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Stories making headline across the country.
Updated : May 19, 2016, 03:41 PM IST
At a time when most households in metropolitan cities make it a point to have more than two cars, a veteran medical professional in the valley of Kashmir has decided to ditch the herd as well as the comfort. Read his inspiring story.
This mobile library, as a part of the Kalam Library Project, will go around the city urging children to pick up a few books, read them and return them after reading. The library has a good stock of both new and old books donated by people and collected by volunteers. Read more
Advocate Acharya Pandit Shyamji Upadhyay has been setting a precedent over the past four decades by presenting his case in the court in Sanskrit. Advocating the growth of 'the language of the gods' Sanskrit, Upadhyay has been doing all the judicial work – court affidavit, application, claim, power of attorney and even debates - in Sanskrit. Interestingly, he claims that whenever a decision has been passed in his favour, the judgement has often been delivered in Sanskrit. Read the full story here.
Thane residents can cheer as the Thane-Kopri rail over bridge will be widened post the monsoon. The work will be carried out in two phases and MMRDA will soon roll out tenders for the process. However, the estimated cost of the project was Rs 9 crore in 2003 but the new estimate according to the MMRDA is around Rs 150 crore – around 17 times the original cost. Read in detail
Growing up in a multi-cultural household, Thane resident Arundhati Deshmukh Vignesh had been exposed to several languages. While the part-Bengali and part-Maharashtrian Arundhati learnt to sing in both the languages early on, she also picked up Hindi and Spanish along the way. All set to perform at Thane's new Town Hall on May 14, Arundhati, 29, talks about her journey from academics to music. Read more