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Tata Nano. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera

The Tata Rs 1-lakh car is here! And it's called the Nano!

Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata on Thursday unveiled the Tata Nano at the 9th Auto Expo in New Delhi.


Details of the People's Car:

Ratan Tata, while unveiling the nano, said: "The car will meet all current safet read more »
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सीबीएसई, आयसीएसई अभ्यासक्रमांना टक्कर देण्यासाठी राज्य सरकारने आपल्या शिक्षण पद्धतीत आमूलाग्र बदल करण्यास सुरुवात केली आहे. शैक्षणिक आव्हाने झेलण्याच्या उद्देशाने तिसऱ्या वर्षापासूनच विद्यार्थ्यांना तयार करण्यासाठी नव्या शैक्षणिक वर्षात सुरूहोणारा 'प्री-प्रायमरी एज्युकेशन' हा उपक्रम याचाच एक भाग आहे. राज्यातील ९४ हजार शाळांमध्ये 'प्री-प्रायमरी एज्युकेशन' सुरू करणारे राज्य सरकार हे देशात पहिले read more »
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Aiming to improve HIV-related research in India, a government-run hospital in Mumbai has joined hands with a New York-based medical college to hold a clinical training course in AIDS research. A team of five faculty members, including two Indian Americans Sarita Shah and Neel Gandhi from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is conducting the course at the B.Y.L Nair Hospital to promote a culture read more »
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Pop star Madonna toured the Mumbai slums on Tuesday with Gregory David Roberts, the convicted robber who turned his time spent there following an escape from an Australian prison into the best-selling novel "Shantaram". read more »
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Following the formation of a separate department for minorities, the government of Maharashtra has decided to constitute a commission to take stock of the local socio-economic and educational condition of minorities in every district of the State. read more »
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The National Programme of Mid-Day Meals in Schools, the largest school feeding programme in the world, covers nearly 9.70 crore children studying at the primary stage of education in classes I-V in 9.50 lakh Government (including local body) and Government aided schools, and the Centres run under Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) and Alternative & Innovative Education (AIE). read more »
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Popular yoga guru Ramdev has accepted the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) challenge to cure cancer patients and allow clinical trials of his treatment within three years.

An IMA member told Ramdev that 'We expect you to demonstrate a greater sense of responsibility and restraint during your discourse because you wield tremendous influence on the minds of millions of your followers the wor read more »
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While most Mumbai Sheriffs have breezed in and out of their positions with nothing much to talk about, the city’s newest Sheriff Indu Shahani is making sure she leaves her mark.

After promising to do something for the city’s deteriorating environment, Shahani’s first project is taking up the cause of Mumbai’s declining sparrow population.

Shahani, principal of H R College of Commerce and E 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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The cricketing world was left shocked after a series of controversial umpiring decisions and ‘unjust’ behaviour by the Australian players during the Sydney Test. It was followed by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh being banned for three Test matches for alleged racial abuse against Andrew Symonds. The ban came after an apparent one-sided hearing by match referee Mike Procter. Indian skipper Anil Kumbl read more »
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Shiv Sena on Monday sought that I-cards should be made compulsory in Mumbai too so that "outsiders" should not be allowed to enter the city without some sort of permit.

"The Delhi government has woken up to the threat posed by terrorists," an editorial in the party's mouthpiece Samana said.

Defending the compulsion of I-card, it says if police stops somebody to check his/her identifi read more »
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Mumbai is a city known to be jammed with cars. Now it looks like motorbikes are set to add to the chaos on the streets.

The RTO informs that in the last three years (from 2003 to 2006) the city’s roads have got 3 lakh new motorbikes. So the figure has suddenly jumped from the more or less stable 3 lakh to 6 lakh.

State transport commissioner, S D Shinde, confirmed Mumbaikars’ sudden love read more »
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The four day festival will feature Thayambaka (a Solo performance), Panchavadyam (a combination of five instruments like Thimila, Maddalam, Kombu, Idakka & Conch), Panchari Melam and Pandi Melam (huge percussion ensembles with an active participation of over 100 artists). read more »
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California is suing the US federal government, in an attempt to force car makers to conform to tougher cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

The lawsuit comes after the federal Environmental Protection Agency denied California a waiver from US law needed to enact its own efficiency targets.

The Epa says it wants to avoid a confusing patchwork of different regulations across states.

But Ca read more »
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday demolished a restaurant operating illegally from the garage of a building at Shivaji Park, a day after Mumbai Mirror carried a report that the civic body had turned a deaf ear to complaints by residents.

The restaurant was being run by Nitin, the son of DCP Vikas Gaekwad.

Residents of Sai Prasad building called up Mumbai Mirror to sa read more »
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