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The burning of Gold Mohur, a defunct textile mill in the central Mumbai suburb of Dadar, has brought to the fore the dark underbelly of the transformation of parts of India’s financial capital from hubs of manufacturing to tony residential and commercial complexes.
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A patch of grass near the main runway caught fire at the Mumbai airport but was quickly doused by the airport fire service personnel. The incident took place around 2 pm when 'bird scarers' were bursting crackers to chase away birds that pose problems in flight operations.
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It’s probably the largest displacement and relocation in the country in modern times. Four lakh residents will be shifted from the periphery of the airport to other areas in the suburbs so that the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport’s modernisation and expansion can be completed by 2013.
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General Insurance Corporation (GIC), the designated administrator of the terror insurance pool, has released Rs 167 crore to Taj and Oberoi General Insurance Corporation has released Rs 167 crore to Taj and Oberoi hotels in connection with the 26/11 terror attacks, a top GIC Re official said.
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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 read more »
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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 read more »
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The Bombay high court on Tuesday, in an interim order, restrained Mhada from handing over 3,000 flats to
allotees. A division bench of Justice J N Patel and Justice R Sondur-Baldota was hearing a public interest litigation filed by an 80-year-old ex-serviceman, who alleged irregularities in the Mhada lottery process. read more »
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allotees. A division bench of Justice J N Patel and Justice R Sondur-Baldota was hearing a public interest litigation filed by an 80-year-old ex-serviceman, who alleged irregularities in the Mhada lottery process. read more »
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The state government’s grandiose plans to construct a Rs 350-crore Shivaji monument in the Arabian Sea might face legal hurdles from different quarters. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday admitted a writ petition filed by Saraha Consultancy, one of the participants in the competition organised by the government for designing the statue.
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he bi-weekly Howrah-Mumbai Duranto Express (2262) began its inaugural run from here today.
The non-stop train would take just a little more than 26 hours to reach CSTM station covering a distance of more than 1,860 kilometers. read more »
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The non-stop train would take just a little more than 26 hours to reach CSTM station covering a distance of more than 1,860 kilometers. read more »
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Four years after the BMC conducted a survey to assess the number of people who live below the below poverty line (BPL), the list is still not out. As a consequence, over 12 lakh families in the city who claimed to be in the category, have been left without the possibility of availing of the facilities provided by the government.
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The survey for the second phase of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for the city has begun even as the final details of costs for the first phase on the two Express Highways has been finalised at Rs 933.70 crore.
Government officials said the first phase of the BRTS will be carried out on the two city Expressways but the project was awaiting final clearance from the empowered comm read more »
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Government officials said the first phase of the BRTS will be carried out on the two city Expressways but the project was awaiting final clearance from the empowered comm read more »
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The BMC scheme to set up stalls to sell kanda poha at a subsidised rate will now have to wait for the assembly polls to get over as the model code of conduct has already been implemented. The BMC administration will, however, send the proposal to the state electiom commission for approval.
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The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has suffered a jolt with its vice president and general secretary, the husband-wife duo of Sanjan and Sanjay Ghadi, quitting to join the Shiv Sena.
The couple, who joined the Shiv Sena on Sunday, refered to it as a "homecoming". "After all, it is like homecoming for us because we are originally Shiv Sainiks. read more »
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The couple, who joined the Shiv Sena on Sunday, refered to it as a "homecoming". "After all, it is like homecoming for us because we are originally Shiv Sainiks. read more »
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Mumbai: India's financial capital which houses the maximum number of slum dwellers in the country has one in two persons residing in a slum, as per a Human Development Report compiled by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
"Worldwide, one in three persons lives in a slum. But the figures are much higher for Mumbai where 54.1 read more »
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"Worldwide, one in three persons lives in a slum. But the figures are much higher for Mumbai where 54.1 read more »
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In the backdrop of 26/11 terror strikes, transport authorities here have decided to equip the newly introduced buses with bullet and blast proof window panes.
"For the first time in the country, public buses in Mumbai will have window panes that will be bulletproof, blast proof, fire proof and will ensure passenger safety," said Harvinder Suri, an official of the company entrusted read more »
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"For the first time in the country, public buses in Mumbai will have window panes that will be bulletproof, blast proof, fire proof and will ensure passenger safety," said Harvinder Suri, an official of the company entrusted read more »
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The elections to Mumbai’s 36 Assembly seats will hinge on two questions: whether Raj Thackeray’s MNS will once again upset equations for the BJP-Shiv Sena, and whether the Congress and the NCP will forge an alliance.
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