra (east) suburban station by granting a floor space index (FSI) of 4, which means that the built-up portion can go up to 44 acres of space.
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The state government on Wednesday paved the way for development of a 11-acre plot adjoining the Bandra (east) suburban station by granting a floor space index (FSI) of 4, which means that the built-up portion can go up to 44 acres of space.
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“Let them speak our mother tongue, don’t respond to them in their language. Our corrupt attitude has helped bhaiyyas from UP and Bihar become ‘legal’ Mumbaikars. This is the last chance to wipe out our image as ‘purchasable community’ among North Indians,” Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President has urged.
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We cannot expect the BMC to handle a population of 18 million. With a density of 23 people per sq ft there are bound to be hygiene and cleanliness issues. However, it is a pleasant surprise to see that the citizens of Mumbai are making an effort to keep the city clean. This can be seen on the city roads where people abstain from throwing things outside their car windows.
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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.
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Seeing a suspicious bag or knowing about the presence of one a public place is a good enough reason to panic and run.
But there is a lesson for Mumbaikars in the manner in which Shreedhar Shinvele and Vishwanath Sonawane kept a cool head and dealt with this emergency at the Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium in Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
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But there is a lesson for Mumbaikars in the manner in which Shreedhar Shinvele and Vishwanath Sonawane kept a cool head and dealt with this emergency at the Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium in Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
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The Shiv Sena is now all set to glorify the humble vada pao, a favourite snack of Mumbaikars. Calling it the patent of the party, Sena chief Bal Thackeray said in an editorial in Saamna on Monday that the snack would be renamed “Shiv vada pao”.
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Five new-age trains recently introduced by the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC) to make travel more comfortable for the city's harassed train commuters have been vandalised and defaced by miscreant commuters.
Here's what uncaring Mumbaikars have done to the trains:
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Hutatma chowk hold the gathering for all local politicians to pay their tributes to 105 martyrs of maharashtra samyukta samiti who fought for creation of seperate state as maharashtra. These 105 mumbaikars were killed in the police firing at this place in fountain while fighting for seperate mahrashtra state. Until then maharashtra was a combined with gujarat.
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Decision will provide a much-needed relief to ordinary Mumbaikars who have been hit hard by inflation in recent times. Well done BMC, perhaps the only glitch here is 3 months is too shorter time to implement new octroi rates, so not really sure who will get benefited here. Well .. somebody does.
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Localised festivals seem to have caught the fancy of Mumbaikars. After Bandra, it is now the residents of Andheri who will celebrate their neighbourhood. A four-day festival called Apli Andheri with the theme ‘Where Communities Meet’ will be held from May 1 to 4.
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Raj Thackeray can make mumbai if he really stick to his words.The movement against UPs was quite impressing but later it had stopped.The reason may be anything but if he has that power to stick to his words and work the we mumbaikars will be free from north Indians UPS..what do u think
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Amitabh wants to reclaim the land in lonvala which he has earlier declared to be donated to the original owners. While Mumbaikars are queueing up withdraw their bookings for the flats after BMC declared the constructions on private forest land as illegal. Amitabh and family is quite in news for all filmy reasons for quite some now.
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"Aapan yana pahilat ka?" .. remember the short program where they use to show picture of missing people and give their descriptions about how they look.
Police survey says there are hundreds of missing complaints every day and 80 percent of them are found. Most of these are small kids, school children who are found in the nearby area, at relatives place, under the bedroom etc. read more »
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Police survey says there are hundreds of missing complaints every day and 80 percent of them are found. Most of these are small kids, school children who are found in the nearby area, at relatives place, under the bedroom etc. read more »
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