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Avatar Posted by chankya 7 days ago (http://www.ndtv.com)
Category: Mumbai
This seems like one of worst terror attack to happen in India. Not in terms of number of deaths being reported but in shear ferocity and scale of co-ordination of well armed terrorists who have virtually hijacked entire south Mumbai. They have attacked train stations, hurled grenades, killed people by indiscriminate firing by AK-47, have taken two 5 star hotels hostage and virtually spread mayhe read more »
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Avatar Posted by mahendranikale 36 days ago (Editorial)
Category: General
wish you all happy divali read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 79 days ago (Editorial)
Category: Plays | Tags: kalaraag college festival performing art
Kalaraag is event promoting performing arts.rnWell, It is actually a college festivalrnIt is a cultural festival run by a engineering college.rnIt is a cultural festival run by a Engineering college students.rnThis is how i would put it from all I could gather from discussions with students of D.Y. Patil college in last couple of weeks. read more »
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Avatar Posted by pavwalafrommumbai 108 days ago (Editorial)
Category: General
Happy birthday ,

to the person who has created this beautiful website. May he find true love this year and stop wasting money and time on people like us. All the best Kiran and to Marathikatta's sucess :) read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 114 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: western railyway mumbai trains
Bandra terminus, Andheri and Borivili stations will in six months boast of state-of-the-art facilities that can easily replace a hotel for the long-distance day traveller. These stations will have one-storey structures which will have deluxe toilets, plush bathroom, a lounge, and locker facility. read more »
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Avatar Posted by sandeshp 135 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: General | Tags: bangladeshis illegal migrants beggars
For Mohammed Jakir, an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh, begging may have begun as a compulsion but through his ingenuity he turned it into a career option.

The 42-year-old amputee, who begged in Indian cities for more than two decades, is today known to be a rich man in Bangladesh.

Indian intelligence sleuths, who nabbed Jakir after learning about his all-too-frequent visits to Bangladesh read more »
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Avatar Posted by helo 139 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: General | Tags: best borivli station goregaon depot
A commuter who was fined by a ticket-checker of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking in March 2007, fought against the administration when he found out that he had been wrongly charged. On Wednesday, he was awarded a cheque of Rs 50 after he made BEST realise its mistake. Interestingly, the commuter has spent more than Rs 500 till date. read more »
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Avatar Posted by ganesht 140 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: ganesh ganpati
प्लास्टर ऑफ पॅरिसमुळे पर्यावरणाचा - हास होत असल्याने समुद्रात गणेशमूर्ती विसर्जन करण्यावर बंदी घालावी, अशी सूचना पुढे आली आहे. यामुळे यंदाच्या गणेशोत्सवाच्या तोंडावर नव्या वादाला तोंड फुटले आहे. आश्चर्याची बाब म्हणजे यावेळी कुणा पर्यावरणवाद्याने नव्हे, तर शिवसेनेच्याच मुंबईच्या महापौर डॉ. शुभा राऊळ यांनी ही मागणी केलीय. अर्थात आता शिवसेनेतूनच महापौरांच्या या सूचनेला ‘ निर्माल्य कलशा ’ चा मार्ग दा read more »
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Avatar Posted by helo 142 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Culture | Tags: english medium schools in maharashtra
After his campaign against North Indians, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Monday asked English medium schools in the state to make Marathi a compulsory subject from first standard and shopowners to put up nameplates in Marathi in a month. read more »
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Avatar Posted by punchtantra 142 days ago (http://cricket.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: General

Completing a phase-out of its aging cricket brand ambassadors, soft drinks major has dropped master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, whose long-standing contract with the company expired in May. The dropping of Tendulkar comes on the backdrop of Pepsi axing the other two members of the Indian batting trioka, Rahul D read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 146 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: drought scanty rainfall farmer problem
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared a "drought-like" situation in the state.

The state cabinet took the decision at a meeting in view of below-average rainfall in many regions.

This, the cabinet said, has resulted in only 29 percent of sowing possible so far. read more »
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Avatar Posted by limin 147 days ago (http://www.ibnlive.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: shiv sena 1993 mumbai riots madhukar sarpotdar shiv sena activist mumbai
A special magistrate's court in Mumbai court has convicted senior Shiv Sena leader Madhukar Sarpotdar and two others in a 1993 Mumbai riots case. Magistrate RC Bapat Sarkar has convicted Sarpotdar along with two Shiv Sena activists -Ashok Shinde and Jaywant Parad - for making inflammatory speeches and causing enmity between religious groups during the riots. read more »
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Avatar Posted by pavwalafrommumbai 147 days ago (Editorial)
Category: Television | Tags: aaj tak breaking news


Aaj Tak has been awarded Indian Television Academy’s Best News Channel award for six consecutive years. In a recent BBC/Reuters/Media Center Poll, Aaj Tak was voted the most trusted and most important news source in India surpassing even the Government sponsored channel Doordarshan and expansively beating n read more »
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