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Mumbai Police on Monday suspended the licenses of 35 cinema halls of the city for not adhering to the Maharashtra government's order for mandatory screening of Marathi movies for minimum of four weeks a year.

There are only seven to eight single-screen cinemas in the city, including the Plaza and Bharatmata, which show Marathi movies regularly. As these cinema halls are overbooked, they canno read more »
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"Maharastra Hamra Garjo Maharastra Hamraaaaa !!!". rnrnYo kay hai manhtay Rav.Hye Geet Aplye bihari Pavne Mannar Hayyet Maharastra Dina Nimita.Bhojpuri madla amitabh(asa jo swatalach mahun gheto)to Ravi Kishan mannar hay yo Maharastra Geet.rnrn:-DrnrnIn marathi there is one song for school Childrens "Chaddi Lage Cham Cham Vidya Ye ee Gham Gham." In short it means "Latoon ke Bhoot read more »
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rnMarathi Sahitya ,Chitrapat, Ranjabhomi Va Televison aso Vinod ha marathicha nehamich ek avibhajya ghatak rahila ahe. Anek guni ani harhunari vinodi Lekhak, DirDarshak ani kalawant aplya Marathi mati la hi Labhle. Ya kahi nivadak vinod veerani Marathi Sahitya jagat, Chitrapat srushati , Marathi Rangbhoomi apaplya read more »
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On marathi Katta we have discussed about most of the topics related to Mumbai. All this time we all have been blaming BMC for shoddy work. But there are some good concepts they started but we hardly spoke about it. Hence I thought of putting this post. ALMS is one such concept designed by BMC.rnrnI am sure most of you must have heard about ALMs. ALM basically means The Advanced Locality Manag read more »
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गुढीपाडव्याच्या अगोदरच्या रात्रीपर्यंत पैशाच्या मागे धावणार शहर अचानक गुढीपाडव्याच्या दिवशी सकाळी-सकाळी संस्कृतीच्या मागे धावताना पाहून प्रत्येकाचं मन भरून आलेलं आपण पाहतो. प्रसन्न चेहरे , कपाळावरचे टिळे , चेहऱ्यावरचा भारतीय भाव आणि भारतीय वेशभूषा पाहून सारं शहर भारावलेल्या माणसांकडे मोठ्या कौतुकाने पाहतं.

गेली आठ दहा वर्षं आपण सारेच कुठेतरी हरवलं होतं. बरंच काही हरवून बसलो पण पुन्हा नव्या जोम read more »
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'खुले जाहले विश्व फिराया, लगाम नशिबा घालू नको
हातावरच्या रेषा पाहत उगा रिकामा बसू नको !'


कॅनडात राहाणा-या डॉ. विद्युल्लेखा अकलूजकरांचा हा 'फटका' म्हणजे परदेशात स्थलांतरित झालेल्या मराठी माणसाची स्पष्ट भूमिकाच! अशा १७ देशांमधील १५ नॉन रेसिंडंट महाराष्ट्रीयन म्हणजेच 'एनआरएम' कवींच्या एकूण ७५ कवितांचा 'सृजन @borad' ('सृजन अॅब्रॉड') हा आगळावेगळा कवितासंग्रह कॉन्टिनेन्टल प्रकाशनातर read more »
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खासगी कंपन्यांशी स्पर्धा करता करता ग्राहकांचे हित भारतीय आयुर्विमा मंडळाकडून सांभाळले जात नसल्याचा आणि परिणामी 'एलआयसी' अधोगतीच्या मार्गावर जात असल्याचा आरोप डेव्हलपमेंट ऑफिसर्सनी केला आहे. कंपनीच्या ग्राहकविरोधी धोरणाचा निषेध करण्यासाठी आणि अन्य मागण्यांसाठी देशभरातून सुमारे १९ हजार डेव्हलपमेंट ऑफिसर्स 'योगक्षेम' या मुंबईतील एलआयसीच्या मुख्यालयावर सोमवारी ३१ मार्च रोजी धडक मारणार आहेत.

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सांताक्रूझ-चेबूर लिंकरोडचा मार्ग मोकळा.टिळकनगर भागातच रहिवाशांचे पुनर्वसन.

सांताक्रूझ-चेंबूर लिंक रोडच्या विकासातील अडथळा दूर करण्यात एमएमआरडीएला यश आले असून, अडथळा ठरलेल्या न्यू टिळक नगर परिसरातील म्हाडाच्या १६ इमारती पाडून तेथील रहिवाशांना याच भागात पुर्नस्थापित करण्याचा निर्णय घेण्यात आला आहे. त्यानुसार येथील १६ इमारतींमधील ३४४ फ्लॅटधारकांचे पुनर्वसन करण्याचे प्राधिकरण, म्हाडा, व र्वल्ड बँक read more »
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मराठी रंगभूमी व रुपेरी पडद्यावरील हरहुनरी कलाकार, तमाशापटांतील 'मावशी' वा 'नाच्या'ला व्यक्तिमत्त्व मिळवून देणारे 'चित्रभूषण' गणपत पाटील यांचे रविवारी सकाळी येथील खासगी नर्सिंग होममध्ये निधन झाले. ते ८९ वर्षांचे होते. त्यांच्या निधनामुळे 'कलापुरा'त शोककळा पसरली.

तमाशापटांच्या लाटेत जरीची मखमली टोपी, तसेच जाकिट आणि खांद्यावरील ओढणीवजा रुमाल ल्यालेली त्यांची मूतीर् अजरामरच झाली. read more »
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After Jaya TV, Sun TV and Kalaignar TV, it is now Shiv Sena’s turn to launch a Marathi television channel.

The channel, according to party sources, would be launched before the next Lok Sabha elections. Sena is also planning to launch a Hindi channel immediately after the Marathi one.

“Having such a channel helps in communicating party’s views and messages directly to the masses without th read more »
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Over the years, the city has proved to be a soft target for terrorist outfits, from the Dawood gang to the LeT. Now, Huji represents the latest danger.

After being at the receiving end of terrorist activity by the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi), Mumbai has become the target of the Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji). Huji was nu read more »
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A group of north-Indian activists from Thane on Sunday burnt the effigy of Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav at the Wagle Estate Junction for making "provocative speeches" against Maharashtrians and leaders of maharastra.

According to them this speeches pollute the atmosphere here, while the north Indians have been living cordially in the state. read more »
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Finance minister P Chidambaram mentioned the plans to make Mumbai a world class financial centre in his budget speech.

The government contends that the infrastructure needs to be in place before the plan to turn Mumbai into a financial centre is implemented. The plan to make Mumbai into a world financial centre should be implemented along with these infrastructure projects. The Mumbai Makeover 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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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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