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The time you spend stuck in traffic in this city is not funny. But you can always trust some dry wit to see you through. And one of the oft heard lines is: I could reach faster if I were to walk. You know they say that if a lie is repeated ad nauseam, people begin to think that there is some truth to it. Seems one of our colleagues heard it one time too many. read more »
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Here is some good news for open space enthusiasts.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally initiated the process of taking back lands from nine clubs/trusts, including MIG Club in Bandra, Matoshree on Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road, Kamala Vihar Sports club in Poinsur, Prabodhankar Thackeray sports complex and swimming pool at Vile Parle and Prabodhan Krida Bhavan at Goregaon 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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rnrnएकदा स्वामी विवेकानंद एका नास्तिक राजाकडे गेले होते. त्या राजाशी झालेल्या वार्तालापात त्या राजाने त्याचा देवावर विश्वास नसल्याचे सांगितले. तेव्हा स्वामी विवेकानंदांनी त्या राज्याच्या दिवाणखान्यात लावलेले त्याच्या वडिलांचे छायाचित्र बघण्यासाठी मागितले व त्या छायाचित्राच्या क 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 300 bed Lilavati Hospital Mumbai recently won 'The Trusted Brand' award by Reader's Digest and India Today. It is the only hospital to be recognized thus in this poll.

At this event, Dr. Narendra Trivedi, Vice-President & Senior Surgeon at Lilavati said "To mark the 10th anniversary of Lilavati Hospital, we are planning to set up a second 300 bed hospital and a diagnostic cen read more »
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“I am gay,’’ a statement that is made loud and clear as Khire has now launched his book in Marathi “Indradhanu Samalingatatliche Rang” (Rainbow -different colours of homosexuality) and as president of the Sampathik Trust has a dedicated helpline that has been answering queries and various doubts related to homosexuality for the last four years. read more »
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Asha Parekh says she and other trustees of Santacruz’s BCJ General Hospital have expansion plans for it.
Actor Asha Parekh has rubbished reports that BCJ General Hospital in Santacruz — better known as the Asha Parekh Hospital — will be demolished to make way for a mall. read more »
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This is unarguably the most illustrious and most sought after art camp hosted in Mumbai. Art connoisseur and business honcho, Harsh Goenka and Vickram Sethi of Arts Trust take immense pride in bringing the best of art from around the world to this city.
RPG Academy of Art is holding its annual art camp from the 10th to the 17th of December. read more »
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Trust Nana Patekar to do the unbelievable each time in front of the camera. He is known to have slapped a co-actor hard, and at times he has played violent pranks on the sets. But recently he did something that left the unit members dumb-struck. read more »
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Mass crime is one of the few things that lives long in public memory. And the absence of justice lingers even longer. It deepens old mistrusts, it creates new prejudices. It springs ugly surprises. Perhaps the Bombay blasts were one such. And we have had too many in our short history not to have learnt any lessons. rn read more »
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On Thursday, the cabinet is likely to clear the decks for Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to become part of the US Container Security Initiative (CSI), a global anti-terrorist apparatus set up after 9/11 to tighten controls and ward off major security threats in the event of a terrorist strike.
The agreement will help locate, identify, screen and seal high-risk containers, such as th read more »
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After the recent ban of offerings at Siddhivinayak temple, other temple trusts or devasthan committees in the city are set to follow suit. The committees are also considering putting restrictions on offerings. The trustee board of the famous Saibaba temple in Shirdi in Ahmednagar district plans to implement a similar proposal of imposing restrictions on carrying coconuts and garlands into the tem read more »
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Documents available with CNN-IBN show how the MIDC twisted rules to give this 55-acre plot to Deshmukh's charitable trust. While the actual cost of the plot is Rs 115 per metre the Manjra trust had to pay a mere Rs 5 per acre. Can you imagine Rs 5 per acre of land! Should anyone get land at that price whatever be the reason? It is Deshmukh's family which owns the charitable trust Manjra read more »
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The sale of Dharavi is advertised in 20 countries! The residents of Dharavi don't like the idea and are opposing it though. The plan is that they will be given housing after being moved from Dharavi. But probably no one trusts the government to do it all properly. read more »
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