Mahatma Gandhi was a frequent visitor, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel breathed his last in the hallowed building. It’s no wonder then that Mumbai’s Heritage Conservation Committee rejected a proposal that would convert Birla House at Malabar Hill into a 44-storey tower.
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A senior BMC officer was assaulted by three hawkers at Santa Cruz (E) on Monday. The complainant, Vasant Kini (56), is a senior inspector with the Encroachments department of the H-East ward at Santa
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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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Irked over Mumbai Congress leader and former state minister Kripashankar Singh's criticism of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, the Sena has warned that it would "paint the map of Maharashtra beneath Singh's ears".
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Encouraged by the response to its first `Nano' housing scheme in Boisar, Tata Housing on Monday announced a similar project to build low-income group (LIG) flats in the central suburbs.
Officials did not disclose the exact location of the housing complex that would come up but said that construction work was likely to begin in October.
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क्रेडिट काडेर् सर्रास हरवतात किंवा चोरीला जातात. त्यांचा मोठ्या प्रमाणावर गैरवापर केला जातो. बऱ्याच जणांकडे तीन-चार बँकांची क्रेडिट काडेर् असतात. कार्ड हरवल्याचे बऱ्याच उशिरा लक्षात येते, तेही जेव्हा बँकेकडून भल्या मोठ्या रकमेचे बिल येते त्यावेळी! अशावेळी मोठा आथिर्क फटका बसतो. बरीच धावाधाव करावी लागते. पुढील गैरवापर टाळण्यासाठी बँकेला लगेच कळवाव
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'Slumdog Millionaire' child actors Azharuddin Mohammad Ismail and Rubina Ali Qureshi, who lost their shanties in a demolition drive, are all set to get new homes.
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he Shivaji Nagar slums in Govandi that house about 26,000 families could be the first in Mumbai to become safe from electrocution or fire incidents due to short-circuits. A joint venture between Reliance and World Bank aims to streamline internal electric wiring inside the hutments in unorganised localities and provide them electric meters. The pilot project is likely to take a year's time.
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मुंबईमध्ये वाढत चाललेल्या परप्रांतीयांच्या साम्राज्यात मराठी माणूस हरवत
चालला आहे. पूर्वी ज्या ठिकाणी मराठी सोनारांच्या पेढ्या दिसत तेथे आज
मारवाड्यांनी ज्वेलर्सची दुकाने थाटली आहे. मराठी माणसांची मिठाईची दुकाने,
हॉटेल्स आज शोधूनही सापडत नाहीत. टोलेजंग इमारतीपासून तर जुन्या
लाकडी चाळीपर्यंत परप्रांतीयांनी किमान ३० ते ४० टक्के अघोषित आरक्षण
मिळवले आहे. दक्षिण मुंबईत तर शंभरातून एखादा मराठी टॅ
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Mumbai will have to wait till 2021 to meet its water requirement, according to the a projection by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
With rising population and increasing water demand, particularly for highrises and for re-development and other real estate projects, the BMC says it will be another 12 years before Mumbaikars can enjoy adequate water supply.
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Claiming that Marathi voters were regretting the decision to vote against the Shiv Sena in an “unguarded moment”, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the Sena had done well in rural Maharashtra and considered the Congress and not the MNS as Enemy number one.
Uddhav, who is finding his turf being increasingly encroached upon by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president
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माझा कावीमित्र ह्रुषिकेश घारपूरे याची एक सुंदर कवीता आपल्यासाठी पोस्ट करत आहे..
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