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Share My Dabba: How Mumbai dabbawallahs will help feed street kids
One of the most disturbing dichotomies of a fast growing metropolitan city like Mumbai is the unequal distribution of wealth, privileges and even civic amenities. As the Share My Dabba video indicates, to 1.6 million people who have lunch everyday in Mumbai from the dabbawallahs, there are close to 200,000 #dabbawallahs #HowThisWorks #India #Malnutrition #Mumbai #Poverty #Share My Dabba #The Dabbawallah Foundation
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What is LBT and how does it impact Mumbai’s shopkeepers?
If you are in Mumbai, you need not read the newspapers to know that majority of shops have been shut in the city for the last two days. All shops —from milk dairy to grocery stores, malls and mobile recharge store—have been shut due to tax issues. But if you #HowThisWorks #Local Body Tax #Octroi #Shopkeepers Protest
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What is LBT and why are Mumbai traders striking? All you need to know
In Mumbai, banking activities remained paralysed and most businesses were shut, on the second day of an indefinite strike called by over 1.5 million traders and manufacturers to protest the Maharashtra’s government’s local body tax (LBT) in lieu of octroi. Millions of customers were inconvenienced as neighbourhood retail shops, #Business #Economy #HowThisWorks #India #Local Body Tax #Maharashtra #Mumbai traders #Octroi #Trading
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MBA grad in Mumbai kidnaps, kills cousin to pay-off lost IPL bet
An MBA graduate in Mumbai kidnapped and later killed his 13-year-old cousin to try and pay back a Rs 30 lakh IPL bet that he had lost. According to an NDTV report, the accused Himanshu Ranka panicked and killed Aditya Ranka after the victim's parents informed the police of the #kidnapping #Mumbai #NewsTracker
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Now Uddhav wants Racecourse garden be named after Bal Thackeray
Mumbai: Close on the heels of Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu's proposal for converting Mahalaxmi Racecourse into a public garden, his boss and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today said his party would endorse any proposal seeking to name such garden after late Bal Thackeray. Uddhav's comments came against the backdrop of #Bal Thackeray #Mumbai #Uddhav Thackeray #WhoSaidWhat
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Ragged by seniors,19-yr-old student jumps in front of local train in Mumbai
Mumbai: A 19-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a local train after being fed up of ragging by his college-mates for the past two months, police said today. The victim, Nitin Padalkar, ended his life by jumping before a running train at Kalyan railway station in the neighbouring #India #Mumbai student #Ragging #ThatsJustWrong
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Mumbai trade strike against LBT: Estimated losses at Rs 75000 cr
A large number of retailers, wholesellers and manufacturers in Mumbai remained on strike for the third day on Wednesday and their counterparts in Thane, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad as the stalemate over Local Body Tax (LBT) in Maharashtra continued as the state government did not give in to their demand. It has #LBT #Mumbai #Octroi #Strike #TRADERS
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SRK not a terrorist, should be allowed in Wankhede stadium: Raj Thackeray
Mumbai: After MPCC, MNS chief Raj Thackeray also said that actor Shahrukh Khan should be allowed entry in the Wankhede stadium and that banning him was "childishness". "Whatever happened that time was wrong. The chapter is closed now. He should be allowed inside Wankhede stadium. He is not a terrorist," Raj told reporters here today. "Such childishness #IPL 6 #Raj Thackeray #Shah Rukh Khan #Wankhede Stadium #WhoSaidWhat
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NSUI denies reports of naked dance, says leader suspended for misbehaviour
The National Student Union of India has denied news reports that its now suspended Mumbai President Suraj Thakur had danced naked at a Congress party function in Kandivli, Mumbai. "NSUI dismisses all the news reports of the alleged ‘nude party’ at an organizational function. There was no such incident at any #Congress #Hitendra Gandhi #India #Nigam Bhandari #NSUI #Politics #Suraj Thakur #TheySaidIt #Vicky Vhatkar
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Local body tax: Mumbai traders’ strike continues to second day
Mumbai: Banking activities here remained paralysed and most businesses were shut too on Tuesday, day two of the indefinite strike called by over 1.5 million traders and manufacturers to protest the Maharashtra's government's local body tax (LBT) in lieu of octroi. Millions of customers were inconvenienced as neighbourhood retail shops, wholesale #Local Body Tax #Mumbai #NewsTracker
