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The Thackerays didn't get a special dekko of the Bachchan family-starrer, Sarkar Raj , after all.
Blame it on the prickly issue of attack on North Indians or the verbal attacks directed at Bollywood's first family, but sources say that the Bachchan family has left for Bangkok for the film's world premiere on Wednesday night. Neither Balasaheb Thackeray nor Raj Thackeray have seen read more »
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Blame it on the prickly issue of attack on North Indians or the verbal attacks directed at Bollywood's first family, but sources say that the Bachchan family has left for Bangkok for the film's world premiere on Wednesday night. Neither Balasaheb Thackeray nor Raj Thackeray have seen read more »
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If New York has a Statue of Liberty, so why can't Mumbai? The Congress-led Maharashtra government has decided to build its very own Statue of Liberty of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji, off the coast of Mumbai in the Arabian Sea.
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The Maharashtra government said on Tuesday that it was seeking legal opinion on whether private entities could be forced to use ‘Mumbai’ in their names instead of ‘Bombay’, days after the Shiv Sena raised the demand and even blackened some boards which said ‘Bombay’.
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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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In a throwback to the 90s when the Shiv Sena launched an agitation to rename Bombay, Sainiks took to the streets on Sunday and vandalised signboards of two institutions using the old nomenclature.
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Sachin Tendulkar is an icon of the cricketing world. The adulation he commands the world over is unsurpassed. There is no sight as majestic and thrilling when Sachin is on song. In fact, the best thing about Sachin is the entertainment that he provides with his wholesome batting.
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Approximately seven lakh auto-rickshaws across Maharashtra would go on a three-day-long strike beginning on Monday to protest against the introduction of electronic meters.
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25 Tibetans were arrested in India's financial capital Mumbai today as they tried to storm the Chinese consulate.
The protest came amid nationwide demonstrations by Tibetan exiles coinciding with the India leg of the Beijing Olympics torch relay, which is set to take place under tight security in the capital New Delhi. read more »
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The protest came amid nationwide demonstrations by Tibetan exiles coinciding with the India leg of the Beijing Olympics torch relay, which is set to take place under tight security in the capital New Delhi. read more »
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Mumbai is going for a facelift. If plans of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are anything to go by, the city streets will soon be free of hawkers.
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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday reacted strongly to the allegations leveled by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and said that he will not leave Mumbai city at any cost. In an interview to a city daily, the emotionally hurt superstar said, “Let them throw bottles… Let them bring morchas…Let them abuse me.. I won’t budge.”
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Government on Wednesday asked promoters of the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) to keep in mind local sensibilities during its modernisation amid claims of change of name of the airport.
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The Gateway of India will be wiped off the Mumbai skyline. Bhelpuri at Chowpatty will become the stuff of grandmother's tales.
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I have not always lived in Mumbai; I came here from Bangalore at a really young age to make a living and I have done well for myself. This city has given me a lot and I am grateful to it. There have been attempts to attack the social fabric of the city recently, but all I can say is that I have never noticed anything divisive here. read more »
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I have not always lived in Mumbai; I came here from Bangalore at a really young age to make a living and I have done well for myself. This city has given me a lot and I am grateful to it. There have been attempts to attack the social fabric of the city recently, but all I can say is that I have never noticed anything divisive here. read more »
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Mumbai’s infamous chawls — crammed, dilapidated apartment blocks often too dangerous for living — are home to a major portion of the city’s 15 million people and offer a major lesson in mutual adjustment and community living.
These two- and three-storeyed matchbox structures, sometimes too crumbling and shaky for comfort, are home to millions of lower middle class tenants — mostly belonging read more »
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These two- and three-storeyed matchbox structures, sometimes too crumbling and shaky for comfort, are home to millions of lower middle class tenants — mostly belonging read more »
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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.
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