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Next time you visit the Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi in the evening, just ask the gateman where the maalak (owner) is. He will point to a tall but weak and poor man.
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The Shiv Sena, which claims to be the first political party to raise the issue of Marathi "asmita" (pride), was in for some embarrassment as activists from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) targeted senior Sena leader Manohar Joshi's technical institute—Kohinoor—in Ahmednagar for having an English signboard.
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After Raj Thackeray’s campaign for Marathi as a compulsory language in CBSE and ICSE schools, even the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a writ that all teachers in its schools will have to clear a 100-marks test in Marathi, failing which their increments will be withheld.
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The BMC's plan to construct a wax museum in the city, on the lines of London's Madame Tussauds, has been put on hold. The civic body realised only recently that the place they had earmarked for the museum falls under a green zone and, hence, cannot be developed.
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Two girls in Mumbai are leading students and residents of slums to host shows on a radio station started by the Mumbai University.
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Even before it takes final shape, a proposed sealink is sinking. The state government is all set to drop a proposal to construct a 4-km sealink between Malabar Hill and Nariman Point. It has instead asked a private consultant to work out other options, like having an under-sea tunnel.
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All bars here should be converted into yoga centres in order to have a better society and healthy living, said Baba Ramdev Saturday while laying the foundation stone of a yoga centre being built in the place of a nightclub that closed down four years ago.Ramdev, in his short speech, said:
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Starting today, don’t be surprised if you hail an autorickshaw and the driver turns out to be a woman. For, beginning Monday, 15 women who successfully completed their training as auto drivers may hit the city’s streets.
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Two companies from Germany and one each from Spain, England and India have been shortlisted for the final selection of the consultant to undertake a feasibility study of the elevated AC suburban rail corridor project in Mumbai. The final decision on the consultant will be taken by end August 2008.
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The second pedestrian skywalk, after the one already operational in Bandra (East), will be completed within six months at Kanjur Marg. Unlike the one at Bandra, the Kanjur Marg one will have space for shops and vendors.
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The Mumbai dabbawallahs has almost become one of the motifs of the city and it is one of the unchanging elements of life in Mumbai.
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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.
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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.
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Well-known Marathi author and children's poet Kalyan Inamdar expired in Pune on Monday afternoon following a brief illness, according to his publisher Arun Jakhade.
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We cannot expect the BMC to handle a population of 18 million. With a density of 23 people per sq ft there are bound to be hygiene and cleanliness issues. However, it is a pleasant surprise to see that the citizens of Mumbai are making an effort to keep the city clean. This can be seen on the city roads where people abstain from throwing things outside their car windows.
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