After several months of talks and various court cases, Mumbaikars can finally buy electricity from Tata Power instead of Reliance Infrastructure.
Recently, Tata granted a connection to R P Abrol, 66, their first-ever power consumer in Malad. Abrol believes that his bill will now reduce by at le
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This is Dadar, once a bastion of Bal Thackeray’s diehard supporters. Today, the area is full of supporters of his nephew, Raj Thackeray – the enfant terrible of Maharashtra politics. They have put up banners and placards thanking the area’s voters for casting the ballot for candidates of the Maharashtra Navnirman Samiti (MNS) in the recently-concluded Legislative Assembly elections, in which the
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At last, BEST bus passengers will be able to enjoy the ride on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the city's newest landmark, with the undertaking deciding to run a few buses on the 4.7km bridge. The deadlock between the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), which owns the sea link, and BEST was broken with the undertaking agreeing to pay a monthly toll of Rs3,000 per bus to the former.
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Living life on the edge, scrambling for a toehold on trains, snaking one’s way through traffic snarls, fighting to find a roof over one’s head all combine to make Mumbai the city that never sleeps — and Mumbaikars the people who die younger than the rest of the country.
A study has found that the average Mumbaikar is likely to die at least seven years before other Indians and about 12 years b
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2 Nov 2009, 0127 hrs IST
सुझलॉन एनजीर् प्रा. लि.या पवनऊर्जा निर्मिती क्षेत्रातील आघाडीच्या कंपनीने ७५० मेगावॉट वीज निर्मितीच्या विस्तारीत प्रकल्पासाठी धुळे जिल्ह्याऐवजी गुजरातमधील कच्छ परिसरातील जाखाऊ डोंगररांगांची निवड केल्यामुळे जिल्ह्यातील उद्योगप्रेमींना धक्का बसला आहे.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wants to collect a range of historic coins and currency notes belonging to the ancient, medieval and pre-colonial periods for its monetary museum.
Lack of coins from the ancient dynasties of Saatwahanas, Mauryas, Samudragupta, Ashoka, Chalukya, Pandavas, Greeks and Romans, the mediaeval dynasties of Vijayanagar, Bahamani, Cholas, Mughals and Marathas a
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After the invasion of world cinema in multiplexes in India, the British Independent cinema is ready to set its foot in the country. Come February and filmgoers will get a chance to watch Independent films made by British directors in multiplexes across Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore.
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A first-of-sorts, BMC plans to hold public meetings for tackling water crisis in the city, eastern and western suburbs. However, the first such meeting held in Andheri had barely 20 of the 94 councillors from western suburbs attending.
Prominent councillors missing at the meet are Aslam Sheikh, Ramesh Singh Thakur and Rajhans Singh, recently elected as MLAs to the Assembly elections. Councillo
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The hammering it got in Assembly elections seems to have spurred Shiv Sena to actively pursue "social work", with party Executive President Uddhav Thackeray asking Shiv Sainiks to form 'Bhagwa Guard' (saffron patrol), to protect morning-walkers.
The development comes in the backdrop of recent attack on an elderly morning-walker couple that left the wife dead and husband seriously injured,
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Motormen's threats to go on strike could be a thing of the past for the railway administration in Mumbai’s suburban section if this project sees the light of day.
The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has recently sent a proposal to the World Bank to fund a detailed engineering report on automated, driverless trains on this section.
Several commercial and residential customers of Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) in Mumbai are planning to shift their electricity connections to Tata Power Company (TPC).
Around 4,000 restaurants in Mumbai and its suburbs say the shift to TPC would work out to be over 50 per cent cheaper for them. The restaurants which have sought a change of supply include fine dining and mid-size restauran
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It may be touted as Mumbai's new identity, but the 4.7km Bandra-Worli Sea Link is giving its toll operator sleepless nights. rnrnAlmost four months after it was thrown open, the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, as it is officially called, has not seen even 40% of the vehicular traffic that it had been projected to carry by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).rnrnJayant Mhais
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Citizens residing near flyovers in the city may at last be able to sleep peacefully. Following a directive from the state government, the BMC has decided to install sound barriers on all bridges in Mumbai.
Two European firms have been contacted to zero in on the right technology. "We are keen to have some kind of barrier to shield people from noise levels exceeding 50 decibels," a senior of
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