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Call the number 1916 or log on to the BMC website and lodge a complaint about any civic matter. It will be attended to. That was the claim made by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in August 2007 when it announced its latest endeavour to use technology to create a better city. For most citizens, it meant the end of queues and running from pillar to post dealing with countless civic off
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Can you imagine a Mumbai without slums? A core group set up by the state government to initiate a long-term concept plan for the city,will be discussing various ideas during this week's meeting including a `Slum-less Mumbai'.
Led by metropolitan commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad, the group's brief is to prepare a plan for the city and the region for the next three decades. A governmen read more »
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Led by metropolitan commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad, the group's brief is to prepare a plan for the city and the region for the next three decades. A governmen read more »
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He’s a slumdog all right, but the millions continue to evade him and his family. Ten-year-old Slumdog Millionaire star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail’s illegal house at Garib Nagar, Bandra (E), was torn down by the BMC two months ago during a demolition drive.
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Chief minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday denied that he had given clearance for flats from his discretionary quota to two child artistes Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail from Garib Nagar in Bandra who played the role of Jamal and Latika respectively in the Oscar-winning film, `Slumdog Millionaire'.
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In a scathing attack that is bound to embarrass the state government, Kavita Karkare, widow of martyred anti-terrorism squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, has said that the recent Naxal attack in Gadchiroli__in which 15 policemen were killed__is yet another example that shows how the police force is ill-equipped to fight terrorists.
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The monitoring of the quality of air and noise levels that Mumbaikars live with is set to become more stringent. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), under its World Bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), has selected Andheri, Borivli and Nariman Point for monitoring air and noise quality as they have huge traffic movement and many industrial units.
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A massive fire broke out at Shastri Nagar slum in Bandra (W) on Monday afternoon reportedly following a cylinder blast in one of the homes. The blaze, that swept across 100 hutments and industrial units, was doused within 20 minutes, but it managed to destroy the entire stretch and render many homeless. Though there were no casualties, several people were injured.
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Gold as a religious offering goes beyond the symbolic to light up many dark lives. The trust of the famed Siddhivinayak Temple will soon auction gold and silver ornaments donated by devotees and use the proceeds to set up a diagnostic centre near the temple premises at Prabhadevi.
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When it comes to arriving at a conclusion, it seems the police don’t spare even their own men.
On Friday morning, Laxman Mendhekar, a constable with the Bhandup police station who had collapsed on seeing his son allegedly being framed and tortured in the custody of Pydhonie police, died of brain haemorrhage at the JJ Hospital. Mendhekar was admitted on January 21. read more »
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On Friday morning, Laxman Mendhekar, a constable with the Bhandup police station who had collapsed on seeing his son allegedly being framed and tortured in the custody of Pydhonie police, died of brain haemorrhage at the JJ Hospital. Mendhekar was admitted on January 21. read more »
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While the good news is that political parties will have to shell out big money for vandalising the city, the bad news is that there is no one prepared to serve them with the notice for payment. On Wednesday, State Home Minister Jayant Patil made it clear that under the Bombay Police (amendment) ordinance of 2008, cleared on October 23, the Shiv Sena would be penalised for last week’s destruction
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The passenger lobby of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) station is all set to sport a monument in memory of the 26/11 victims. Central Railway’s new general manager BB Modgil insisted that the monument should be built there. It will be dedicated to the public on January 30.
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Several dozen Mumbai slum residents protested the award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" on Thursday, calling the film's title insulting.
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Immediately after Dr Manmohan Singh became Prime Minister, his wife Gursharan Kaur remarked that she was surprised to notice one day that roads had been cleared of traffic to allow their car to pass. We wonder how she’ll react when she reads that a man in Mumbai had to spend an entire night in jail, all because he had the nerve to ask a cop why was traffic had been held up by the PM’s convoy for
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When the world was voting for the Seven Wonders of the World in 2007, Indians exhorted each other to vote for Taj Mahal. But when the Ministry of Tourism launched a campaign in association with a private TV channel to find the Seven Wonders of India, Jain groups in Mumbai started an SMS campaign asking Jains NOT to vote for Palitana, a pilgrimage centre for Jains in Gujarat.
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Maharashtra government has mooted Rs 107 crore plan to protect roads and houses along Mumbai's coastline from damage due to tides and violent winds.
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