Silver Innings Blog: For Senior Citizens and their Family.
Headquartered at Mumbai, Dignity Foundation is an NGO for the cause and care of the older persons. Dignity Foundation was established in April 1995, to cater to the needs of the elderly, starting with the publication of the��.
Bizarre new Mumbai University exam rule leaves undergraduate law students in.
Mumbai Universitys law students can no longer use blue ink to write their papers. Now undergraduate law students of the BLS LLB course can only write their exams in black ball pen. No blue ball pens, no fountain pens and certainly no pens of any.
Its playtime for Mumbais LGBT community
This is the month of pride for the citys LGBT community as its annual Queer Azadi Mumbai pride march which is held on Januray 31. Yaariyan, the youth wing of Humsafar Trust launched the first event in the pride calendar on January 4. In the fourth.
Mumbais dabbawalas take up Swacch Bharat Abhiyan
We will take the message to them. We will urge people not to liter footpaths and trains. We will back the clean campaign to the hilt, said Baburao Karwante, a lunch box carrier. The dabbawalas, world-famous for their efficiency, co-ordination and.
Haqs Musings: Eleven Days in Karachi, Pakistan
The waste collection and management firm, Shanghai Shen Gong Environmental Protection Company Limited, will start its operations of collecting litter from across the city from August 14, 2009 - initially in only six of the... Every day more than 5,000 tankers deliver some 50 million litres of water to people who can pay, according to unofficial estimates cited by the newspaper Mumbai Mirror.. Last month, BMC hydraulic engineers office was vandalised by activists.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 08.01.11
The news of a Mumbai-based mining company extracting at least 10 times more bauxite ore than it is allowed to from a village in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra and causing the State a revenue loss of crores of rupees by not paying the royalty has once again brought.. When someone asked if the CAG should be asked to quit, since his Rs 1,76,000 crore estimate had been reduced to zero by Sibal, the minister said Galti sabse hoti hai, judges se, ministers se, aap se ���
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 15.07.11
DAILY MIRROR. THE SOMALI CONUNDRUM; US-PAK CRISIS: CHEQUE-MATES AND CHECKERS; WHAT WE SOW WE WILL REAP. GULF DAILY NEWS. MUMBAI WILL NEVER GIVE IN TO TERROR - BY JENNIFER GNANA.. Since the Congress has successively failed to capture the cash-rich BMC, it created another body called the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, or MMRDA... But his timing was all wrong even if the analysis was not.
Maharashtra government to probe repeated furloughs to actor Sanjay Dutt
Maharashtra government on Friday ordered a probe into grant of repeated leave of furlough to Sanjay Dutt, serving term in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, following information about preferential treatment being extended to the actor by the authorities.
Supreme Court seeks verifiable progress - India Daily.
With reference to the story Jessica killer guilty beyond doubt (April 20), the Supreme Courts ruling against Manu Sharma is a historic decision and will go a long way towards building an equitable society.. We are here for the betterment of all. we have been branded communal, but are secular, said AIMIM Byculla MLA Adv Waris Pathan, who added that the party had set its sights on BMC polls and was building up its cadre. Our first priority.. Daily News and Analysis - Vivek Seal - ?
Indian Newspapers: DNA (Daily News and Analysis) Mumbai.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to start a helpline exclusively for citizens receiving contaminated water. Moreover, they do not need to worry if the line will be busy, as they can simply send a text��.
Silver Innings Blog: For Senior Citizens and their Family : A1.
Seniors with Parkinsons disease will undergo a range of motion exercises daily to prevent contractures and maintain their mobility. Staff at A1 Snehanjali will ensure that durable medical equipment such as canes, walkers,��.
Maharashtra govt: Will construct houses at affordable rates in Mumbai
���It was Balasahebs (Shiv Sena supremo late Bal Thackerays) dream to see Mumbai slum free. The government will work towards fulfilling his dream. If the common man gets to buy a house at affordable rates, the number of slums will automatically go down.
Swachh drive: BMC issues strict guidelines to 26 agencies
The agencies include the railways, the police, collectors of Mumbai city and suburbs, Mumbai Port Trust, Slum Rehabilitation Authority, CPWD, PWD, JJ Hospital, MSRDC, MTDC, MTNL, Reliance Energy, MSEDC, RCF, Western Naval Command, BARC, HPCL, Air Force.
Save Aarey Milk Colony activists tell Japanese firm
As a result of situating the carshed in the present site, almost 2,000 trees will be cut, a very beautiful and scenic spot for citizens of Mumbai will be lost and there will be increased risk of downstream flooding in Mithi due to the loss of water.
Right to pee: BMC plans more toilets for women in Mumbai
We have several government authorities to provide plots for this. Local activists and NGOs have also been asked to look for space, said the official. Officials said BMC will soon make a presentation for the campaigners on its plan to implement the.
RTI Katta movement spreading in Pune - Moneylife
In an innovative and fun-loving approach, leading RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar, who is the founder president of Surajya Sangharsha Samiti, launched the `RTI Katta last fortnight at Punes premier public garden, Chittaranjan Vatika, in the. one of which will soon be launched in Ahmednagar: RTI Katta should be formed in such a public place where no official permission is required, a public garden is the best bet; the name of any individual or organisation should not be��.
CNS Tobacco Control Initiative: Make license conditions of.
