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Vodafone Loses 2,700 Crore In Market Cap After Kumar Mangalam Birla Letter
Vodafone Idea Ltd - struggling to clear AGR dues of more than Rs 50,000 crore - lost over Rs 2,700 crore in market cap, a day after a letter by Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla - written in June to Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba - was made public.
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Maharashtra Issues Curbs For Ganesh Chaturthi: What's Allowed, What's Not
Directions to provide online darshan facility, curbs on height of idols and a ban on processions are among the guidelines issued by the Maharashtra government today for the 11-day Ganeshotsav festivities starting September 10.
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"Central Agencies Harassing, Let's Join Hands With BJP Again": Sena MLA
Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik, under the ED's scanner, has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray saying the party to patch up with the BJP so as to avoid harassment of its leaders by central agencies.
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50% Covid Tests In Mumbai Are Less Reliable Antigen Tests, Data Shows
As India's financial capital braces for 10,000 fresh Covid cases a day, random tests are being conducted to arrest the spread of the infection. On Tuesday, random tests were conducted at the sessions court in Mumbai.
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Maharashtra Steps Up Covid Screening With New Rules For Travellers
Long queues were seen at railway stations, state borders and airports in Mumbai on Wednesday, with people waiting to get screened for the coronavirus, as Maharashtra's new travel rules kicked in.
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In Mumbai's Dadar Market, Diwali Not A Happy One For Traders
Diwali is the busiest time for these sellers at Dadar market -- the heart of Mumbai. But because of coronavirus-induced restrictions and booming online sales, sellers are waiting for buyers. For them, this Diwali, will not be a happy one.
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Car Dealers Upbeat About Festive Season
According to the data released by Federation of Automobile Dealers Association, the overall vehicle registrations in September went up by 14 per cent over August.
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Hopes Of Good Diwali Dashed For Potters In Dharavi Due To Pandemic
Potters, who normally have good business during the festive season, are adversely affected due to coronavirus lockdown this year. Many say that the footfall is far less than what they witnessed during the festive season last year.
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Maharashtra Covid Cases Decline Even As Experts Foresee November Surge
Overall coronavirus cases in Maharashtra - the country's worst-hit state where more than 15.2 lakh people have contracted COVID-19 till now - appear to be reducing, shows Maharashtra Health Ministry data. Covid cases have gone down by nearly 28 per cent in the last two weeks compared to what it was in the latter half of September, the data shows.
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For Mumbai's Dabbawalas, Normalcy Is Distant Even After Unlock
Mumbai's dabbawalas will now be allowed to board the city's local trains, according to the government's unlock guidelines. However, these food-delivery personnel's woes may not have ended yet.
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Allies Opposed To Farm Laws, Maharashtra Backtracks On Implementation
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew the order it issued in August to implement the controversial farm laws that are at the centre of a storm in a number of of states. The ruling alliance in the state has been in a dilemma over the farm laws, with Sena allies Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party being firmly opposed t...
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Lacking E-Tools, Teen Students Turn Tutors In Maharashtra Village
Around 30 children of different age groups gather in a tribal hamlet of Taralpada in Jawhar Taluka of Palghar district, around 130 km from Mumbai, at 9 AM every day. The reason behind the gathering is an alternative school run by the older students of the hamlet. This is a fun school where they play informative games, sing songs along with regular ...
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"We Stay Hungry So Kids Can Eat": Malnutrition Rises In Maharashtra's Palghar
Umesh is three years old but weighs the same as a one-year-old. At 8 kg, he's underweight by 4 kg or 33 per cent. And his height is 84 centimetres, or 6.6 per cent less than ideal. With no schools amid the coronavirus crisis, there are also no midday meals - the government's food scheme - for his nine-year-old brother. Their mother, Pramila Bhambre...
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Migrants Head Back To Mumbai, But Struggle To Find Jobs Amid Covid
May saw a massive migrant exodus from Mumbai amid the coronavirus crisis. One such area which is about 90 per cent full of migrants is Mumbai's Bhayyawadi in Juhu Koliwada, which saw nearly 80 per cent of its residents leave in May when the coronavirus lockdown was in full effect.
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"Pak, Others Will Benefit": Sharad Pawar Urges Onion Export Ban Rethink
In a sudden move, the central government's Department of Commerce on Monday banned "with immediate effect" export of onions as its average trade price in the country's biggest onion market in Maharashtra's Lasalgaon touched Rs 30/kg - double of what it was in March.
