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Metro rail men donate blood
Taking a break from building the Metro Rail, they undertook a major blood donation drive in the entire western suburbs to help boost the stocks in blood banks....
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Features
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Young rangers on the roll
I asked our colony gardener as to why he was wasting water with a water hose, when he can use bucket-mug to water the plant? He shouted at me. What should I do?” ...
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Profiles
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Moonlighting like Qazi
Transitions are never a piece of cake and all the more when they concern an artiste switching genres. After having the country head bang itself to madness as part of Metakix, city guitarist Viresh Qazi is all set to switch gears when he plays with Delhi-based act, Radius. ...
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Events
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Register to run!
Registrations have started for the 6th Mumbai Marathon, which will close on August 30. This is for the first time that registrations are opening six months in advance, as the organisers feel they can plan for the event better. Entry fees are Rs 300 for the full marathon, half marathon and dream run. The Mumbai Marathon will be held on January 18, 2009.
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Communities
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Rambling down Portuguese ruins
A half an hour drive from the busy Vasai Station took me to the ruined city, sprawling over several hundred acres, and what used to be the governor’s residence during the Portuguese era. ...
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Citizen Forum
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Lighting the lamp of education
For Sheldon Sutari, a mediocre student, the only way to keep up with his peers was taking tuitions. Shelling out Rs. 800 in Class 9, soon he realised that with a packed classroom, tuition was not of much help, hence decided to prepare for his board exams without extra help. ...
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Reviews
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Strike out speed
‘Rash driving kills six', 'Freak mishap in Colaba, 16 hurt', 'Reclamation ride ends in death', have been some of the common headlines in newspapers of late. ...
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Property
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Hello Mumbai!
Everyone in this city cribs about the lawlessness prevailing but being someone not originally from this city, I think that the Mumbai Police rocks. Right from the crime branch to the drives undertaken by the traffic police, Mumbai Police does commendable work...
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Entertainment
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Rain hits tele-town pockets
‘When it rains in Mumbai, it pours' goes a popular saying and when it pours, shoots get stalled. The monsoon, which came full force in the first week of June ...
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Shopping
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A day for precious buying
If Dhanteras is a day that gold merchants look forward to, Akshay Tritiya comes second to the looked-forward to days according to most merchants as well as consumers. This day considered as one of the most auspicious days of the Hindu calendar falls on May 7 this year. ...
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Sports
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A passionate finale
It was curtains for the Carmel Rink Hockey Tournament, held in association with the Westside Plus at Bandra, last week. The affair was every bit the action-packed thriller it was made out to be. The 2000 odd audience never once had a dull moment till the last game of the tournament....
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Campus Watch
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“CHEF’S COURSE IN UK”
Ms. Joanne Deverell from Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College, one of London's largest Government Colleges with 25,000 students, will be conducting Free Interviews for Admissions into the Chef/Hotel Management/Patisserie/Travel and Tourism program for September 2008 /January 2009 intakes. ...
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