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Sena is having talks with jumbo king vada pav for genrating employment opportnities among young maharashtrians. Sounds little confusing, isn't it? How many of us would be happy replacing vada pav gadi with jumbo king corner .. i doubt. Besides that will this really solve the employment problem or take away the only opportunity they have. read more »
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Brilliant long detailed analysis of all the Twenty20 IPL teams.

Read if you are a cricket fan. Highly recommended by an amateur fan (me!) read more »
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War veterans and war widows of the 1971 War are paying a price for a gift that was meant to be priceless.

After having fought Pakistan in 1971, gallantry award winners who between them were granted around 18 acres of land in Wadgaon Sheri in recognition for their service and sacrifice for the country, find themselves battling encroachments, 37 years hence.

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While politicians are vying with one another to hog the limelight as the "protector of Marathi interests", libraries in the city meant for readers of Marathi books are closing down.

Out of 29 Marathi libraries run by the Mumbai Marathi Granth Sangrahalaya (MMGS), 11 have closed down in the pa read more »
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Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has asked the civic authorities to strictly implement the anti-encroachment laws so that a strong signal is sent to those constructing illegal structures on public amenities that are meant for the taxpayers.

"People from all over the country are welcome to come and live here, but nobody has a right to construct hutments on the city's water pipelines, footpath read more »
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ठाणे, कल्याण, डोंबिवली, उल्हासनगर, मीरा-भाईंदर या ठाणे जिल्ह्यातील महापालिका व नगरपालिकांच्या क्षेत्रात ८० टक्के बांधकामे अनधिकृत असून ही चिंताजनक बाब आहे, अशी कबुली देत या अनधिकृत बांधकामांबाबत प्रशासनाला कडक भूमिका घ्यावी लागेल, असे नगरविकास राज्यमंत्री राजेश टोपे यांनी बुधवारी विधानपरिषदेत सांगितले.
ठाण्यात ९०० अनधिकृत इमारती असल्याची माहिती त्यांनी दिली. read more »
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Here is the comparison of paintaings by M F Hussain and Raja Ravi Varma on the similar topics. Without doubt they both have their own style with line and colors. M F Hussain got into trouble with his paintaings as hurt the sentiments on hindu believers to great extent. read more »
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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday reacted strongly to the allegations leveled by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and said that he will not leave Mumbai city at any cost. In an interview to a city daily, the emotionally hurt superstar said, “Let them throw bottles… Let them bring morchas…Let them abuse me.. I won’t budge.” read more »
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Some of the best-known names in the country live here, and it's certainly the most expensive address in Mumbai, realty boom or not. It also doesn't seem like a place government investigators would go to looking for child labourers.

But here, in Wing I of the plush Maker Towers at Cuffe Parade, the state's labour department has found five children employed as domestic servants by three very read more »
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Series of more than 300 sepia toned photographs detailing the evolution of Bombay, its architecture, its artefacts and its people are in the dumping room behind museum because they are of 'Poor Quality' according to new management. These are the same photographs which will tell you where is the Fort in the Fort .. sad :( read more »
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Alarmed by the soaring drop-out rate among the girl students in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) schools - every year a whopping 12,000 of them opt out of studies - the civic body has decided to give every girl child Re 1 for each day of their attendance. The scheme will be launched from April 1 for the 1177 BMC-run schools in Mumbai. read more »
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Very interesting article i found on the net.
Khabardaar, Marathila hath laval tar… roars Bal Thackeray in his editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna today.
Frankly speaking Thackeray Sr, who is nicknamed as the toothless tiger is simply just one. And with such comments in his newspapers its just like the old guy giving a couple of grunts. read more »
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A debt-ridden farmer in Maharashtra committed suicide Monday by consuming poison in a government office near here, blaming the entire state machinery “from the local police station to the chief minister’s office” for his desperate act. The farmer, Devendra Khedkar (28) of Jitapur village in Akola district’s Murtijapur sub-distict, was rushed first to the sub-district hospital and then to the Akol read more »
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The signature campaign initiated by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to protest the gag order on its president Raj Thackeray received support from a few leading personalities in Marathi and Hindi film industries. read more »
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