Why head to Goa or Mahabaleshwar when the city is seeing a nip in the air? After a warm Christmas, Mumbaikars can now look ahead to a chilly new year with minimum temperatures dropping to 14.5 degrees Celsius.
C V V Bhadram, the deputy director general of Meteorology at the Regional Meteorological Centre in Colaba, is confident that the city can welcome the new year in a cool atmosphere. "The
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Irked by the multiplex owners’ “anti-Marathi’’ attitude, deputy chief minister R R Patil has said licences of cinema halls and multiplexes would be cancelled if they do not screen Marathi films for at least four weeks in a year.
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Allow me to start off by expressing appreciation on SIBM’s successful expansion into Bangalore and Hyderabad. This is the first time that a Maharashtra-based institute has spread its wings outside the state. God willing, there will be Symbiosis campuses in cities through out India. As a Maharashtrian myself, I will be happy to see Symbiosis’s rightful expansion into a truly
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MUMBAI: Concerned that loud music and the aroma of non-vegetarian food could attract the attention of wild animals, forest officials have warned New Year's revellers to tone down their bashes in the 150-odd resorts and bungalows around Yeoor hills.
What has triggered the fear is the increase in the number of leopard sightings around Yeoor Hills in recent days. Add to it tipsy party animals, an
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With suicides by debt-ridden farmers continuing unabated, Kisan Coordination Committee (KCC) has come out with a "novel plan" to "bid goodbye" to debt by dumping loan documents in the sea here on the eve of the new year.
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ठाणे जिल्ह्यातील पायाभूत सुविधांसाठी तीन हजार कोटी रुपये राज्य सरकार देईल, असे कधी वाटलं नव्हतं. ठाणे, कल्याण, डोंबिवली, भिवंडी, उल्हासनगर, अंबरनाथ, बदलापूर-कुळगाव या सर्व शहरांतील रस्ते नजीकच्या काळात चांगले होतील, डोंबिवली ते ठाणे असा समांतर रस्ता होईल, असं कधी वाटलंही नव्हतं. या साऱ्या मागण्या जुन्याच, पण आतापर्यंत राज्य सरकारला मुंबईला लागून असलेल्या या जिल्ह्याच्या शहरांसाठी काही करावं, असं
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This is unarguably the most illustrious and most sought after art camp hosted in Mumbai. Art connoisseur and business honcho, Harsh Goenka and Vickram Sethi of Arts Trust take immense pride in bringing the best of art from around the world to this city.
RPG Academy of Art is holding its annual art camp from the 10th to the 17th of December.
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Several Mumbai organisations plan to hold a silent candle light vigil in the memory of the slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto here Saturday.
Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace & Democracy (PIPFPD) and Peace Mumbai, an umbrella organisation of similar voluntary groups, are holding the vigil and have appealed to the residents of the metropolis to participate in large numbers.
It was way back in 1937 that 'Sant Tukaram' became the first Indian film to win an award at the Venice International Film Festival. But time has not been a deterrent for the everlasting popularity of the film.
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Mayor Shubha Raul definitely got the logic, Tourist is better catch then a fish. The BMC wants the Koliwadas, the oldest inhabited land of Mumbai, to be developed. Mayor Shubha Raul wants the 20 Koliwadas in the city upgraded in such a way that the areas retain their essence to attract tourists.
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Although cartoonist R.K. Laxman describes his "Indian Common Man" as timeless and immortal, it was in 1958 that he created the simple yet thoughtful cartoon character, who continues to enthral generations of readers.
Wednesday evening, when his common man turned fifty, saw Laxman with former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam commemorate the eight-feet-tall statue that adorns the Symbiosis Vishwab
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If you want any information on the BMC's proposals, its agendas for meetings and its civic notes on decisions taken and policies framed for the city, you will not be able to get it in English any more.
The corporation has decided to shut its English language department, which translated all such documents from the original Marathi into English, after a series of embarrassing errors that reve
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Indian police arrested a physics teacher who allegedly disciplined 22 unruly teenage students by giving them electric shocks, authorities said Wednesday.
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MUMBAI: A Sessions Court here on Monday convicted Pravin Mahajan (48) of killing his elder brother and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan. On Tuesday, the prosecution will present its arguments on the quantum of sentence.
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.
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