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If the Mumbai crime branch investigations are to be believed, a major terror attack in the city has been averted. This attack was on the cards during the ongoing Navratri festival or the forthcoming Diwali. read more »
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Namaskar mandali,

After our successful Ganeshotsav, MMLA is gearing up for a fun filled Diwali Anand Mela. This is going to be very different and entertaining event with food stalls, games, Bingo, raffle and a dance party at the end.

Venue:
Hoover Auditorium
3501 Country Club Drive,
Lakewood, CA 90712

Date & Time: Sunday, Nov 2nd 08, 3.00pm onwards
Non members - $5, free admission read more »
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It has been more than three years since the Right to Information Act (RTI) was passed by the Parliament. However, there are many who still aren’t aware of the Sunshine Act.

In an effort to empower the citizens and to encourage them to avail the benefits of RTI, Public Concern for Governance Trust (PCGT) and Gujarat Mahiti Adhikar Pehel, an NGO, have launched a unique initiatives in the city — read more »
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For the first time in the history (contemporary history) of mithi river, Flamingoes are seen at the mithi river where it meets the mahim creek.rnI really enjoyed the news but more then that i enjoyed reading this news clip in indian express. Let me summarise it for you .. . read more »
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BMC to set up Adhar Kendras, or service centres all over mumbai to provide reliable servants, maids, plumbers, electricians, cooks etc. They will provide phone numbers for such domestic help. Although this sounds almost like a yellow pages, The Adhar Kendras will be manned by NGOs or community based-organisations (CBO) but BMC will provide the infrastructure, including land, building and furnitur read more »
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The MNS has sent letters to the police, alleging that the vendors gather information from residential buildings while hawking fruit and provide the information to criminals. They also allege that they are stealing business from Maharashtrian hawkers. read more »
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Five migrant labourers were today shot dead and four others injured by militants in Imphal East district, taking the toll in the attacks against outsiders since last night to 12.

Official sources said the labourers, who were north Indians, were shot dead by the militants at Takhel, Kangla and Sangomshang areas in the district.

The victims had bits of paper stuck to their backs reading "Go read more »
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Although summer is some time away, Mumbai has already started welcoming the king of fruits a full month early. The prolonged & intense winter that hit the usually warm state last month resulted in mangoes being picked by farmers and transported to markets earlier read more »
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Over 10,000 people—including fishermen, farmers, social activists and NGOs—on Sunday shouted slogans and marched to the gates of Essel World at Gorai to protest against the Special Economic Zone coming up in the area.

The protesters warned that they would not tolerate any attempt to take away their land to make way for an entertainment zone, which would leave thousands of fishermen and farmers read more »
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After the Mumbai Marathon, there is a different race in the city this time. The Autorickshaw wallahs take are part of this competition.

All Mumbai's autorickshaw's headed to Hiranandani gardens. That's where 130 rickshaws were competing in 'The Autorickshaw Race.' This is part of the ongoing Mumbai festival.

The winner will take home Rs 40,000 rupees. Something that delighted the winn read more »
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Real estate developers fear 30% to 50% increase in prices as well as demand for property in Mumbai, Pune, Nasik, Chennai and Bangalore, compared with the ongoing steady demand and prices in Delhi and the NCR region from March 2008 onwards. read more »
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He dropped his studies and became the sole breadwinner of the family at the age of 13 after his father died last year in an accident while his mother died two years ago due to illness, leaving behind two young brothers and an elder sister under his care.

After struggling to meet the ends and feed his siblings, 13-year-old Veermani Harijanm, residing at Swami Nagar, Ambernath, found a job at a read more »
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Traditional is eco-friendly.

Five students of a school in the tribal Aine village near Dahanu realised this while working on a project on fishing methods adopted by their elders.

Aged between 12 and 13 years, the students from the Gram Mangal School—run by an NGO—chose aquatic bio-diversity in Aine and Dabhone villages of Dahanu (Thane) as the topic for their project.

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Has anyone tasted flamingo meat ?

You can get a dead flamingo in Nhava Sheva's JNPT area for a ridiculous Rs 40. Chicken, meanwhile, sells for a royal Rs 60 per kg.

The migratory birds, who grace the city during winter in the marshy mudflats, are shot by locals who use various innocuous methods.

And the rates for killing these innocent birds vary with the level of sophistication invol read more »
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After BMC got thrashed with their superb caretaker policy, they are acting little funny (like villians in old marathi movies). First their procedure for their profiling of land is not streamlined and then they have condition that if land adopters (NGO's) don't submit their proposal's in 30 days they will hand over the land to Caretakers (builders) for development. read more »
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