(Source: Daily News and Analysis, Mumbai, Maharashtra) Cracking whip against errant hookah parlours in the city, Bombay high court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to incorporate the rules under `Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) in the license. With this, the BMC will have the power to revoke the license if a hookah parlour violates COTPA rules.. Doctors launch campaign for a tobacco-free Bangalo.
Modi, Obama talk about their humble roots in Mann Ki Baat.
xml search. Latest Daily News of India as it happens with Videos and Photos.. Kolkata: Stigmatised but not afraid to hone and sport their talents, a music band led by children of Sonagachi sex workers is here to reach out to the masses this Durga Puja, courtesy their maiden album that will be launched Thursday.. A Hindustan Times story today says AAP is trying to rope in former CAG Vinod Rai, and former Election Commission Chief SY Quraishi, but so far with little success.
Illegal schools flourish in north Mumbai
In the wake of the recent rape of a schoolgirl in a Bhandup school, dna finds that there are over 50 illegal schools located in the north zone of the city alone. Although the Bhandup school in question is legal, as per the BMC, the uncounted numbers of.
Dropout rates in BMC schools alarming
Rahul Suvarna, an activists working with BMC schools, said: If any particular ward shows high number of enrollment, that is due to children being rehabilitated from one place to another. BMC should open more schools in places where there is more.
Now, call from your cell phone to report illegal hoardings
Hearing a case the Bombay high court on August 6 last year had ordered the civic body to make available helpline numbers where residents can file complaints regarding banners/hoardings/cut-outs, etc. Accordingly, BMC had commissioned services on two .
Unless there is a monetary corpus, people will not start maintaining heritage.
Unless there is a monetary corpus, people will not start maintaining heritage structures. Also, there is a lack of awareness on heritage structures. The MMR Heritage Conservation Society along with Mumbai University has also started a course on.
Civic activist alleges transfers of BMC staff not transparent
I have also written to the civic commissioner about it, but in vain, she said, adding: If the BMC is carrying out so many transfers, it should ensure transparency in them. Recently, dna had reported that a civic official had suddenly transferred a.
Raj Thakres New Party | Indian Politics
Dear All, With reference to Raj Thakres current comments about UPians /Biharis, Celebration of Chhat Puja/ Uttar Pradesh Din in Mumbai, Amitabh bachhan and his deeds for UP etc., and some counter comments from Amar Singh, Abu Aazmi,. As a true/developing Indian, we all should take the responsibility to explore our sensible/responsible views against the same to analyze the situation, before it takes a turn which could affect our livings/community/country.
A new Destination - Silver Innings Blog
A1 SNEHANJALI , A Silver InningsTM Assisted Living Elder Care Home at Nala Village , Nalasopara west , near Mumbai (W.Rly) , is Silver InningsTM 1st Elder Care Facility and one of its kind in Mumbai MMRDA area , exclusively. Highway , take a Left Turn for Sativali (for Vasai) , come via Vasant nagari and come to link road for Nalasopara , then take Fly over from Nalasopara east to west , after this flyover ask for NALA Village , it will take around 15 min from this��.
Indian Holocaust My Father`s Life and Time: BSNL will be.
With deep sorrow and anguish we would like to convey that one more profit making Government Company ��� BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED : BSNL will be taking its last breath TODAY before being strangled to death.. I am hoping the CIL initial public offer (IPO) to be launched by September-October, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Secretary Bhaskar Chatterjee told reporters here.. Daily News and Analysis - Sumanta Ray Chadhuri - 20 hours ago
dna impact: Corporators slam BMC over deaths of conservancy workers
Taking serious note of the high number of deaths of conservancy staffers attached to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations (BMC) solid waste management, corporators on Wednesday slammed the civic body for their alleged apathetic approach towards the .
AAPs Anjali Damania slams NCPs Chhagan Bhujbal on Twitter
I told her we work on siddhant (principles) and that she should see the kind of wrongs they have done. It was not so much threatening as it was buying us out. We warned her that some senior Congress leaders and associates would also be exposed soon, .
Indian Newspapers: DNA (Daily News and Analysis) Mumbai.
DNA (Daily News and Analysis) Mumbai Edition:6/2/2011: FRONT PAGE: Talks fine, but fast better: Ramdev gives govt jitters (167 news)... 6/2/2011: FRONT PAGE: BMC to raise Byculla zoo wall post snake theft. Posted: In the wake of red sand. For once I agree with the civil activist Binayak Sen that the Lokpal will not eradicate corruption because it has now become an integral part of our system (India is on verge of a famine, says Binayak, May 31). All those who��.
My story Troubled Galaxy Destroyed dreams: Faces of.
West Bengal has already undergone four out of six phases of Assembly elections. So far, the way people have. Voting for Trinamool Congress means voting for Maoists: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Daily News and Analysis
Support for our Elders ���1298��� - Silver Innings Blog
As on 2010 an estimated 8% population i.e. 96 million people of the total population of India are Senior Citizens above age group of 60 years, of which over 1.5 million resides in Mumbai.. Charitable Trust through MP Priya Dutt along with Dial 1298 for Ambulance in association with Silver Inning Foundation, Help Age India , Harmony for Silvers Foundation and FESCOM launched a 24 x 7 Senior Citizens Referral Helpline.. BMC(Municipal corporation) Helpline 14.
Activist urges people to shun superstitious practices
Anti-superstition activist Shyam Manav has called upon the people to root out superstition and other related practices from the country. Appreciating the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Bill passed in 2013 by the Maharashtra Assembly, he said his.