Mumbai, Feb 25 – Maharashtra’s Chief Post Master General M.S. Bali has been caught while accepting a bribe of Rs.2 crore, a top Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said here Thursday. Bali was caught red-handed by the CBI Wednesday night. CBI Western Region Director Rishi Raj Singh said investigators also recovered Rs.34 lakh...
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Mumbai, Feb 25 – A couple of hours into trade Thursday, the benchmark index of Indian equities was 47 points lower than its previous close, having given up gains garnered just after the opening bell. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 16,264.1 points, was at 16,208.91...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – Comedian Raju Srivastav here Wednesday revealed that his ability to mimic megastar Amitabh Bachchan gave him his initial recognition. ‘When I came to Mumbai, most people used to entertain the audience imitating Dev Anand, Raj Kumar and Shatrughan Sinha. No one used to do any mimicry of Amitabh Bachchan. After...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan and Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Wednesday congratulated Mumbai-born Sachin Tendulkar for scoring first ever one-Day International double century. In a message, the governor said: ‘The entire nation and cricket lovers across the world are proud of you for setting the much-awaited world record by scoring the...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – Mamata Banerjee’s railway budget for 2010-11 has provided several rail and related infrastructure projects for Maharashtra. These include three new line surveys which will be commissioned to examine the feasibility of providing rail connections between: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus-Churchgate in Mumbai; Sawantwadi (Konkan Maharashtra) to Belgaum (Karnataka border); and Nashik Road-Dahanu...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – Apart from making Mumbaikars smile, Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee has also offered a lot for Maharashtra in the railway budget she presented to the Lok Sabha Wednesday. But she still came in for criticism from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). There are five new Duronto air-conditioned Express trains, plus 10...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – No fare hike, new services, a world class station, proposed concessions for Marathi film technicians – Mumbaikars are grinning from ear to ear over Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee’s generosity towards the city in this year’s railway budget. The biggest cheer was for the proposal refraining from hiking passenger ticket fares...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – Bollywood star Suniel Shetty feels Congress MP Rahul Gandhi should step in to save the sport from the ‘doldrums’. ‘Only Rahul Gandhi with his initiative and youth power can rescue hockey from the doldrums. Otherwise the game is doomed,’ Suniel told IANS. Suniel intends to request Rahul Gandhi to bring...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – A benchmark index for Indian equities ended marginally lower Wednesday, having traded the entire day within a tight range. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 16,218.68 points, ended at 16,255.97 points, down 30.35 points or 0.19 percent from its previous close. At...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – A benchmark index for Indian equities ended marginally lower Wednesday, having traded the entire day in a tight range. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 16,218.68 points, ended at 16,261.09 points, down 25.23 points or 0.04 percent from its previous close. At...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – First it was Anurag Basu’s ‘Kites’ that had Brett Ratner from Hollywood to put together the material. Now director Leena Yadav has roped in Oscar winning editor Hughes Winborne to edit her film ‘Teen Patti’, which is releasing Friday. Winborne, who has edited Will Smith starrer ‘In Pursuit Of Happyness’...
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Mumbai, Feb 24 – A benchmark index of Indian equities pared its early morning losses Wednesday and was flat about half an hour into trade. At 9.24 a.m., the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 16,218.68 points, was at 16,279.46 points, still down 6.86 points or 0.04...
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