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Bhopal: Daring Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, Bharatiya Janshakti President Uma Bharti on Wednesday said she will go to Mumbai with her supporters to perform Chhath Puja there.

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An open space in Andheri (East) reserved for a recreation ground for the public has become a bone of contention between two government agencies — the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC).

Irrespective of who wins in the battle, the loser will be public, who will lose unrestricted access to the ground. read more »
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Taking a stand that will soothe even the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, state Director General of Police (DGP) A N Roy has warned Indian Police Service (IPS) officers not conversant in Marathi, to improve their skills in the language within a year, or their annual increment will be withheld.

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For the fourth consecutive year, attempts to make the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s mammoth budget a participative exercise have been crushed.

A day after civic officials presented to the civic Standing Committee budget estimates for 2008-09 with outlays totalling Rs 16,792 crore, officials admitted that while in the process of making budgetary allocations, a proposal for a budget that read more »
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Starting from March 10, students attempting SSC exams can get their doubts cleared over the phone from expert teachers of a popular western suburb class. Hum Se Puchho, an initiative the private coaching class, is a 24X7 helpline, for English and Marathi medium students preparing for the exams. read more »
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Mumbaikars from different parts of the city have offered to join in the campaign initiated by two activists, journalist Krishnaraj Rao and bookseller-cum-part time scriptwriter Santosh Jangam to regain the pedestrian territory, the footpaths.

On Tuesday, DNA carried a report on a group called Sahasi Padyatri (Brave Pedestrians) formed by the two to make the city pedestrian-friendly. Rao and Ja read more »
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Throwing a protective ring around 524 plots reserved as Recreation Grounds and Playgrounds, the state government has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to ensure that large plots of land reserved for recreation grounds or playgrounds (RGs/ PGs) are not given to private players either on an adoption basis or under the controversial caretaker policy, which would allow private players s 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. read more »
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The persistent blot on Sachin Tendulkar’s legacy has often been cited to be his inability to finish the game off in pressure situations, especially in tournament finals, knock-outs and the fourth innings of crucial Tests . While it may be argued that for nearly twenty years it has primarily been Sachin wh read more »
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The signature campaign initiated by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to protest the gag order on its president Raj Thackeray received support from a few leading personalities in Marathi and Hindi film industries. read more »
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Sunday was a delight for cricket fans and it was really special for young and old cricketers from mumbai. Well controlled knock of sachin oozing with experience and fiercy shot selection from young rohit sharma sank the aussies eleven in mere 45 overs. read more »
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Unidentified persons threw bottles at actor Amitabh Bachchan's office, behind his Juhu residence Jalsa , on Friday night. 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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If you want a job as a class four employee at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), start running for it. Run as fast as you can, for you have to cover four kilometres in 17 minutes flat.

Incredibly, that’s what the civic body has put as a criterion at a recruitment drive it is currently conducting, to fill the backlog of fourth-class employees.

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Bringing cheer to the salaried class, the slabs for personal income tax have been revised with the exemption limit being raised from Rs 1.10 lakh to Rs 1.50 lakh, ensuring a minimum relief of Rs 4,000 for every assessee.

Income above Rs five lakh will attract 30 per cent tax. In the case of a woman assessee, the exemption will be upto Rs 1.80 lakh from the existing Rs 1.45 lakh whereas senior read more »
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