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News Central Sep 2, 2010

DAILY NEWS & ANALYSIS


Police chief acts on Bandra woman's 6am distress call
Fifteen minutes after 39-year-old Shabeena Shaikh's call, she was provided police protection, an FIR was lodged and her husband was arrested.
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Surgeries down by 70% due to shortage of beds in hospitals in Mumbai
Another reason for the number of surgical procedures coming down is that surgeons themselves are urging patients to postpone the date of elective surgeries.
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Diseases in Mumabi jumpes three-fold in August
According to statistics provided by the public health department in the BMC, 47 people died of malaria in August this year. The toll was 18 in July.
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National Auto Authority will synergise govt, industry, R&D
The NAA has been in the works for quite some time and should be established by the year end, when all necessary approvals are in place and a "suitable technocrat" has been identified to head the body.
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4000 marathi schools denied permission in Maharashtra
State education minister Balasaheb Thorat on Wednesday said a new policy for Marathi schools will be drafted within the next four months.
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State campaign against taxi drivers is unfair: Sayajirao Waghmare
On Monday morning, commuters in the city were forced to confront an unexpected situation: An unannounced taxi strike.
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EIH & RIL: A mystery wrapped in a call option enigma?
The Street continues to be perplexed by Reliance Industries' (RIL) decision to take up 14.12% equity stake in East India Hotels Ltd (EIH).
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Civil Aviation Ministry protects Air India, domestic carriers' turf
No wonder then that it has agreed to release just about 1,500 additional seat entitlements per week to Malaysian carriers against a demand of about 20,000 additional seats.
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Salman Khan verdict may rescue Marine Drive hit-and-run accused
Citing Khan's Bandra hit-and-run case, Kothari's defence counsel Satish Maneshinde said that section 304 (II) of the IPC could not be applied in Kothari's case, as he had no prior intention of hitting the two-wheeler.
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Rahul Gandhi to visit Maharashtra on September 7
Rahul will visit Akola, Aurangabad and Pune and hold interactions with students.
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August vault in shipping rates seen more a blip than trend
The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), the barometer of shipping freight rates, had slumped in July to around 1700.
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ICC ready to wield the axe as tainted trio pulls out
The ICC, which is investigating the spot-fixing scandal that broke last Sunday, will move into action in the next few days. Some kind of action -- perhaps suspension -- could be announced this week.
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For close to 10 years, BMC taxed Mumbaikars twice for sewerage
The BMC collects the sewerage tax towards disposal of sewage. It collected Rs21 crore in 2007-08 and Rs23 crore in 2008-09 on this head under two heads -- property tax and water tax.
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Supreme Court order disincentive for Hindu undivided family
The judgment, passed by a bench of justice Mukundakam Sharma and justice AR Dave, is related to an appeal filed by Sudam Shankar Kshirsagar and co-members of his Hindu joint family.
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Bitter pill: Your doctors flout ethical norms
A report, prepared by experts like Bibek Debroy, Laveesh Bhandari, Ajay Mahal and Sumita Kale, says that unethical practices are being undertaken on a massive scale.
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President Pratibha Patil's daughter's trust gets Rs19 crore land for pittance
Villagers in Pune concerned at supposed loss of grazing grounds to organisation of Pratibha Patil's daughter Jyoti Rathore.
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Mumbai makhanchors chase big money at Thane dahi handis
The epicentre of the govinda festival has moved from the city to Thane, helped by politicians who have lured the crowds with big prize money and publicised their dahi handi competitions.
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For Chinese museum, school textbooks, 1962 war never happened
India lost 1,383 soldiers in the war with China, while close to 4,000 Indian troops were captured by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
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Handi sponsored by Christian group in Vile Parle
This year, the prize offered to the group that broke the handi on Baji Prabhu Deshpande Road, on SV Road, was Rs1,11,112. It was sponsored by the local unit of the Mobai Gaothan Panchayat.
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Viva la Govinda! Spanish Castellers impressed
Twelve Spanish Castellers, who have come to Thane to witness the dahi handi festival, were very impressed by techniques Indian youth use in creating human pyramids.
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No holds barred, govindas reach for sky in Mumbai
Break political and social barriers to win hearts of Mumbaikars on Gokulashtami.
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Festivities in Mumbai land 5 govindas in ICU
More than 270 youngsters including 10 minors suffered fractures and other injuries.
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Maharashtra plans new act on school fees
The school education minister Balasaheb Thorat told reporters in Pune on Thursday that there is a need to create a separate law or act for the regulation of school fees.
