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Chief minister Ashok Chavan described this year's rail budget in one line: "Kahin khushi, kahin gham." The reason for `gham,' he said, was key projects for Maharashtra were not sanctioned.
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The first day of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link passed off smoothly, except for the fact that the sea link was tested to its full strength by residents of the city, who were looking forward to cruise along this newly opened one of its kind sea link.
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Looking at Seshadri Srinivasan, it’s hard to believe that this unassuming gentleman is responsible for the design of Mumbai’s newest landmark: the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Yet, the whole behemoth, inaugurated on Tuesday, first took its present form in the sketches of this 77-year-old bridge designer.
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The Mhada, which is coming up with 4,000 flats in December, plans to start selling the forms in August. Confirming the move, Krishna Hegde, Mumbai board member and city Congress spokesperson said around 2,000 flats were ready.
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About 750 structures in the prohibited area around the Jogeshwari caves may finally be declared as slums so that residents can avail of benefits-including systematic rehabilitation-of the state's cut-off of 1995.
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A 42-year-old medical salesman was sentenced to seven days’ simple imprisonment by a railway court in Virar for crossing the railway tracks at Vasai.
Prakash Pathak becomes the first person to be imprisoned for a period as long as a week by Western Railway even though the law permits a trespasser to be imprisoned for up to six months. Pathak was sentenced under Section 147 of the Rai read more »
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Prakash Pathak becomes the first person to be imprisoned for a period as long as a week by Western Railway even though the law permits a trespasser to be imprisoned for up to six months. Pathak was sentenced under Section 147 of the Rai read more »
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An anti-reservation essay published in the students’ magazine of an Andheri college has drawn strong criticism from a section of the institution’s faculty.
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Chief minister Ashok Chavan on Friday allotted two Mhada flats in Malwani to `Slumdog Millionaire' child stars Mohammed Azharuddin and Rubina Qureshi. Given that the cost of the apartments was borne by the Mumbai Congress, Mhada has - for the first time in its history - appointed a political party as custodian of the property until the minors turn 18.
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Mahatma Gandhi was a frequent visitor, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel breathed his last in the hallowed building. It’s no wonder then that Mumbai’s Heritage Conservation Committee rejected a proposal that would convert Birla House at Malabar Hill into a 44-storey tower.
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A senior BMC officer was assaulted by three hawkers at Santa Cruz (E) on Monday. The complainant, Vasant Kini (56), is a senior inspector with the Encroachments department of the H-East ward at Santa
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Irked over Mumbai Congress leader and former state minister Kripashankar Singh's criticism of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, the Sena has warned that it would "paint the map of Maharashtra beneath Singh's ears".
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he Shivaji Nagar slums in Govandi that house about 26,000 families could be the first in Mumbai to become safe from electrocution or fire incidents due to short-circuits. A joint venture between Reliance and World Bank aims to streamline internal electric wiring inside the hutments in unorganised localities and provide them electric meters. The pilot project is likely to take a year's time.
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'Slumdog Millionaire' child actors Azharuddin Mohammad Ismail and Rubina Ali Qureshi, who lost their shanties in a demolition drive, are all set to get new homes.
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After a 27-year break, one of the country’s oldest steam engines – the ‘7-38’ – chugged along the 21-km Neral-Matheran route on Friday. The 102-year-old engine evoked nostalgia as it ran between Neral and Jumma Patti stations, with three coaches in tow.
A few retired Central Railway employees had voluntarily returned to repair the 7-38. They made drawings of old spare parts and then read more »
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A two-acre garden on 10th Road in Juhu, part of which was razed by the BMC on Tuesday because it came in the way of a road-widening project, is still in the grip of controversy.
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