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rnCritically acclaimed Marathi film 'Tingya', which lost out to Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par in the race to be India’s official entry into the foreign language category at the 81st Academy Awards, will now be sent to the Oscars as an independent entry
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday said he was not into politics for personal gains, but to fight for issues. "I am not bothered about any gains or losses that I might incur with my involvement in politics. I have taken up certain issues, and I will stick to them," Thackeray told newspersons during an informal chat in Nagpur. Asserting that he was not against
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Reliance ADAG's film production arm BIG Pictures has launched its first Marathi film Samaantar, which is co-directed by Amol Palekar and his wife Sandhya Gokhle. The film, which is currently under production, revolves around a man-woman relationship. It stars Palekar, Sharmila Tagore, Makrand Deshpande, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Kishore Kadam, Aishwarya Narkar and Radhika Apte.
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The unofficial prince of arthouse cinema, rising star of Marathi cinema, producer (he’s produced the Marathi comedy Sanai Chaughade) Shreyas Talpade is now also straddling the world of commercial Bollywood flicks with consummate ease. As an actor, Shreyas likes his canvas to be multi-hued, he craves for critical acclaim and rave reviews with as much enthusiasm as he does commercial success.
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Traders criticised Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's working style over Marathi signboards and said that it should not be forced. "Making signboards in Marathi is mandatory as per the law but why compulsion over the font size," president of Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association, Viren Shah asked, while speaking at a press conference in Mumbai.
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Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday criticised director general of police AN Roy for dismissing encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma. Thackeray has said in an editorial in Saamna that outsider IPS officers (those not from the state) used dashing Marathi police officers for their purpose and dumped them once their job was over. For Thackeray, Sharma is a Marathi because he was born and
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Former India batsman Ashok Mankad passed away in Mumbai on Friday morning, at the age of 61. He is reported to have died in his sleep. Son of cricket legend Mulvantrai Himatial 'Vinoo' Mankad, Ashok was a decent right hand batsman, with a good range of strokes and sound temperament, allied to a cheerful disposition. A right-handed batsman, he played 22 Tests between 1969 and 1978, scoring 991
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Nearly every day for the past two years, two mothers have sat at their sons‘ bedsides and repeated almost the same words. "It‘s time to go home," they tell the young men. "Don‘t you want to leave the hospital?" Both mothers pray their children will emerge from the severely brain-damaged states they were plunged into after bombs ripped through seven commuter trains in Mumbai two years ago
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''Our demand is that Bal Thackeray be tried for rioting and inciting violence. Even the Sri Krishna Committee report had said that he was encouraging Shiv Sainiks to kill Muslims. It's a pity that still no action has been taken against him,'' said Shakeel Ahmed of Nirbhay Bano Andolan.
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Open2save (www.open2save.in), an innovative new online venture for the retail industry, has announced that it has launched its services in Mumbai and Pune. Open2save is a service from Bangalore-based AeNwis e-Systems, India’s first multi-channel Target Marketing and Promotions Management service. AeNwis has been promoted by Vaibhav Tewari and Sridhar Turaga, who were earlier the co-founders
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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.
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Once upon a time in Mumbai, people threw gala parties. Their guests were known to deck up and flit across town from one shindig to another, magically changing ensembles on the way. DJs were demi-gods and the social circuit was forever buzzing with excitement. Then came in the dreadful deadlines and several other restrictions and ever since, Mumbai, the most happening city in India, seems to have
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A new Bollywood film "Mumbai Meri Jaan" puts the spotlight on the serial bombings that rocked Mumbai's commuter train network in July 2006, exploring the broader human tragedy and its effect on the city's residents. Movie opens in cinemas in August, depicts the death and devastation caused by the attacks, through the eyes of a female journalist, a witness to the carnage.
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The number of police personnel who have tested positive for HIV-AIDS from January this year has increased by 4.4 per cent.
According to the statistics prepared by the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC) of the police hospital, from January this year till date, the number of police personnel have tested positive for HIV has gone up by 4.4 percent.
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According to the statistics prepared by the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC) of the police hospital, from January this year till date, the number of police personnel have tested positive for HIV has gone up by 4.4 percent.
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Two automated ticket booking systems on the city's suburban railways are expected to be integrated soon to allow commuters to use just one smart card to travel on all public modes of transport in the financial capital. Currently commuters on the suburban railways use the Automated Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) or the 'Go Mumbai' smart card to purchase unreserved tickets.
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