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Take the Managing Board or key executives of any MNC or Large Indian Company today and you will find that mostly the top slots backed up by all key posts ,are occupied by South Indian's in most cases or by Bengali's in some cases. Iam not dwelling upon larger aspects like how Maharashtrains must compete with Gujju's and Marwari's or Punjabi's in Doing or starting business as thatwould take t 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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While railways in mumbai proposing complete cool AC trains, BEST is already marching addressing more practical issues. BEST is buying 600 new buses including the king long series to cater to increasing number of bus commutors in mumbai. read more »
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Nearly 1,800 people have lost their lives while travelling by local trains in the city in the first six months of 2008. Despite this, little is being done to make the commute safer for lakhs of passengers, report Sandeep Ashar and Dayanand Kamath

Mumbai’s suburban trains ferry more than 64 lakh commuters daily. But the alarming rise in the number of deaths on railway tracks have earned this li read more »
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After a month of summer in the rainy season mumbai is under mild and strong showers almost for last 4 days. MET is suggesting this will continue till tommorow. read more »
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The acute power shortage in the state, aggravated by absence of rains, will hit the industries in Maharashtra the hardest.

Beginning Tuesday midnight, all industries in the state will have to face extra eight hours of load-shedding, over and above the 16 hours that they undergo every week.

If the power demand-supply situation does not improve, the staggering (load-shedding) could soon go u read more »
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Farmers face a year without a steady source of income should the rains fail.

Even if rains now, farmers have no money to buy seeds and fertiliser again since the banks haven’t begun disbursement of credit.

Ramdas Vaidya, 60, a farmer in Amravati is worried. The seven acres he owns in the village of Sheoni Rasulapur wear a barren look. The first two sowings have not germinated.

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Nearly every day for the past two years, two mothers have sat at their sons‘ bedsides and repeated almost the same words. "It‘s time to go home," they tell the young men. "Don‘t you want to leave the hospital?" Both mothers pray their children will emerge from the severely brain-damaged states they were plunged into after bombs ripped through seven commuter trains in Mumbai two years ago read more »
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The fear of the monsoon havoc hit Mumbaiites once again on Tuesday morning as rail and road traffic were stalled by waterlogging and two people were washed away by flood waters in suburban drains.

Worse, by evening, a harried Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak had this to say: “In the low-lying country, The Netherlands, people have learnt to live with rains, as they cannot cope with the sit read more »
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Heavy rains continued to lash the city and the suburbs on Monday, affecting road, rail and air traffic. The weather bureau, meanwhile, has predicted intermittent rainfall with possibility of few heavy showers during the day.

According to traffic police sources, traffic was moving at a slow pace on various routes due to potholes but there was no water-logging on the main routes. read more »
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The early monsoon this year has brought good news for Mumbaiites: the six lakes on the outskirts supplying drinking water to the city are nearing maximum level.

While two of the lakes had reached the lowest drawable level in the beginning of June, four lakes have now crossed that mark.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is happy with the water situation as it may not have to resort to read more »
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The first metro rail corridor project in the city is beginning to move forward with a Chinese company bagging the Rs 604 crore contract to supply 16 trains. read more »
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One of the steepest increases in recent times, Petrol by Rs. 5, Diesel by Rs. 3 and LPG straight up by Rs. 50. And UPA govt. is saying they kept the kerosene what is called as poor man's fuel untouched. But they think common man is also foolish beside he being poor, hikes in petrol and diesel will lead to hike in eveything which is carried on trucks and trains. read more »
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The children were employed to clear gutters along Tansa Pipe Road of silt and garbage.

As part of its preparations for the monsoons, the BMC will spend between Rs 30 to 35 crore to clean the storm water drains. At Ghatkopar, the children were being paid Rs 100. read more »
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