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The easiest thing to do with Raj Thackeray is to hate the guy. And there are a large number of Bombay Scottish educated, Colaba-residing Bombayiites who do that. And much of that anger and hatred is justified. But the more difficult thing is to try and make sense of him. Why does he tick? Why is he so popular and who is voting for him? read more »
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Chhota Shakeel
Dumping yards
From: 2007
Worth: Rs 15 lakh a day

Dawood Ibrahim
At ports From: 2007
Worth: Rs 100 crore annually
Fuel is siphoned from ships and sold in the open market at half the price.

Chota Rajan, Dawood
Cable lines From: 2006
Worth: Rs 10,000 crore
NOC (no-objection certificate) in underworld lingo read more »
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महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेनेचे अध्यक्ष राज ठाकरे हिंदी किंवा इंग्रजी वाहिन्यांवर मोठ्या दिमाखात मराठीतून मुलाखती देत आहेत. चॅनलला गरज असेल तर ते माझ्या मुलाखतीचे हिंदी किंवा इंग्रजी सबटायटल्स दाखवतील, मी मराठीतूनच बोलणार असा अस्सल मराठी बाणा दाखवणाऱ्या राज ठाकरे यांचा मराठी मनाला अभिमान वाटतोय. परंतु, या पक्षाचे ठाण्यातले उमेदवार राजन राजे यांनी मात्र प्रचारासाठी चक्क हिंदीत पत्रके वाटण्यास सुरुवात read more »
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Union Bank Bharti Times of India. dated 05/10/09 madhe ek Advertisement aali ahe zyat Union Bank of India chi Recruitment chi advertisement ahe. Tyat Mumbai la ek seperate State asa Darshavinyat aala ahe. hey yogya ahe ka?? tyat khalli ** karun te namood karnyat aala ahe.

Krupaya karun varil goshtichi sarvani gambhir dakhal gheun tya vaar Raj Saheban paryant pochvavi.... ..Mumbai ha vegla rajy read more »
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A day after joining the Congress, former Shiv Sainik Sada Sarvankar on Friday alleged that party executive chief Uddhav Thackeray ordered the recent attack on the residence of former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi.

"Uddhav gave us the orders to attack Joshi's house," said Sarvankar, who was elected to the Maharashtra assembly in 2004 on a Sena ticket.

On September 20, Sarvankar's sup read more »
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This news may come as welcome relief for thousands of theatre lovers. A record number of Marathi dramas, around 14 to be specific, are to be staged for theatre fans since August. While two major productions will soon hit the stage and a couple of them are in the process of being launched.

These plays, most of which were launched during the Ganeshotsav season, has not only brought several sta read more »
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Nine years after a young Indian soldier on duty at the Line of Control was beheaded and seven of his colleagues killed in a cross-border raid, the Pakistani militant who owned up for the act was reported killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan last week.

Indian Army records show that the man who was beheaded in 2000 was Sepoy Bhausaheb Maruti Talekar of the 17 Maratha Light Infantry (M read more »
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The Marathi Film industry wouldn’t ask for a better news than this one. Within just 5 years time, a second Marathi film ‘Harischandrachi Factory’ has been selected as India’s entry for Oscars in the foreign language film category. It first started with ‘Shwaas’ only few years ago and everybody thought that there weren’t many good films in competition during that particular year for ‘Shwaas’; but read more »
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Four years after the BMC conducted a survey to assess the number of people who live below the below poverty line (BPL), the list is still not out. As a consequence, over 12 lakh families in the city who claimed to be in the category, have been left without the possibility of availing of the facilities provided by the government. read more »
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Jain sadhus want the community to exploit its collective strength in the state assembly elections. They have urged Jains not to contest against one another; instead,they should vote for the same candidate.

Community leaders claim that one in five voters in Mumbai and its suburbs is a Jain. According to their estimates, of around 98 lakh voters in 36 constituencies in the city, 18-19 lakh are read more »
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The Bombay High Court on Saturday observed that there should be restrictions on the number of new vehicles hitting the city roads as increasing the infrastructure is not a solution.

“Improving infrastructure is not the solution. This is like birth control. We must keep pace with the population and development,” Justice Bilal Nazki said when he was informed that 450 new vehicles hit Mumbai road read more »
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Political parties arrive at an unspoken understanding of not fielding north Indian candidates against each other during the upcoming Assembly elections

In a rare show of solidarity, north Indian leaders across parties have come to an unspoken understanding of supporting candidates from their region for the October Assembly elections.

"This is an unsaid rule for the whole community. We have read more »
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गणेशोत्सव काळात मिरवणुकांवर धर्मांध मुसलमानांनी मशिदीतून दगडफेक करून दंगल माजवणे हे हिंदूंना आता नवीन नाही. या वर्षी गणेशमूर्ती विसर्जन मिरवणुकीत मरोळ आणि अमळनेर येथे मुसलमानांनी मिरवणुकीवर आक्रमण केले, तर मिरज येथे अफझलखान वधाच्या कमानीला विरोध करत धर्मांध मुसलमानांनी दंगल केली. तीत त्यांनी पाच गणेशमूर्तींची विटंबना क read more »
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