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The Shiv Sena is protesting against the recruitment policies of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and is planning a demonstration. It claims that locals are not being given enough representation in the recruitment process. read more »
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They were always there, in part or in whole, but now, the wooden eaves, arches and doorways that made Bandra Station the monumental beauty it once was, have become visible from a distance. The revamped exterior of the station was unveiled Thursday morning. "Much of the work involved demolishing toilets and redundant ticket windows to expose the beautiful stone walls and woodwork that lay beneath read more »
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Noted Marathi writer , orator and literary figure of Maharashtra, professor Ram Balkrishna Shewalkar died of a cardiac arrest at his residence.

Shewalkar, 78, is survived by wife Vijaya and son Ashutosh. read more »
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One who only takes LELE

One with bulb factory DIVEKAR

Maharashtrian Bill Gates BAL PHATAK

One with weight of 100 tonnes SOMAN

Neil Armstrong NEELESH BHUJBAL

One with K on his head SHIRKE

Bakery owner PAWGI /BUNKAR

Narasimha Avtar POTPHODE

One with stomach problem POTDUKHE

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"Ensure that you elect a strong government or the Taliban, which is gaining strength in Pakistan, will not rest till it enters India," said Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, exhorting a full house at Thakurdwar on Sunday to rally around the party's Mumbai South candidate Mohan Rawle. read more »
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Can 7,000 residents of the city have voting rights but still be non-existent in civic records? Yes, if they live in Ganpat Nagar, off Malad Creek in the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency. read more »
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The stage is set for the biggest terror trial to begin in a special courtroom inside the high-security Arthur Road Jail from Wednesday.

After a month's delay-the time taken to construct a bomb-proof courtroom for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving 26/11 terrorist-will be physically produced before judge M L Tahaliyani for the first time. Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam will read more »
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She is a Punjabi born in Uttar Pradesh, but she has been fielded in the Lok Sabha elections by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a party widely perceived to be anti-north Indian. What's more, she is a Thackeray.

Shalini Thackeray, 40, is the first daughter-in-law from the politically powerful Maharashtrian family to enter the heat and dust of electoral politics. read more »
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A 32-year-old railway labourer, on his way to work at the car shed, was shot dead at close range near Jogeshwari station on Monday.

The deceased, Raees Khan, was a native of UP. The police have detained one person for questioning and a team has also been sent to UP. read more »
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BMC threatens to auction Powai’s Kingstone Housing Society if residents don’t pay dues of Rs 1.24 cr in a week. Residents claim they’ve paid money to the developer who never gave it to the civic body.

Fifty families stand to lose their homes as the BMC has threatened to auction the Powai housing society they live in. read more »
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It took the BMC only a few days to demarcate over 1,000 silence zones across the city, but it seems to be taking much longer for the civic authorities to implement them. Take for instance Azad Maidan, which was notified as a silence zone, but since the past one week the ground has been abuzz with political activities and protest rallies. read more »
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The state will levy a fine of about Rs 10 lakh per week on Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) for not completing the Bandra-Worli Sealink within the stipulated deadline of January 31. The penalty is being levied by MSRDC through the project engineers-Dar Consultants. read more »
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In the backdrop of power shortage in the state, there is good news for the people of Maharashtra and Reliance Power as well. An appeal filed against the environmental and CRZ clearances given to the power company for its proposed 4,000 MW power project in Konkan has been dismissed by the National Environment Appellate Authority, paving way for the early development of the project. read more »
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The signal from the courts, both the High Court and the Supreme Court, is clear - an encroachment-free Sanjay Gandhi National Park. But many feel the slums and illegal settlements in and around the park have already caused irreversible damage to the flora and fauna in the park, which is the last hope for many species. The actual area affected is much larger than the encroached portion, experts sa read more »
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Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Rs 8,000-crore Mahindra and Mahindra group, seems to have become a victim of over-zealous BMC officials.

Recently, the 53-year-old industrialist was issued with a criminal process from the Bhoiwada Magistrate Court, because he happened to be on the board — and in a purely advisory capacity — of M/S MW Com (India) Private Limi read more »
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