'He (Prithvi) is a fighter and will definitely come out of it. He has worked hard (to reach the top)'
Pope Benedict XVI's official representative Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor is visiting Vasai, an extended suburb of Mumbai, on Wednesday.
'Can we slip through the cracks in the alliance and use the situation to our advantage?'
"Maharashtra is a great state. There is nothing wrong in promoting Marathi. But, at the same time do not kill Hindi and Bhojpuri," Amar Singh said to reporters in neighbouring Virar in Thane district.
'Thanks to them, I have enough money to run my house for three months at least.'
Rental housing for 43,000 low-income families in Mumbai by March 2015.
Real estate developers in Mumbai propose to join hands to construct 5 lakh affordable houses for middle and lower income groups in partnership with the Maharashtra government in the next five years in the fast-growing Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
The Obamas have a packed schedule during the three days they are in India. But we still decided to go ahead and dare the most powerful man in the world to do some stuff that only Indians can endure. There are a couple of them for Michelle as well.
L&T, Ircon International and Tata Projects have showed interest in a tender issued by the National High Speed Rail Corporation, implementing agency for the project. The tender is for construction of stations, bridges, viaducts, maintenance depots and tunnels.
The first AC suburban train project in the country has received a boost with a feasibility report giving a green signal for running such a service in Mumbai.
Here's why you can claim tax deduction on interest paid on your home loan as well as claim deduction on house rent alowance.
Q3 will be better than the second, say bankers and builders.
In an effort to run air-conditioned suburban train services in Mumbai, the Railways have awarded the contract to a French company Systra and RITES for conducting the feasibility study of the project.
A 25 year-old woman died of H1N1 in Mumbai on Tuesday evening, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus to 57 in Maharashtra, where 1,931 patients are undergoing treatment at various hospitals, officials said.
Major players from several countries, including the US, UK, Germany and Korea, have shown keen interest in carrying out the technical feasibility study for the proposed elevated suburban rail project in Mumbai.
Rediff readers share photos of their beloved Ganpati.
To tide over the difficulties due to incessant shutdowns, several farmers in Maharashtra have turned into aggregators and started selling their produce without the help of mandis or agents. They have started contracting with bulk consumers like hypermarkets and co-operative housing societies to sell their produce directly.
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'He batted like someone who has played 50 Test matches.' 'He is an unbelievable talent and hopefully if he is nurtured well, he will serve Indian cricket for a long, long time'
A policeman who lost his hearing and how he has taken on life's challenge head-on and ploughed ahead.
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'It is not the test, but the symptomatic phase in this disease that really matters.'
Mumbai: Protestors lathi-charged following rail agitation
July 11, 2006 started as just another day on the job for Om Prakash Gupta.
Even before the train came to a complete halt, there was no place to sit in the first class. Business as usual.
Mumbai's dabbawallahs are the stars of an unusual exhibition.
Commuters stage rail roko, disrupt train traffic
Clean toilets, colour-coded dustbins, comfortable beds, oxygen cylinders and all amenities one can expect in a top class hospital -- the first inmates of the train coaches converted into isolation wards have come away praising Indian Railways for providing a unique solution to care for suspected COVID-19 patients.
In several parts of the metropolis, shops were shut in protest and schools held prayer meets as a mark of respect to the CRPF personnel who were killed on Thursday.
Their music, available online, sung in Hindi, English, Urdu and Marathi, displays a new grammar and vocabulary which expresses the language of the disempowered,
All you must know about the young batting sensation now on the verge of playing for India
The shuttle train derailed between Palgarh and Umroli on the Virar-Dahanu Road section. Two were injured.
The lines between Virar and Vaitarna stations were blocked after a goods train derailed early on Wednesday.
Around 15 commuters fell into a gutter after a cement slab caved in due to the heavy morning rush at platform No. 1 at the Vasai railhead on Tuesday morning.
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
Bullet trains are run by state-owned agencies in France and Germany.
'In Mumbai the mortality rate was reaching a percentage of almost 8 plus in about April.' 'But now over last one month, we have come down.' 'We have drastically controlled mortality.' 'We are now about 3.9.'
Maharashtra is exploring the option to develop a mass-rapid transit system in the regions to improve transport system.
Suresh Prabhu said Central and the state government will collaborate to implement big projects.
