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Any small incident like signal failure can bring the suburban rail network across Mumbai to a halt. The question, however, is why the Railways do not have any backup system in place? Just two days ago former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi, while speaking at an event organised by Moneylife...

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RTI documents reveal that the President’s office twisted home ministry rules in its communication to Defence Estate Office, Pune, to get allotment for President Patil’s much-desired land in Pune. The very nature of the land ‘A1’ makes occupation illegal for any civilian which includes the...

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Angry investors plan to keep a close watch on SEBI’s spending binge this time. The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) decision to splurge over Rs280 crore on property acquisitions, under UK Sinha, has raised many eyebrows and caused a lot of heartburn among other...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 April 2012
The central railway trains were affected after a fire broke out around at two signalling cabins Local trains on Mumbai's main Central line were running about 45 minutes late this morning, sending the metropolis into a rush hour crisis. This was caused by a fire last night at the Kurla and...

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Without a sensible transport policy, aviation industry faces stunted growth A few days back, I made a short trip to Hyderabad to visit the biennial aviation trade show called India Aviation 2012. Held at the old Hyderabad airport in Begumpet, the place seemed to be abuzz with activity, even...

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Pune Cantonment Board’s reply to RTI application says that the cantonment comes under the jurisdiction of the Maharashtra Tree Act. Was this Act thrown out of the window for the President? At least 20 stalwart trees more than 100 years old and several other trees have been massacred to make way...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 April 2012
Dinesh Trivedi, former railway minister, spoke to a packed audience on his brief but highly eventful tenure as a the minister, when he tried to effect many fundamental changes but was stymied “I am surprised that it took a Supreme Court to sack A Raja, who has shortchanged the country of...

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The Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (ISEM) and related defence NGOs have begun galvanising support On Saturday evening, around 150 citizens, mostly jawans and retired officers gathered at the National War Memorial in Pune Cantonment to protest against President Pratibha Patil’s land grab by...

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Use of low-powered amplification distributed sound system is the answer to the demand for grounds at locations where people are present or can reach conveniently and to keep the noise level within limits. It would be most effective if the court directs the MoEF to evolve the guidelines for its...

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 PAN card data has become essential for certain transactions, which makes PAN card identity theft more likely than ever Waving a PAN (Permanent Account Number) card as a form of identity, when such a document is required with a photograph, has become second nature to many of us. Keeping a...

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Commander Ravindra Pathak (retd) and Col Suresh Patil (retd) who have been campaigning against excess defence land being taken by President Pratibha Patil  are well known activists in Pune.  Let’s see how far their tenacity takes them in this campaign which is connected with the highest chair in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 April 2012
Several people from Mumbai felt the tremors that lasted for 4-5 seconds. According to IMD, an earthquake of 4.9 on the Richter scale hit Maharashtra at 10.57am on Saturday An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale shook Mumbai, parts of Western Maharashtra and some areas in Gujarat at...

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This bungalow in Khadki Cantonment area near Pune was taken over and later demolished RTI documents reveal an official communication to President Pratibha Patil that new construction is “not the right option’’ In reaction to our report on how President Pratibha Patil has grabbed defence...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 April 2012
This can happen to you—bank customers beware. Lack of financial literacy can cost you big time as reputed banks target the gullible with money to spare. PMS, insurance, loans are pushed by relationship managers to make a killing, at your cost! HSBC Bank took Ms Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 April 2012
Andhra Pradesh-based Dr VS Prasanna Rajan is seeking a detailed reply from the President Secretariat on the defence land that is being used for building a bungalow for Pratibha Patil to occupy post retirement Andhra Pradesh-based Dr VS Prasanna Rajan has sent a notice under section 80 of the...

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The Presidential denial is wearing thin. We learn that Rs8 crore of public money is allegedly being used to construct President Pratibha Patil’s bungalow on a land, which cannot be used for civilian purposes. And military resources are being deployed for her   In response to the...

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While the Moneylife report on the construction of a post-retirement bungalow for Pratibha Patil in Pune became viral in social media, the President's office came up with a denial which did not address the core issues, but was carried faithfully by the mainstream media When the Moneylife...

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These hearings cannot be realistic without even the draft DPR and the preliminary drawings made available for study to the public. Such hearings could be safely termed as a farce On 5 April 2012, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) announced holding of a public...

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Alekh Angre 12 April 2012
Without popularising any easy-to-use and failure-safe alternative, the Railways are phasing out coupon booklets that can be purchased from ticket windows and validated by punching at starting station across the Mumbai suburban rail network To avoid the long rush at the railway ticket...

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