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RETAIL THERAPY FOR THE POLICE PAYS OFF; FIRST WEEK SALES TOUCH Rs. 10 LAKH

RETAIL THERAPY FOR THE POLICE PAYS OFF; FIRST WEEK SALES TOUCH Rs. 10 LAKH

The newly inaugurated Thane police canteen has sold goods worth a whopping Rs. 10 lakh in its first week. The average sale per day has been Rs. 1.5 lakh, with the first two hours of opening seeing a sale of Rs.53,000. The canteen was inaugurated on 29 March and is the largest in the state. [...]

Mangesh Desai makes Thaneites proud

Mangesh Desai makes Thaneites proud

Mangesh Desai who won the Best Actor award in the film category for his role in the film Khel Mandala is a Thaneite and a resident of Ghodbunder Road.  He received this covetous award in the presence of Union Energy Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Minister for Tourism Subodh Kant Sahay at the 12th Sanskriti [...]

Poetic evening with Arun Mhatre and Ashok Bagwe

Poetic evening with Arun Mhatre and Ashok Bagwe

It was a spectacular evening at Brahmand Katta – a social and cultural platform – which celebrated its 3rd anniversary on March 25 with a variety of cultural programmes at the Sneha Jyeshtha Nagarik Sabhagriha in Azadnagar. The presence of well-known Marathi poets Arun Mhatre and Ashok Bagwe added poetic luster to the occasion. The [...]

Elders benefit from talk on ‘Fall Prevention’

Elders benefit from talk on ‘Fall Prevention’

At the Veteran Citizens Forum’s (VCF) meeting held on March 20 two physiotherapists, Dr. Anuja Luniya and Dr. Priya Karthik made a power point presentation on the causes of falls in older adults, and the assessment, rehabilitative, and health promotion measures which can be taken to reduce the risk of falls in this age group. [...]

Empowering MSME: SMERA shows the way

Empowering MSME: SMERA shows the way

“Let us prosper together by helping each other” is the motto of Saturday Club Global Trust – an organization with a network of 22 chapters all over Maharashtra. It is a pooling of Maharashtrian entrepreneurial talent which brings synergy of energy and commitment to the group. The members of this club meet twice in a month [...]

Thanekars vent their ire at Bandh

Thanekars vent their ire at Bandh

Normal life was paralysed in Thane on March 4 thanks to the bandh called by the saffron combine. Autorickshaws and buses run by the Thane municipal transport body were pulled off the streets after the agitation took a violent turn. According to sources, nearly 10 Thane municipal transport buses, four state transport buses and five [...]

Women’s Health Talk in Thane Housing Society

Women’s Health Talk in Thane Housing Society

The Senior Citizens Club of Runwal Estate on Ghodbunder Road organised a talk on “Women’s Health” by Dr. (Mrs.) Shilotri, a senior gynecologist. What is health? WHO defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Today human longevity has increased and [...]

Not all politicians are black sheep: Ram Kadam

Not all politicians are black sheep: Ram Kadam

“In a mango basket, there could be one or two rotten fruits, but that does not make you discard the entire basket” said Ramachandra Kadam, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA from Ghatkopar West in a rip roaring speech on the occasion of the anniversary of the MNS Employment Cell which coincided with the poet [...]

In Conversation with Best Teacher Awardee, Sobhana Nair

In Conversation with Best Teacher Awardee, Sobhana Nair

The recipient of the State’s Best Teacher’s Award this year, Sobhana Nandkumar Nair, believes in the Bhagvad Gita’s dictum, “Action alone is thy province, never the fruits thereof.” Nair has been in the education field for the last 28 years. Hailing from Kerala, Maharashtra has become her karma bhoomi.  Presently, she is the Principal in [...]

1000 Children felicitated at Smart Kids’ Prize Distribution Ceremony

1000 Children felicitated at Smart Kids’ Prize Distribution Ceremony

Nearly a  thousand children from all over the country were felicitated at the 6th  National Competition of Smart Kids Creations India Pvt. Ltd. (SKCIPL) held at Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar auditorium in Thane on February 20. It was a mega national event where eminent personalities from the field of education and politics were present. SKCIPL is an educational institution [...]