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The state government has denied that it has given a clean chit to MNS chief Raj Thackeray in connection with his tirade against north Indian migrants in the state. The decision on the Thackeray issue is still pending, said a senior home department official. The report that Thackeray being given clean chit in connection to his campaign against a particular community are baseless
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Western Railway’s ambitious project to build a terminus for long-distance trains at Dadar has run into a 117-year-old obstacle. The project was conceived in 2007 and work began the same year, but authorities have now realised that trains cannot be terminated on platform number 6, as it can’t be connected to shunting yards because of a temple at the southern end.
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A recent government resolution aims to make Marathi compulsory in all non-Marathi schools across the state from Stds I to IV, including for those schools that follow boards such as ICSE and CBSE.
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The Lok Sabha results for Maharashtra have come as a huge setback for NCP president Sharad Pawar, who was being projected as a potential prime ministerial candidate till the counting of votes. Now, not only will the NCP have to deal with an increasingly confident Congress, it has also been dealt a blow by voters.
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Having been the caretaker of the same company for 25 years, Makase Dhuria’s loyalties were crystal clear. And on Wednesday, he withstood the most difficult test of his commitment – when he caught his own son trying to rob his employer.
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In the ongoing trial of Pakistani gunman Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, two more witnesses on Thursday identified more terror weapons in court.
Two AK-47 rifles, two pistols and a hand grenade used by Kasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismail were identified as being recovered from the Skoda that Kasab and his `buddy' had stolen. read more »
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Low income group (LIG) houses in Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) societies need no longer be restricted to just 450 sq ft in size. The housing board has now said that LIG flats in societies undergoing redevelopment could be as large as 650 sq ft, the maximum area fixed for middle-income group (MIG) flats.
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MUMBAI: Money was stolen from a public donation box at the famous Haji Ali dargah in south Mumbai, police said on Saturday.
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The banks of the Mithi River with sparse mangrove between Dharavi bridge and mini-confluence on the BKC are set to get a new look complete with trees, and thick stairs of black stones or Gabion walls, to prevent soil erosion. These plans, that are part of the Mithi's beautification project, is being implemented quickly, say sources in order to sell some of the rarely seen huge open plots
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Citizens of the normally noisy, often raucous, Mumbai will finally have some peace and quiet, with the BMC declaring 1113 locations as 'silence zones' across the city. 211 zones are in South Mumbai itself (Wards A to E). Of the total 437.71 sq. km area of Mumbai, more than 40 per cent will now come under the quiet area.
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Interpol secretary general Ronald K Noble has said that links of seven different countries are found in the Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 180 people.
"Interpol and Pakistan are cooperating with each other to investigate into the Mumbai terrorist attacks, links of the seven different countries are found during the investigation. We are trying to help expose the terroris read more »
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Growing a beard during his HSC exam cost 18-year-old Mohammed Ausaf 25 minutes of his paper time, on Tuesday. The Rizvi College student was proving he was the same person whose clean-shaven photograph was affixed on his hall ticket.
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Commuters can barely dare to believe it. Over the last few weeks, the most common sight across the normally decrepit Central Railway stations has been that of frenetic cleaning, painting and sweeping.
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Two hundred families at Chembur’s Tilaknagar Housing Societies Ltd (THSL), who are opposing the construction of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road over a problem with a local builder, have been living in suffocating fear for the last three days.
The Shiv Sena has put up five giant hoardings in the locality threatening ‘Sena-style’ treatment to all those who oppose the construction of th read more »
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Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Lilavati Hospital on Thursday afternoon following a severe chest infection. While the official line is that Thackeray was brought to Lilavati for routine tests, this newspaper has learnt that doctors are not taking the 83-year-old leader's condition lightly.
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