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Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai (SP)
Mumbai, Aug 22:
Mumbai's famous 'Lalbaugacha Raja', idol of Lord Ganesha, was unveiled on Friday at a press conference.
Social Activist Anil Nair, along with 11 other activists, staging ‘fast unto death’ hunger strike outside the Collector’s Office( Mumbai Suburban), Bandra East here, demanding immediate closure of all the hookah parlours that are being run illegally in the city.
Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, and Jagdish Capoor, chairman, The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), visited the BSE on Friday and also struck the gong at the end of the BSE Market.
MPCC president Manikrao Thakare, Industrial Minister Narayan Rane and MPCC president (rural) Jayantrao Awale, at a programme organized on the occasion of the completion of one year in office as MPCC presidents. A book, ‘Shidori’ relating their work, was also released.
Residential doctors ( MARD ) in JJ Hospital again go on hunger strike, pressing for their demands, from Friday in the city.
The government of Maharashtra, under its ‘Maharashtra Prathamik Shikshan Parishad (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) programme, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a leading NGO, ‘Vedanta’, for providing E Content towards Computer Aided Learning (CAL) and Computer Education Programme (CEP) for the students studying from sixth to eighth standards in 2,590 government schools in all the 34 districts. In pic: (L to R) Narendra Kawde, IAS, state project director, Maharashtra Prathamik Shikshan Parishad, D P Agarwal, trustee ofVedanta Foundation, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, education minister, Sanjay Kumar, secretary, school education, in the metro.
A major fire broke out at C K T School Bus, Panvel. In pic: injured students are being taken to hospitals for treatment.
Bhai Jagtap, M L A, distributed face masks to the local doctors free of cost, as part of awareness camapgin against swine flu organized by the Ward Doctors Medical and Welfare Association at Bombay Central in Mumbai. In pic: Bhai Jagtap addressing the gathering.
Campbell Jamieson (left), ICC general manager (commercial), with Akshay Kumar, senior vice president, Reliance Communications, unveiling the Champions Trophy in Mumbai on Thursday.
Rajesh Vardhan, managing director, Vardhaman Group, announcing World's most affordable amusement theme park, ‘Vardhman Fantasy’, at Mira-Bhayandar Road, where entry fee is not more than Rs 5 and rides do not cost more than Rs 20.