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35 years ago God was born today ... anonymous ..haha of course iam anonymous ..rnrnBut this is what legends talk about himrnrn"Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits good ones for four" Michael kasprowiczrnAlso check out this story on the master blaster, i found it on the net, quite interesting read more »
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On marathi Katta we have discussed about most of the topics related to Mumbai. All this time we all have been blaming BMC for shoddy work. But there are some good concepts they started but we hardly spoke about it. Hence I thought of putting this post. ALMS is one such concept designed by BMC.rnrnI am sure most of you must have heard about ALMs. ALM basically means The Advanced Locality Manag read more »
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Last Friday, when Mohan Redkar died while rescuing two drowning couples at Bandra Bandstand, his family’s hopes of treating his mother were dashed.

However, there is new hope now. Jaslok Hospital has offered to do 47-year-old Shilpa Redkar’s by-pass surgery for free.

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Shubha Raul, Mumbai’s first citizen wants to plant thorny shrubs, perhaps cacti, on the rocks off the Bandstand, to dissuade couples from parking themselves there. read more »
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सुपरबिल्टअपच्या हिशेबानुसार किंमती न ठरविता, यापुढे कापेर्टच्या हिशेबानुसार घरांची विक्री करण्याचे बंधन बिल्डरांवर घालण्याबाबतचे विधेयक मंगळवारी विधान परिषदेत मंजूर झाले. जे बिल्डर कापेर्टनुसार सदनिकांच्या विक्री करणार नाहीत, त्यांना तीन वर्षांच्या कारावासाची तरतूद कायद्यात करण्यात आली आहे. read more »
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Western Railway has found a permanent solution to the deluge of commuter complaints about dirty seats in fir read more »
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Residents of the island city, who use more than 300 units of electricity per month, will face the heat this summer thanks to BEST, which has decided to charge Rs 2.50 for every unit over and above 300 units consumed.

The existing rate is Rs 1.57 and the new tariff will be effective from May 1. The BEST, which distributes power in south Mumbai, caters to over 9 lakh consumers.

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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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In MTDC proposed Entertainment SEZ in first week of february and got a tough opposition from local fishermans and farmers. But now MTDC has gone ahaed and opened up four plots of land in the Manori-Gorai belt measuring a total of 45 lakhs square metres in a bid to make the pristine stretch of beaches and mangroves one of the largest entertainment hubs in the country. read more »
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The labour wing of MNS, Maharashtra navanirman kamgar sena recently threatened to launch an agitation if the private sector does not reserve 80 per cent of all jobs for Marathi-speaking locals. Obviously, the private sector protested strongly. The first on the radar is GM motors plant, chakan, pune. read more »
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गुढीपाडव्याच्या अगोदरच्या रात्रीपर्यंत पैशाच्या मागे धावणार शहर अचानक गुढीपाडव्याच्या दिवशी सकाळी-सकाळी संस्कृतीच्या मागे धावताना पाहून प्रत्येकाचं मन भरून आलेलं आपण पाहतो. प्रसन्न चेहरे , कपाळावरचे टिळे , चेहऱ्यावरचा भारतीय भाव आणि भारतीय वेशभूषा पाहून सारं शहर भारावलेल्या माणसांकडे मोठ्या कौतुकाने पाहतं.

गेली आठ दहा वर्षं आपण सारेच कुठेतरी हरवलं होतं. बरंच काही हरवून बसलो पण पुन्हा नव्या जोम 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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First time in the history of dhyanchand's india, indian hockey is disqualified for olympics. Sad part is TV channels or even portals for that matter wasn't updated with this news, worst we can be sure that not many would be interested even if they were featuring live updates. Boria majumdar has written this article on our national game and its slow death.

It was 3.30 a.m. on Monday and India read more »
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'खुले जाहले विश्व फिराया, लगाम नशिबा घालू नको
हातावरच्या रेषा पाहत उगा रिकामा बसू नको !'


कॅनडात राहाणा-या डॉ. विद्युल्लेखा अकलूजकरांचा हा 'फटका' म्हणजे परदेशात स्थलांतरित झालेल्या मराठी माणसाची स्पष्ट भूमिकाच! अशा १७ देशांमधील १५ नॉन रेसिंडंट महाराष्ट्रीयन म्हणजेच 'एनआरएम' कवींच्या एकूण ७५ कवितांचा 'सृजन @borad' ('सृजन अॅब्रॉड') हा आगळावेगळा कवितासंग्रह कॉन्टिनेन्टल प्रकाशनातर read more »
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Meow 104.8 FM has been launched in Mumbai. This is one of the new FM channels launched in the city. A channel exclusively for women. Well thats what they claim to be. After tuning into the channel several times here is my take on this channel.

Although the concept of the channel sounds super cool, there is a lot of areas of improvement. read more »
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