Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Maharashtra

  • Transfer Game Continues

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    Maharashtra governor transferred to Mizoram! K. Sankaranarayanan, the governor of Maharashtra, was Sunday transferred and appointed as the Mizoram governor for the remainder of his term, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. A press communique said Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli “will discharge the functions of the governor of Maharashtra, in addition to his own duties, until…

  • Obama honours Mumbaikar Neha

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    Quaid Najmi reports on a differently-abled Mumbai girl’s memorable dinner at White House For differently-abled Mumbaikar Neha P. Naik, her “dinner date” with the Obamas in the White House was like “a dream come true” and she will always cherish memories of the humbleness and courtesy of the US president and the grace of the…

  • Pune landslide toll rises

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    The overnight toll in Maharashtra’s worst landslide disaster in Malin village of Pune district went up to 73 Saturday morning with no reports of finding survivors, a top official said. “We have recovered 73 bodies so far… Rescue work is still underway,” District Collector Saurabh Rao said. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and…

  • Maharashtra adds 36th district

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    Maharashtra’s 36th district Palghar was carved out of India’s most populous district Thane on Friday. A formal function heralding the new district will be attended by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan later in the day even as scores of hoardings announcing the creation of Palghar were set up at various locations. The proposal for a new, smaller and…

  • Shiv Sena MP raise political storm

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    A Shiv Sena MP, who was seen in a video clip trying to force food into the mouth of a Muslim staffer of Maharashtra Sadan who was observing the Ramadan fast, kicked off a political storm Wednesday, with parliament in uproar. While the Congress targeted the Narendra Modi government for the act, which they described…

  • Flooded streets of Mumbai

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  • PICS: Monsoon & Mumbaikars

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    Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, is lying below the sea level. A little rain can wreck the normal routine of millions of Mumbaikars. Heavy rains  lashed Mumbai, Konkan and other areas of Maharashtra, prompting the civic agency in the financial capital to advise people to stay at home and schools to shut as a…

  • Mumbai Imagica is a magical world

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    The Haunted Castle of Salimgarh, Wrath of the Gods, Wild West, Deep Space, Prince of the Dark Waters, Alibaba Aur Chalis Chor, Scream Machine, Gold Rush Express, Mr. India-The Ride and D2-Dare Drop – there are all these and more at Adlabs Imagica – arguably India’s first and only world-class theme park some 90 km…

  • We should remember Homi Bhabha

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    K.S. Parthasarathy says this is payback time for India to the father of its nuclear power. The government must save Homi Bhabha’s home for posterity Homi Bhabha, the architect of nuclear India, lived the most productive part of his life in Mehrangir, the house his father bought in 1937. Scientists regret the disinformation campaign on…

  • PICS: Monsoon in Mumbai

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    Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, comprises seven islands. Monsoon always brings miseries to millions of Mumbaikars. A picture story  

  • Prithviraj Chavan gets reprieve

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    The fate of Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is now likely to be decided only after June 28 when state leaders will travel to the national capital for a meeting with the Congress’ central leadership, party sources said Saturday. The development came in the wake of a series of meetings Chavan held with top party…

  • Rangoli at Times Square

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    Tourism Minister Chhagan Bhujbal says Sari draping, Rangolis and Diwali celebrations are some of the themes that will mark the Maharashtra’s tourism promotional event to be held in New York’s iconic Times Square in September Sari draping, Rangolis and Diwali celebrations are some of the themes that will mark the Maharashtra government’s mega-tourism promotional event…

  • Campa Cola Society hold ground

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     A civic agency squad accompanied by Mumbai police that set out to demolish 140 illegal flats in the Campa Cola Housing Society here returned without taking any action as the beleaguered residents opposed their entry into the complex Friday. The dozen-strong civic demolition squad, in an attempt to force the residents to vacate the illegal…

  • PICS – ‘No ambition to become CM’

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     Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Thursday remained non-committal on his prospects of being projected as Maharashtra’s chief ministerial candidate in the coming state assembly elections. “I have not thought about it… whether or not I will become the chief minister. Our priority is to bring the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance to power in Maharashtra. The CM…