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Solar-powered lights, buildings designed to cut air-conditioning costs, lawns on all terraces and water recycling -the Dawoodi Bohras have incorporated these and many other green practices in the massive redevelopment project to turn congested Bhendi Bazar into a modern haven.
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MNS chief Raj Thackeray has demanded that the Maharashtra Energy Regulatory Commission (MERC) should withdraw the power tariff concessions announced for malls, multiplexes and construction sites. He has threatened to stop work at these sites if the MNS demand was not accepted by MERC in the next two days.
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Close on the heels of the Mantralaya redevelopment project, another massive redevelopment plan in the western suburbs is expected to be pushed through by the government soon. TOI has learnt through highly reliable Mantralaya sources that three builders have emerged as the frontrunners for the 100-acre project to redevelop the PWD-built quarters for state government staff in Bandra east
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Although it is a day before the formal opening of the highly publicised Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (SATIS) project is to take place, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is actively considering a proposal to extend the SATIS for the easy movement of traffic in the city. The step is only on paper for the time being but efforts are being made to convert it into reality.
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Amidst Independence Day celebrations, the country also remembered one of its heroes of 26/11, late additional commissioner of Mumbai Police, Ashok Kamte.
A road was named after the braveheart in Saturday in South Mumbai, a place where he once lived.
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A road was named after the braveheart in Saturday in South Mumbai, a place where he once lived.
"He was gallant, he was brave and his courage was beyond words," said Additional Commissioner, South Mumbai, Himanshu Rai read more »
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Eleven people were injured when an Andheri-bound train rammed into a stationary Borivli-bound slow local at platform no 1 at Mahim station on Sunday afternoon. The accident apparently occurred as the Andheri-bound train failed to stop at a signal before Mahim, but Western Railway (WR) said it would conduct an inquiry to ascertain the cause of the incident.
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The King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Parel, a Grade II heritage structure, is all set for a revamp. The BMC recently awarded a contract to renovate the sprawling structure to Mumbai-based real estate and infrastructure services company-the Neev Group. The same firm has also bagged projects worth Rs 200 crore to ensure ready and capable infrastructure for safe drinking water supply all over
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After the panic in Pune, the Maharashtra government has decided to increase the number of screening centres for swine flu in Mumbai and Pune to cater to the swelling numbers of people who want to be checked for the disease. This decision was taken on Thursday after the Cabinet discussed the issue.
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Women cradling babies, schoolchildren tagging along with parents, college-going teens, senior citizens and even pregnant women - more than a thousand people thronged Pune's government-run Naidu Hospital on Wednesday as panic deepened two days after the country's first fatality from swine flu was reported from the city.
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The large multimodal corridor planned from Vasai to Alibaug has received a boost as several multinational firms, in joint ventures with Indian partners, have expressed an interest in the consultancy for the project, which is expected to cost more than Rs 10,000 crore.
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The BMC would soon erect a statue of assitant sub-inspector Tukaram Ombale who was killed while fighting terrorists on 26/11 at Girgaum Chowpatty.
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The developer who is constructing a residential tower near the endangered Magathane caves in Borivli has refuted activist Anita Rane-Kothare's claim that he does not have the requisite permission for digging at the site. Denying illegal activity, he says it is the tehsildar and not the BMC who grants permission for excavation; so the RTI plea filed with the civic body is misleading.
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With elections nearing, the state cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal for giving houses at nominal cost to people living below poverty line. This scheme will be implemented in all districts apart from Mumbai city and its suburbs.
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गुरू सवाई गंधर्व यांची संगीत परंपरा कमालीच्या निष्ठेने पुढे नेणाऱ्या, संगीत म्हणजे 'देवाची वाणी' अशी श्रद्धा राखणाऱ्या हिंदुस्थानी शास्त्रीय संगीतातील ज्येष्ठ गायिका गंगुबाई हनगल यांचे प्रदीर्घ आजारानंतर मंगळवारी सकाळी निधन झाले. त्या ९७ वर्षांच्या होत्या. त्यांच्या निधनाने एक अत्युच्च दर्जाची... अरभाट मैफल संपल्याचे दु:ख त्यांच्या असंख्य चाहत्यांना, शिष्यांना सतावते आहे.
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Maharashtra’s first digital library that will offer modern facilities will be unveiled in two weeks. It is the first full-fledged library being set up in the city after the State Central Library was established in 1947 in Town Hall at Fort. Located at Andheri (E), it will cater to students from schools and colleges, and those preparing for competitive exams for professional courses.
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