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Don’t say “gifts” please; citizens are entitled to better facilities
One word in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on the Independence Day from the Red Fort’s ramparts has been problematic to me. It was a “gift” of reduced GST rates come Diwali.…
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Pigeons, stray dogs, and an elephant; is defiance correct?
The courts ruled that a female elephant, Mahadevi, which was kept by Swasthishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswami Sanstha, a Jain math in Kolhapur which had kept her since 1992 should be taken…
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Maharashtra: Rightists seek ban on film on Shivaji; government backpedals on its word
It was Ashish Shelar, Maharashtra’s minister for cultural affairs, who had announced that four Marathi movies would be screened at the Cannes Film Festival – Sthal, Snow Flower, Khalid Ka Shivaji, and…
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Malegaon blasts case: Maharashtra government may not go in appeal against the verdict
The Maharashtra government has been quiet after the special court trying the Malegaon blasts case acquitted seven persons, saying the prosecution could not prove the guilt of the accused but only stoked…
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Maharashtra: Laadki Bahin Yojana suffers Rs 3,951 crore fraud
Driven by the intent to ensure its victory in the Assembly elections, the ruling Maharashtra government promised during election campaign not just the continuance of its Laadki Bahin Yojana – a monthly…
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Crores lost, yet e-defrauds rise exponentially; why?
Mumbai: Before the numbers started to ring, the callers were warned of e-fraudsters who lured people to part with their money in a variety of ways. Some six thousand frauds were carried…
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A temple trust scam like no other in the country; journey from innocence to evil
An open-to -sky temple to Shani – Saturn – in a Maharashtra village is a huge attraction where about 4000 worshippers pour in every day to seek blessings against misfortune. It is…
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Language crisis: Maharashtra government is at the cleft end of a stick
If Hindi was to be taught in schools in Maharashtra schools at the primary level itself, then the state would most likely be required to appoint candidates from outside the state which…
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Coming together of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray to impact political equation in Mumbai
It is a family reunion in Maharashtra with a huge political impact with the estranged cousins of the Thackeray family getting together. Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray buried their hatchets on Saturday.…
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Hindi politics in the land of the Marathi manoos
The likelihood of the estranged political cousins, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, each leading a political party, coming together as associates in an electoral strategy or merging seems possible but it is Hindi…
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The Mumbai train accident was avoidable
The Monday morning deaths of commuters on the Mumbai suburban network were a not so common, freak accident, substantially due to the gap between two sets of tracks being less than the…
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Thanks to the court, grassroots democracy is back in Maharashtra
The Supreme Court has given a leg up to people’s representation at the grassroots – normally called the local self-government bodies, from panchayats to huge municipal corporations – by asking the Maharashtra…
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Shouldn’t the wheelchair be for all those who need it or should it be for only privileged few?
One should accompany a physically challenged – that is, disabled – and an elderly person, and notice the hurdles he or she faces in doing things the young and fit elderly do?…
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Will the Thackeray cousins dance the tango?
The Thackeray cousins, the nephew and son of the patriarch, the late Bal Thackeray, have suddenly created waves. Nephew Raj Thackeray has proffered his hand to Uddhav. Uddhav has shown his inclination…
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Hindi brings Marathi back to the centrestage–What next?
More Marathi-speaking people know Hindi in Maharashtra than those in each southern Indian state, which opposes the “imposition” of Hindi. Probably, even more than all those states put together. With more migrants…
