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Several Marathi journalists speak on the impact of Raj's agitation on Maharashtra politics. read more »
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Opportunistic as Mr Kumar’s actions may have been, it is equally true that given his position as the chief minister of Bihar, he had no alternative but to react forcefully to Thackeray’s shenanigans.

But have Mr Kumar and his ilk (Laloo, Mulayam, Mayawati et al) reflected on the real reasons behind the predicament of the poor migrants from Bihar and U.P? read more »
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A local Congress leader allegedly involved in the murder of a Shiv Sena worker was stripped and beaten to death in a Maharashtra village at a political meeting held in the run-up to a district council by-election on Friday. Dnyaneshwar Sathwane, a former vice president of the Nagpur district council, was lynched in Tarsa village near Nagpur. read more »
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n his defense Raj said, "When the French President came to India, the Indian PM made a request to him on the ban on turbans in France. In Punjab the Akali Dal took the lead to put Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale's photograph in the Damdami Taksal. The LTTE is responsible for Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. But almost all political parties in Tamil Nadu have a connection with the LTTE either this way read more »
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Please click the title and read the story.

Basically, Thackeray has asked for 50 % flats for Maharashtrians.

I have two points to make:

1. Thackeray and Sena will forget this statement in 24 hours.

2. If Thackeray insists on this, this is a perfect solution to make Mumbai a Maharshtrian city (and drive IT jobs, BPO services jobs, employment, industry to other states.

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Police will soon collect all the photographs taken by the photojournalists of the incident where two women were allegedly molested by a mob on New Years' Day in Juhu, a senior official said. read more »
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Two years in a row, New Year revelry in Mumbai has gone awry. This year, in a city which boasts of being safe for women, a mob of 70 to 80 men groped and molested two women for about 15 minutes on a busy main street in Juhu early on New Year's Day. read more »
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Senior Shiv Sena leader and former minister Pramod Navalkar died on Tuesday following a heart attack, party sources said. read more »
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Post Appraisal . . . . . . .

This is what Bhagwan Shri Krishna wants to tell you

Hey Parth (Employee),

Incentive nahi mila, Bura Hua
salary cut rahi hai, Bura Hua
Extra shift hogi, woh bhi buri hogi.

Tum pichhla incentive na milne ka paschatap na karo,
Tum agle in read more »
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Chidambaram was quite angry about the state of Mumbai -- he said everything is dirty, polluted, no maintenance..

Some examples below:

Build good roads, buildings, parks, stadiums, do away with shabby playgrounds — it doesn’t cost too much!

Make your city look presentable first! Good fortune flows in automatically

Click link above to see full Mid-day story. read more »
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Policeman investigating Gateway blasts admits in court that he did not investigate where gelatine sticks seized from accused came from!

Now you know what is wrong with India.

Something as big as Gateway Blasts - and the first thing our policeman wants to do is, catch a few people, beat them in lockup and get a confession.

See, our cops have the intelligence of a waiter in a hotel. This read more »
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Seems someone has complained that the cheerleaders' dancing was vulgar! That it left nothing to the imagination etc.

And our super home minister now plans to examine the video of the cheerleaders' performance!

He said that he will review their act. Closeup, rewind, replay.. and then decide if it was vulgar or not.

RR Patil is definitely having a great time as home minister! read more »
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Nothing else will do, I think.rnrnIndia is never going to beat Australia till we can do it. We will not be world champions till we can score a 300 everywhere. Ponting anyway is targeting 400 as a good one-day score!rnrnLook at yesterday's match. We actually played very well. Any team other than Australia would have lost.rnrnBut it is time our media stop praising ourselves. We have a read more »
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New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar will take over as the skipper of both the Test and the One-Day team.

According to sources, the selection committee has already spoken to Tendulkar and the Little Master has agreed to lead the Indian team although he will take another two days to give his final word.

But how will Sachin be as a captain? read more »
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Ganesh Sahani, a class VII dropout, who was drugged and robbed at the Kalyan station by a stranger who befriended him while he was waiting to board a train to Patna on August 13, managed to catch the robber this week after keeping a watch for him at the station for 22 days, day in and day out.

The police did not even register his complaint! read more »
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