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Shah Rukh Khan arrives for the screening of his film 'My Name is Khan' at the 60th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on February 12.-THOMAS PETER/REUTERS

Cut to size

For most Mumbaikars, the release of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name is Khan on its scheduled date of Friday, February 12, came as a surprise. Inure
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SHARON GALSURKAR (SECOND RIGHT) with ZAKA team members, cleaning up the Chabad house after the operation.-COURTESY: SHARON GALSURKAR

Chabad encounter

SHARON GALSURKAR knew Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka from the time the couple came to live in India six years ago. He is a community progr
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Political shake-out

Heads rolled in New Delhi and Maharashtra as the Congress scurried to retrieve lost ground.
VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN in New Delhi & LYLA BAVADAM in Mumbai

After the deluge

After the floods, government aid trickles into the worst affected areas of Mumbai, even as fears of an outbreak of epidemics remain.
LYLA BAVADAM in Mumbai Photographs: Vivek Bendre

Redefining development

The Yusuf Meherally Centre's commitment to rural development is evident from its work in the fields of agriculture, dairy farming, medical aid and edu
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A tussle in an alliance

The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party reach an agreement and the government is formed in Maharashtra, but the factors that led to the intens
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An uneasy alliance

The simmering rivalry between and within the Congress and the NCP come to the fore making it clear that it was political opportunism that kept their c
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A close race

In Maharashtra, which will vote for a new Assembly on October 13, the campaign has begun in right earnest and the ruling and Opposition alliances have
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Leopards in an urban forest

The growing human casualties in attacks by leopards of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai highlight the increasing urban pressures on the park
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Vanishing treasures

To stem the steady tide of destruction of Mumbai's unique architectural treasures, the Heritage Conservation Committee needs to be strengthened with p
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Wooing farmers

Maharashtra's pre-election Budget, while providing several concessions to the farming community, fails to address the core problems of water scarcity
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A contract controversy

The move to award a contract to a foreign consortium for the development of a container terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port faces legal and politica
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