Mumbai exam panel to reach via social media
Intro: If mooted, recommendation may bring a major overhaul to the exam system in the state A state government panel in Mumbai has uploaded its recommendations, which may bring a major overhaul in the...
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World-class tag still a long way off for Delhi, Mumbai
Intro: Delhi's poor environmental standards, among other factors, keep it from becoming a world-class city, says a UN report Delhi and Mumbai figure among 95 world cities identified by the United...
View ArticleUnidentical twins: A tale of two cities
Intro: The Delhi-Mumbai debate is unending. While Maximum City’s minimum resources fail to discourage hordes of migrants, Delhi has no dearth of diehard fans. A crossover’s take In Delhi you hear...
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Post-Balasaheb, choice for Uddhav, Raj clear but limited
Intro: That Balasaheb’s Sena still enjoys massive mass support was evident on the streets of Mumbai during his funeral. Son Uddhav and nephew Raj’s separate senas have their tasks cut out: stay...
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UPA’s first resolute decision: Kasab hanged, 'buried'
Intro: Pakistan duly informed about government’s decision, says home minister Shinde Dateline: New Delhi The UPA-II government took its most decisive decision so far in its over three-year tenure by...
View ArticleThe end of the line for Kasab
Intro: Today Mumbai and the rest of India will sleep a little better– not because a life was extinguished but because the law was upheld and justice had the final word The death by hanging of Ajmal...
View ArticleMaximum crime in maximum city
Intro: Crimes and unsolved cases rising, white paper calls for policy changes to prevent deteriorating law and order in Mumbai Dateline: Mumbai The latest white paper released by the NGO Praja...
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Dry run: Maximum City's maximum water woes continue
Intro: Mumbai loses more water every day to leakage and theft alone than Pune’s total daily supply. The city’s dry run for a water war seems to have begun. A closer look at the gravity of it, and the...
View ArticleHigh edu budget, poor performance in BMC schools
Intro: White paper reveals grim reality of civic education. Only 58 percent students have passed SSC from municipal schools as compared to 82 percent from private schools. Dateline: Mumbai Despite a...
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Every second woman not safe in home either
Intro: 43.4 percent Indian women suffer cruelty by husband and relatives: Report While globally one in three women is beaten, coerced into sex or abused by an intimate partner during her lifetime,...
View ArticleMCGM extends deadline for submission of Aadhaar for its staff
Intro: Employees to get Aadhar cards latest by March 10 to receive April salaries Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) today said it had extended by two months the deadline for its 20,800...
View ArticleAdditional train to end waiting woes on Mumbai-Delhi route
Intro: Rajdhani-type train to help passengers get confirmed tickets Dateline: Mumbai Travel between Mumbai and Delhi is likely to be more comfortable as the western railway (WR) plans to start a...
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If SRK is a victim, he should check with Mumbai’s ‘bhaiyyas’
Intro: What was Shah Rukh Khan doing, writing those part-insidious and part-incorrect and wholly inane lines about being made a victim because of his religion? But now that he has opened the Pandora’s...
View ArticleModi meets PM, seeks parity in gas pricing
Intro: Demands that Gujarat be provided gas at the same rate as places like Delhi and Mumbai Dateline: New Delhi Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
View ArticleAudit officer arrested on graft charges
Intro: According to the complainant, the officer was demanding a bribe to waive Rs 3.6 lakh, which was shown as service tax Dateline: Panaji An officer attached to the Comptroller Auditor General...
View ArticleWealthy and wise
Intro: Lavish display of extravaganza by a partyman irks NCP chief. Mind it Veteran politician and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar is livid with party leader and Maharashtra minister...
View ArticleDear BMC, don’t raze Campa Cola building, make it a school
Intro: Resources generated as a result of illegal activities can be seized and used to benefit disadvantaged sections of the society Following a supreme court directive, over a hundred flats in Campa...
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Over to prayers at Campa Cola compound
Intro: A day after the supreme court gave residents living in illegally constructed floors of a Mumbai residential complex five days to vacate the premises, we meet some of the on-notice residents,...
View ArticleFounded on illegality
Intro: Builders are flouting norms, with help of politicians. It’s time we raised our voice During my tenure of three years and nine months at the central information commission (CIC), I must have...
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Reality of Dharavi realty:residents oppose upgrade
Intro: Plans to redevelop one of the largest slums in the world faces resistance from a unique quarter – from its residents Dateline: Mumbai The Maharashtra housing and development authority (MHADA)...
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