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In a landmark for carbon financing in India, the municipal corporation of Greater Mumbai has earned Rs 26 crore for the scientific closure of a garbage dumping ground.
The cheque from the Asia Carbon Fund of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an advance for future delivery of carbon credits.
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The cheque from the Asia Carbon Fund of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an advance for future delivery of carbon credits.
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This news may come as welcome relief for thousands of theatre lovers. A record number of Marathi dramas, around 14 to be specific, are to be staged for theatre fans since August. While two major productions will soon hit the stage and a couple of them are in the process of being launched.
These plays, most of which were launched during the Ganeshotsav season, has not only brought several sta read more »
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Nine years after a young Indian soldier on duty at the Line of Control was beheaded and seven of his colleagues killed in a cross-border raid, the Pakistani militant who owned up for the act was reported killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan last week.
Indian Army records show that the man who was beheaded in 2000 was Sepoy Bhausaheb Maruti Talekar of the 17 Maratha Light Infantry (M read more »
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The restive state of Jammu and Kashmir is the first name that usually comes to mind when one thinks of terrorism in the country. Thus it may come as surprise to many that in 2008 the number of victims of terror in Mumbai was just two less than in Kashmir.
The single terror strike of 26/11 on Mumbai resulted in the deaths of 164 people. In contrast there were 708 terrorist attacks in J&K durin read more »
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The single terror strike of 26/11 on Mumbai resulted in the deaths of 164 people. In contrast there were 708 terrorist attacks in J&K durin read more »
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For the first time in three decades, pedestrians and motorists travelling to Churchgate via Veer Nariman Road can see Cross Maidan clearly, their vision unhindered by garment stalls that occupied the footpath between the road and the ground.
The hawkers, who initially had stalls near Museum, were moved to the eastern edge of Cross Maidan in the ’80s. However, the stalls expanded to the area ar read more »
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The hawkers, who initially had stalls near Museum, were moved to the eastern edge of Cross Maidan in the ’80s. However, the stalls expanded to the area ar read more »
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If the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has its way, Mumbai's next 20-year development plan will entail higher floor space index FSI), an opening up of salt pans and no development zones to set up buildings, and skygardens on top of buildings to compensate for lack of open spaces.
India's largest civic administration has chalked out this radical vision for Mumbai as it sets out to r read more »
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The BJP and the Shiv Sena, allies in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), do not agree on the cutoff date for regularisation of slums.
The BJP has supported the proposed extension of the cutoff till 2000 but the Shiv Sena has opposed it on the grounds that it would lead to more migration to Mumbai. The Sena has often spoken out against such an extension. read more »
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The BJP has supported the proposed extension of the cutoff till 2000 but the Shiv Sena has opposed it on the grounds that it would lead to more migration to Mumbai. The Sena has often spoken out against such an extension. read more »
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Concerned by the dwindling number of students in non-English medium schools, the state has given them permission to start semi-English classes. This means that all language schools in the state can now teach mathematics and science in English from Std I to IV from the next academic year.
According to a government resolution dated August 6, schools, including the Marathi-medium ones, can now op read more »
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People heading to ATM centres near the Mahim and Matunga stations on Senapati Bapat Marg (Tulsi Pipe road) are encountering a peculiar impediment -- huge garbage bins placed by the Brinhanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Reason: a protest by the BMC against the Western Railway (WR) authorities that have permitted ATM centres to be set up on the platform. Why should this bother the BMC, giv read more »
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Reason: a protest by the BMC against the Western Railway (WR) authorities that have permitted ATM centres to be set up on the platform. Why should this bother the BMC, giv read more »
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निवृत्तीनंतरच्या दिवसासाठी जमा केलेल्या प्रॉव्हिडंट फंडावर इन्कम इॅक्स लावण्याचा विचार सरकार करत आहे. हा फंड काढताना त्यावर कर आकारणी होईल. तसेच फिक्स्ड् डिपॉझिट्स आणि स्टॉक्सवरही कर लावला जाईल.
याबाबत अर्थ खात्याच्या अधिकाऱ्यांनी सांगितले की पीएफमध्ये जमा झालेली रक्कम ही गुंतवणूक दाखवून त्यावर कर सवलत घेतली जाते.ही रक्कम पुन्हा घेताना त्यावर कर न भरणे इतकी सवलत देणे योग्य नाही. त्यामुळे हा न read more »
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याबाबत अर्थ खात्याच्या अधिकाऱ्यांनी सांगितले की पीएफमध्ये जमा झालेली रक्कम ही गुंतवणूक दाखवून त्यावर कर सवलत घेतली जाते.ही रक्कम पुन्हा घेताना त्यावर कर न भरणे इतकी सवलत देणे योग्य नाही. त्यामुळे हा न read more »
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Thanks to the proactive and investor-friendly policy of the Gujarat government, the installed power capacity in the state leapfrogged from 8,079 MW in February 2007 to 10,290 MW in June 2009. This 27% rise in power generation capacity is the highest in the county in the past two years.
Between February 2007 and June 2009, the state increased its power generation capacity by 2,211 megawatt, lea read more »
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Maharashtra has topped in the crime chart of the country, a query under the Right to Information Act by state BJP president Nitin Gadkari has revealed.
"During 2005-08, Maharashtra registered 7,80,765 cases under the Indian Penal Code which is the highest number in the country during this period followed by Bihar, which had 4,64,363 cases," the answer to the query revealed. read more »
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"During 2005-08, Maharashtra registered 7,80,765 cases under the Indian Penal Code which is the highest number in the country during this period followed by Bihar, which had 4,64,363 cases," the answer to the query revealed. read more »
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Dairy-rich Dhule, off the Mumbai-Agra highway bordering Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, is suddenly in focus. And sadly, it’s for the wrong reasons.
Over the past two and a half years, thieves from nearby backward areas, where opposition to new local projects is high, have stolen copper from windmills coming up in the world’s most ambitious wind energy park.
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Over the past two and a half years, thieves from nearby backward areas, where opposition to new local projects is high, have stolen copper from windmills coming up in the world’s most ambitious wind energy park.
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गॅसप्रकरणावरून थेट केंद सरकारशी पंगा घेणाऱ्या अनिल अंबानी यांच्यासाठी बुधवारचा दिवस दिलासा देणारा ठरला. मुंबईतील चारकोप-वांंदे-मानखूर्द हा ३२ किमीचा दुसरा मेट्रो मार्ग उभारण्याचे कामही रिलायन्स इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्च कंपनीलाच मिळाले आहे.
मुख्य सचिव जॉनी जोसेफ यांच्या अध्यक्षतेखाली झालेल्या 'एमएमआरडीए'च्या एक्झिक्युटिव्ह समितीच्या बैठकीत ८२५० कोटी रुपये खर्चाच्या या मार्गाचे काम रिलायन्स इन्फ्रास्ट read more »
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मुख्य सचिव जॉनी जोसेफ यांच्या अध्यक्षतेखाली झालेल्या 'एमएमआरडीए'च्या एक्झिक्युटिव्ह समितीच्या बैठकीत ८२५० कोटी रुपये खर्चाच्या या मार्गाचे काम रिलायन्स इन्फ्रास्ट read more »
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Mumbai Mirror reporters check out the affordability and comfort level of four different types of cabs on city roads, with a test drive from HSBC Bank, Fort to Bharatmata on Tuesday afternoon.
They end up paying almost the same for a rickety black-and-yellow taxi (Rs 91.05) and an air-conditioned private cab (Rs 95) read more »
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