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The craze for reality television show has hit India. These show are big success. The rising popularity of the reality shows on television channels has added a new dimension, however, there is no way to guarantee success.
Despite this, reality show is a ray of hope and opportunities to the prodigies residing in the interiors of the country to showcase their talent. It not only gives them the cou read more »
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This year, dahi handi events in Thane will be a tad different from previous years. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be monitoring the events at major dahi handi venues in the area.

CCTVs are being installed for the first time in Thane in view of the recent terror attacks in Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Besides, the increasing number of govindas has prompted the police to take extra p 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 television actress -- famous for her roles in Hum Aapke Hai Koun...! and in Surabhi and for her Madhuri Dixit lookalike smile -- will now direct a Marathi film.

Shahane's decision to direct a film did not happen suddenly. "It was always there in the back of my mind. In 1990, I even did a course on film aspirations from Film and Television Institute of India. Later, I wanted to do a thre read more »
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Mumbai Football Club has reached quite a few milestones within a year. After finishing second in the local league and bagging the Abhijit Memorial cup in Pune, they are eyeing the I-League first division. But their international endeavors are not behind. read more »
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Shirish Nadkarni has led an interesting life. He studied at some of the world's most illustrious schools -- IIT and Harvard. He was the tenth Indian to join IT behemoth Microsoft back in 1987, contributing to its incredible growth and played a pivotal role in the overall online strategy for the MSN portal.

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Mumbai and Delhi are among the 25 dirtiest cities in the world while the four Indian metros and Bangalore are among the 20 densest cities, according to the Forbes magazine. read more »
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Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s announcement on posting licensed porters as railway gangmen and in other Group D posts may have evoked cheer, but whether the 6,500 such posts lying vacant in the five divisions of Central Railway (CR) in Maharashtra would be filled up by them remains a question.

For, about 20 lakh applications for these posts from candidates are waiting to be screen read more »
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Rabble rousing has been the centrepiece of the Mumbai-based Shiv Sena's political philosophy since its inception. For decades it has substituted genuine vision with nuisance value. That approach has paid handsome dividends, particularly in terms of giving its founder Bal Thackeray and his family members a sway over the affairs of the city way out of proportion to its actual contribution. read more »
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In a what seems to be a lucrative deal for the owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, nearly 60-65 per cent of their costs have been covered through sale of television rights to Sony-World Sports Group (WSG) for $1.026 billion, including $108 million by BCCI.

During the first and fifth year of IPL, the eight team owners will get 80 per cent of the total broadcasting revenues and read more »
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The foreign division manager of a leading bank in Mumbai is under the police scanner following a probe against him for allegedly posting the details of three of his female neighbours on a sex escort website. read more »
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Despite legal provisions making encroachments a cognizable offence, anti-encroachment initiatives have seen little action on the ground. read more »
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Yesterday Civic Improvement Committee led by shiv sena proposed the revision in the policy for development of open spaces in mumbai. As per the revision open land will be given to private developers and corporates as a caretaker and in addition (to be read as “in return”) 25% of the land will be allotted to them for building swimming pools, health clubs, restaurants and other ancillaries. This ca read more »
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The revision in land development policy will allow private bodies and corporates to procure the plots on caretaker basis and build amenities like club house, gymkhanas, swimming pools and other ancillaries in 25 per cent of the open space. Shiv sena has bought this revision in the policy to prevent encroachments on large open spaces. read more »
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Rohit Nalawade CEO of tech startup Consumer Vision incubated in IIT Mumbai are all set up to equip these kirana stores with RFID technology. With this piece of software and hardware, kirana stores can improve users experience and serve them better. Will this create more problems for retail chains like reliance to establish, may be, but it would definately make the "Kirana wala" genre a history. read more »
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