When Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee announced funds to revive the Thakurli power station, it was a happy and an emotional moment for workers.
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On revival path, Thakurli unit to get back power after 23 years
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://www.indianexpress.com)A blackout to celebrate
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
This Saturday , March 26, several parts of the city will plunge into darkness for one hour at 8.30 pm. That is when Mumbaikars will join their counterparts in 6,000 cities across the world to mark Earth Hour .
Cops sew up robbery with shirt in 7 hrs
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
With an old shirt as their only clue, the Andheri (E) police solved a robbery case, involving a laundry boy who targeted an elderly couple, in seven hours flat. Ramkrishna Swaminathan (71), the victim, is a retired LIC official and stays with his wife at Om Nagar in Andheri. At 11.15 am on March 18, Sanjeev Chaudhary, knocked at their door.
State ropes in TISS to study teen suicides
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
The Maharashtra government has woken up to the alarming rise in students choosing to end their lives and has roped in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to shed light on this worrying trend.
Man held for siphoning Rs 4L from woman's account
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
A 22-year old Andheri resident who fraudulently transferred nearly Rs 4 lakh from a businesswoman's account to his own was arrested by the city cyber police on Monday.
30L litres of water down the drain this Holi
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
As countries around the globe gear up to mark World Water Day on Tuesday, Mumbaikars have something to be ashamed of. Throwing conservation to the wind, citizens wasted an additional 30-lakh litres of water this Holi on excesses like rain dances despite widespread appeals for prudent celebrations.
Cops 'escort' Brits to court
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
The police tracked down former British Navy officers Duncan Grant (67) and Allan Waters (63) to a slum in Colaba and produced them before the sessions court on Monday. The Supreme Court on Friday had upheld the sessions court's 2006 conviction of the duo who were found guilty of sexually abusing minor boys at Anchorage shelter homes at Colaba, Cuffe Parade and Murud.
SC extends Hasan Ali's ED custody by 3 days
Posted by divya (#2) 337 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Enforcement Directorate to interrogate suspected hawala operator Hasan Ali Khan for three more days in its custody for his activities allegedly constituting offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).