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Avatar Posted by tejascs 1621 days ago (http://www.business-standard.com)
Category: Agriculture
The Centre, with the assistance of the Asia Development Bank, is planning to open 60 agri business centres (ABCs) in Maharashtra, including 12 in Nashik district, next year. The move is aimed at creating a platform for farmers for direct sale of their produce and help them fetch a better price.

Only two states in the country � Maharashtra and Bihar � have been selected for this novel project. read more »
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Avatar Posted by limin 1621 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Society | Tags: mumbai trains railway
Aware of the pressures on the existing coaches, the railway ministry last week cleared a proposal to give Mumbai 17 new trains in addition to the 157 already under production. read more »
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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 1621 days ago (http://www.indianexpress.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mumbai public transport railways
Mumbaikars could soon find relief from the crowded suburban trains in the form of state-of-the-art magnetic levitation (or maglev) trains running at speeds of up to 300 kmph.

A senior state government official said: “The proposed high-speed rail is for 6 routes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, including potential maglev lines.

The distances for each route would be between 20 km and 50 km read more »
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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 1621 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: General | Tags: slums migration poverty population
Forty per cent of Pune's population, an estimated 14 lakh people, live in slums.

According to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) estimates, some 88,000 people migrated to the city in 2006, of which 45,000 settled in the slums. Every year, the number of people migrating to the city will continue to multiply.

The Town and Country Planning Organisation (TCPO), the technical arm of the ministr read more »
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Avatar Posted by manech 1621 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai
An e-mail threatening to blow up Indian airports in January has been received at a call centre of the national carrier Air India in neighbouring Gurgaon, airline sources said on Monday.

The call centre received the e-mail on Saturday which threatened explosions at the airports on January 12, they said.

An FIR was lodged by Assistant Manager (Security, Air India) Harish read more »
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Avatar Posted by tejascs 1621 days ago (http://www.josh18.com)
Category: General
मंगल ग्रह पर सिलिका मिलने के बाद से ऐसा लगने लगा है वहां जीवन संभव है। यह ग्रह सदियों से धरती पर रहने वालों को लुभाता रहा है। पुराणों में भी इसके बारे में बहुत कुछ कहा गया है।

रोमन संस्कृति में मंगल युद्ध के देवता मार्स क्रेडिबस का प्रतीक था। मार्स क्रेडिबस एक जांबाज योद्धा था। रोमनवासियों ने अपने कैलेंडरों में साल के एक महीने का नाम इसी देवता के नाम पर मार्स रखा। read more »
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Avatar Posted by tejascs 1621 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Education
PUNE: When 13-year-olds Sujit and Akshay met their idol, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on Sunday, they were desperate to ask him one question: ‘Why does the government want to snatch away our land for building an airport and factories, and would you help save it?’ But lack of communication skills in English prevented them from doing so.

The same question lingered in the minds of hundred read more »
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