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Vodafone Loses 2,700 Crore In Market Cap After Kumar Mangalam Birla Letter
Vodafone Idea Ltd - struggling to clear AGR dues of more than Rs 50,000 crore - lost over Rs 2,700 crore in market cap, a day after a letter by Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla - written in June to Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba - was made public.
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Maharashtra Issues Curbs For Ganesh Chaturthi: What's Allowed, What's Not
Directions to provide online darshan facility, curbs on height of idols and a ban on processions are among the guidelines issued by the Maharashtra government today for the 11-day Ganeshotsav festivities starting September 10.
-
"Central Agencies Harassing, Let's Join Hands With BJP Again": Sena MLA
Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik, under the ED's scanner, has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray saying the party to patch up with the BJP so as to avoid harassment of its leaders by central agencies.
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50% Covid Tests In Mumbai Are Less Reliable Antigen Tests, Data Shows
As India's financial capital braces for 10,000 fresh Covid cases a day, random tests are being conducted to arrest the spread of the infection. On Tuesday, random tests were conducted at the sessions court in Mumbai.
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Maharashtra Steps Up Covid Screening With New Rules For Travellers
Long queues were seen at railway stations, state borders and airports in Mumbai on Wednesday, with people waiting to get screened for the coronavirus, as Maharashtra's new travel rules kicked in.
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In Mumbai's Dadar Market, Diwali Not A Happy One For Traders
Diwali is the busiest time for these sellers at Dadar market -- the heart of Mumbai. But because of coronavirus-induced restrictions and booming online sales, sellers are waiting for buyers. For them, this Diwali, will not be a happy one.
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Car Dealers Upbeat About Festive Season
According to the data released by Federation of Automobile Dealers Association, the overall vehicle registrations in September went up by 14 per cent over August.
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Hopes Of Good Diwali Dashed For Potters In Dharavi Due To Pandemic
Potters, who normally have good business during the festive season, are adversely affected due to coronavirus lockdown this year. Many say that the footfall is far less than what they witnessed during the festive season last year.
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Maharashtra Covid Cases Decline Even As Experts Foresee November Surge
Overall coronavirus cases in Maharashtra - the country's worst-hit state where more than 15.2 lakh people have contracted COVID-19 till now - appear to be reducing, shows Maharashtra Health Ministry data. Covid cases have gone down by nearly 28 per cent in the last two weeks compared to what it was in the latter half of September, the data shows.
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For Mumbai's Dabbawalas, Normalcy Is Distant Even After Unlock
Mumbai's dabbawalas will now be allowed to board the city's local trains, according to the government's unlock guidelines. However, these food-delivery personnel's woes may not have ended yet.
-
Allies Opposed To Farm Laws, Maharashtra Backtracks On Implementation
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew the order it issued in August to implement the controversial farm laws that are at the centre of a storm in a number of of states. The ruling alliance in the state has been in a dilemma over the farm laws, with Sena allies Congress and Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party being firmly opposed t...
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Lacking E-Tools, Teen Students Turn Tutors In Maharashtra Village
Around 30 children of different age groups gather in a tribal hamlet of Taralpada in Jawhar Taluka of Palghar district, around 130 km from Mumbai, at 9 AM every day. The reason behind the gathering is an alternative school run by the older students of the hamlet. This is a fun school where they play informative games, sing songs along with regular ...
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"We Stay Hungry So Kids Can Eat": Malnutrition Rises In Maharashtra's Palghar
Umesh is three years old but weighs the same as a one-year-old. At 8 kg, he's underweight by 4 kg or 33 per cent. And his height is 84 centimetres, or 6.6 per cent less than ideal. With no schools amid the coronavirus crisis, there are also no midday meals - the government's food scheme - for his nine-year-old brother. Their mother, Pramila Bhambre...
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Migrants Head Back To Mumbai, But Struggle To Find Jobs Amid Covid
May saw a massive migrant exodus from Mumbai amid the coronavirus crisis. One such area which is about 90 per cent full of migrants is Mumbai's Bhayyawadi in Juhu Koliwada, which saw nearly 80 per cent of its residents leave in May when the coronavirus lockdown was in full effect.
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"Pak, Others Will Benefit": Sharad Pawar Urges Onion Export Ban Rethink
In a sudden move, the central government's Department of Commerce on Monday banned "with immediate effect" export of onions as its average trade price in the country's biggest onion market in Maharashtra's Lasalgaon touched Rs 30/kg - double of what it was in March.
