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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Having been the caretaker of the same company for 25 years, Makase Dhuria’s loyalties were crystal clear. And on Wednesday, he withstood the most difficult test of his commitment – when he caught his own son trying to rob his employer.
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जे बिहारला विशेष दर्जा देऊन मोठ्या प्रमाणावर विकासनिधी उपलब्ध करुन देतील त्यांनाच पाठिंबा देऊ अशी जाहीर भूमिका बिहारचे मुख्यमंत्री संयुक्त जनता दलाचे नेते नितीश कुमार यांनी घेतली आहे.
निवडणूक निकालाआधीच स्पष्ट भूमिका घेत नितीश कुमार यांनी एकाच बाणात अनेक पक्षी मारले आहेत.
सर्वाधिक लोकसभेच्या जागा असलेल्या राज्यात बिहारचा दुसरा क्रमांक लागतो आणि यंदा नितीश कुमार यांच्या पक्षाला तिथे सर्वाधि
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In the ongoing trial of Pakistani gunman Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, two more witnesses on Thursday identified more terror weapons in court.
Two AK-47 rifles, two pistols and a hand grenade used by Kasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismail were identified as being recovered from the Skoda that Kasab and his `buddy' had stolen.
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Nearly two-thirds of Maharashtra is staring at one of its thirstiest summers in recent history.
As per the state government's figures, more than 16,500 villages and 6,000 hamlets in Vidarbha, Marathwada, and Khandesh are in the throes of water scarcity.
Most reservoirs in Vidarbha and Marathwada have between 12 and 35% of their storage capacity. The water resources department says the ave
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Living up to its tag of 'killerway', the Mumbai-Pune Expressway registered a shocking 240% increase in accidental deaths in 2008 over the previous year.
Accidents on the 94km expressway claimed 165 lives last year as against 69 in 2007, according to figures available with the state highway police.
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लोकसभेच्या निवडणुका महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना स्वतंत्रपणे लढणार असून मुंबईतील सहाही जागांवर आपले उमेदवार उभे करणार असल्याची घोषणा मनसेचे अध्यक्ष राज ठाकरे यांनी शनिवारी केली. आम्ही कोणाला पाडण्यासाठी नव्हे तर जिंकण्यासाठी लढणार आहोत, असे राज ठाकरे यांनी पदाधिकाऱ्यांच्या मेळाव्यात निक्षून सांगितले.
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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.
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The banks of the Mithi River with sparse mangrove between Dharavi bridge and mini-confluence on the BKC are set to get a new look complete with trees, and thick stairs of black stones or Gabion walls, to prevent soil erosion. These plans, that are part of the Mithi's beautification project, is being implemented quickly, say sources in order to sell some of the rarely seen huge open plots
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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.
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