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Maharashtra government reluctant to promise money for next phase of the Bandra-Worli sea link
According to sources, chief minister Ashok Chavan initially said there was no commitment from the state government to fund the viability gap for the project.
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Panel to assess loss caused by oil spill off Mumbai
The state government has clarified that it would claim maximum compensation towards the loss to nets, boats and fish, the seizure of fish made by the BMC after the oil spill.
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Non-Marathi is BJP's new Mumbai chief
Raj Purohit, though technically an outsider, is no novice in Mumbai's politics. He was the minister of state for housing in the Shiv Sena-BJP government in 1995.
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Now, MCom results will come in phases: Mumbai University
The results of the management group and those of the banking group will be announced first, followed by accountancy. Even for BSc, the university declares results in stages as per specialisation.
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With rookie interpreters for help in diamond heist case, police lost in translation
Police fail to extract information from foreign nationals because the language facilitators lack interrogation skills.
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Database of property, land mortgages launched
The database will contain address, survey number, agreement value, loan amount, information about the borrower and importantly, history of past enquiries about the property.
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Bombay high court allows release of Emotional Atyachar
The film starring Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey and Kalki Koechlin was to be released on Friday.
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Salary hike eludes teachers in Mumbai
Despite assurances, those in private schools wait for implementation of sixth pay commission.
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Portugal tour a reality check: Sunil Chhetri
The Indian national team is in Bangkok currently to play the first of several friendly matches lined up for this month after their two-month training camp in Portugal.
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For old time's sake!
The mahurat of this film at Mehboob studios, Bandra saw Ashok Thakeria, Indra Kumar and Sanjeev Lamba play hosts.
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Shweta Thadeshwar steals the show for Jamnabai Narsee
The goalkeeper pulled off three brilliant saves and scored the winning penalty in the tie break against Canossa, Andheri, at the Azad Maidan on Thursday.
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Mohammad Kaif shines for Air India
The skipper, coming in at No.4, struck a brilliant unbeaten 82 in the team's six wicket-win over Chemplast in a Group C match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, on Thursday.
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Diversion rule puts off fliers, upsets schedules in Mumbai
Passengers worried about safety, travel Duration once guideline comes into effect.
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Ask not whether govts will default, but how
What matters is whether countries have the ability to service the huge debts that they have accumulated.
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Jagan Mohan all set to resume his yatra tomorrow
Despite the reservations of the party high command, Congress MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is set to resume his controversial 'Odarpu yatra' in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh tomorrow.
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Revenue, deficits looking better
The overall budgetary position of the Central government as of end-July has" improved" in relation to what it was a year ago.
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Three killed in cylinder explosion in Andhra Pradesh
A woman and her two children were killed on the spot in a LPG gas cylinder blast in Yerrlagudem village of Buttayagudem Mandal in West Godavari district today.
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Fire breaks out in goods wagon in Karnataka; defused
A fire borke out in a wagon of a Howrah bound goods train at Yeswanthpur railway station today as goods were being loaded, but no casualties were reported.
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Review: Emotional Atyachar is only for the mature
Watch it only if you can handle the grey shades in human personas.
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Workers from Gulf platform taken to second platform
The platform continued to burn about two hours after an explosion on the rig was reported, said Coast Guard fireman Katherine McNamara.
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Norway's Thor Hushovd wins stage six of Tour of Spain
Italian Daniele Bennati was second behind the Cervelo rider and Slovenia''s Grega Bole was third.
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Asian Hotels West buys stake in Inovoa Hotels
Asian Hotels plans to acquire an additional 34.11% in Inovoa during the current fiscal following which the latter would become its subsidiary, it said.
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Scotland announces minimum price for alcohol
The minority Scottish National Party administration announced last year that it intended to bring in a minimum price to curb alcohol consumption
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Miroslav Klose aims for fourth World Cup in 2014 aged 36
Klose, whose four goals at the World Cup in South Africa in June and July put him second behind Ronaldo in the all-time tournament top scorers'' list with 14, said he did not feel old.
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Lehman Brothers preps bank units for sale or shutdown
The move is part of the unwinding of Lehman's operations nearly two years after it filed for bankruptcy on Sept 15, 2008, the largest US bankruptcy filing in history.
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England's Graham Onions out for up to nine months
Onions had been having extensive treatment for a stress-fracture related back injury since May in the hope of being fit for the Ashes tour to Australia.
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Coaches support five-refs experiment, say UEFA
However, they are less enthusiastic about changing the away goals rule used in European club competition, even though some feel it encourages teams to play defensively at home rather than attack when they are away.
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