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Investors have been firmly told that Marathi-speaking candidates should be given top priority for employment, finance minister Jayant Patil said in the legislative assembly on Thursday.
"By Marathi, we mean those who have been residents of Maharashtra for 15 years or more and know Marathi," he added.
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"By Marathi, we mean those who have been residents of Maharashtra for 15 years or more and know Marathi," he added.
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Even as inflation-driven rising prices are forcing citizens to cut down on groceries, some traders are aggravating the problem by hoarding commodities to create shortages and make a profit.
One such trader was arrested on Thursday for hoarding around 9,400 quintals (1 quintal = 100 kg) of mutter (pea read more »
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The law prohibiting a person having more than two children from contesting panchayat elections was challenged in the Supreme Court on Friday by Samajwadi Party MP Abu Asim Azmi on the ground that it violated the Islamic dictat that no Muslim would restrict birth of children.
does Abu Azmi want India to collapse with over-population ?
does Abu Azmi want India to become Iran ?
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does Abu Azmi want India to collapse with over-population ?
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Five migrant labourers were today shot dead and four others injured by militants in Imphal East district, taking the toll in the attacks against outsiders since last night to 12.
Official sources said the labourers, who were north Indians, were shot dead by the militants at Takhel, Kangla and Sangomshang areas in the district.
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Official sources said the labourers, who were north Indians, were shot dead by the militants at Takhel, Kangla and Sangomshang areas in the district.
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Taking a stand that will soothe even the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, state Director General of Police (DGP) A N Roy has warned Indian Police Service (IPS) officers not conversant in Marathi, to improve their skills in the language within a year, or their annual increment will be withheld.
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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday dared Railway Minister Lalu Prasad to perform 'Chhat Pooja' at Marina Beach in Chennai to oppose the imposition of Tamil by the Karunanidhi government in schools across the state.
Launching a scathing attack on the reported demand by some local North Indian Congress leaders that Hindi be made an official language in BMC, Thackeray said, "let them t read more »
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Launching a scathing attack on the reported demand by some local North Indian Congress leaders that Hindi be made an official language in BMC, Thackeray said, "let them t read more »
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now let them come to india.... we will sink them in the indian ocean, the bay of bengal and the arabian sea read more »
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well done
now let them come to india.... we will sink them in the indian ocean, the bay of bengal and the arabian sea read more »
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After having exempted Bhojpuri movies from Theatre tax, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has now proposed to exempt all regional language movies and dramas from tax from the year 2008-09.
Till now, only Marathi and Gujarati films and drama shows along with tamasha shows were exempted from Theatre tax in Mumbai. read more »
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Till now, only Marathi and Gujarati films and drama shows along with tamasha shows were exempted from Theatre tax in Mumbai. read more »
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After launching an agitation against the north Indians and forcing them to flee the city, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has now trained its guns on the state government’s employment exchange for failing to ensure jobs for Maharashtrian youth.
The district employment office, with a registration of around two lakh youth, clarified that it was up to the industrial units read more »
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Close on the heels of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray’s comments against North Indians are the Koli fisherfolk, who have demanded that three municipal corporations take action against enterprising north Indian fish-vendors who sell fish at their customers’ doorsteps.
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Minutes after Raj Thackeray’s arrest, this diminutive housewife took to the streets, doing the rounds of central Mumbai areas with her foot-soldiers, forcing shopowners to down their shutters and chasing hawkers off the streets.
By evening, almost all Parel and Elphinstone Road—an area dominated by the Marathi-speaking Mumbaiites and the former hub of the textile mills now slowly making way f read more »
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Chandrabhan Singh and Ashok Jadhav share their family doctor.
When “elder brother” Singh, 50, is unwell, Jadhav, 45, makes sure to take him to their doctor promptly because, “if one of us is off the road even for a day, two homes are affected.”
Singh is from Uttar Pradesh while Jadhav is a Maharashtrian and the owner of the taxi which Singh drives in Mumbai.
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When “elder brother” Singh, 50, is unwell, Jadhav, 45, makes sure to take him to their doctor promptly because, “if one of us is off the road even for a day, two homes are affected.”
Singh is from Uttar Pradesh while Jadhav is a Maharashtrian and the owner of the taxi which Singh drives in Mumbai.
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Raj Thackeray was a die-hard fan of Amitabh. His flying solo meant the Big B had to take sides.
Raj Thackeray's admiration for Amitabh Bachchan is legendary in the Thackeray household. He used to prop up Bachchan film stills on his desk, watch Big B starrers several times over. Raj even named his son Amit. Three years ago, Bachchan was the guest of honour at the mega show Raj organised to rel read more »
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Raj Thackeray's admiration for Amitabh Bachchan is legendary in the Thackeray household. He used to prop up Bachchan film stills on his desk, watch Big B starrers several times over. Raj even named his son Amit. Three years ago, Bachchan was the guest of honour at the mega show Raj organised to rel read more »
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