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  Mumbai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mumbai is located on an island (Salsette Island) which lies at the mouth of River Ulhas off the western coast of India in the coastal region known as the Konkan.
Mumbai is the seat of the Bombay High Court, which has under its jurisdiction the states of Maharashtra, Goa and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.
Mumbai is known to be one of the most liberal and cosmopolitan cities of India, With the city embracing many concepts which would be taboo in other cities.
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 Mumbai
Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), is the world’s most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world.
Mumbai is located on the west coast of India and is the capital of the state of Maharashtra.
Mumbai spans an area 438 km² the city is on a peninsula on the island of Salcette.
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 Urban Transport Technology - Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) - India
Mumbai Railways Vikas Corporation (MRVC), which is responsible for the city’s railways, is therefore considering extensions to several railways.
The Mumbai railway is one of the busiest in India.
Mumbai is a major traffic node for railways in the Subcontinent in addition to being a big city in itself.
www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/mumbai_urban/index.html   (868 words)

  
 The Hindu : Whose city is it anyway?
Just as people still call Pune, Poona, many in Mumbai still think of it as Bombay because in their vision of the city that existed pre-1995 and the name change, "Bombay" represented more faithfully the mixed parentage of this extraordinary metropolis.
This is because Mumbai is a city of enterprise.
Mumbai will never become a modern, global city if it ignores the ground beneath its feet — the millions of urban poor who have slaved to service the needs of the city.
www.hindu.com /2003/05/26/stories/2003052600441000.htm   (1161 words)

  
 Mumbai - Wikitravel
Mumbai, earlier known as Bombay, is the largest city in India and the capital of Maharashtra state.
Mumbai was originally a conglomeration of 7 islands on the Konkan coastline which over time were joined to form the island city of Bombay.
Mumbai's nature as the most eclectic and cosmopolitan Indian city is symbolised in the presence of Bollywood within the city, the centre of the globally-influential Hindi film and TV industries.
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 New Left Review - Achin Vanaik: Rendezvous at Mumbai
Mumbai’s booming stockmarket and Indian gdp growth figures of around 8 per cent for 2003–04 are constantly cited as evidence of a new Shining India, the feel-good slogan that has been rapidly internalized, courtesy of incessant media repetition, by the Indian ‘middle class’.
At Mumbai, the flip side of the wsf’s extraordinary diversity—the striking displays of music, dance and street theatre, the strong presence of Dalits, tribals, women’s groups and trade unions—was the fact that political awareness was more limited and sectoral in character.
The extent to which various activist groups were also able to utilize the Mumbai wsf to enhance international co-ordination, networking and planning for common actions clearly varied, and the results of their endeavours will only become evident in the future.
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 Bombay Mumbai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mumbai (previously known as Bombqy) is the world's most populous conurbation, andis the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world.
Mumbai is locatedon the west coast of India and is the capital of the state of Maharashtra.
Mumbai (renamed from Bombay in 1995) is the world's most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world.
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 Mumbai hotels - Mumbai jobs - Mumbai restaurants - Mumbai shopping - Mumbai universities
Mumbai – the capital of Maharashtra and the commercial hub of India – is a land of diversities where the modern and the old go hand in hand with exemplary ease, something one cannot view anywhere else in the world.
Mumbai hotels are one of the best in India, and the accommodation options ranges from seven star apartments to as rooms for as low as 100 rupees for a night’s stay.
The IIT Mumbai – alongside the other IITs in India – is a world famous brand in engineering education, while TIFR is the hunting ground for talented researchers in various domains, who wish to make it big in the international scene with their inventions in their subjects of expertise.
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 Mumbai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mumbai is an eponym derived from the local Hindu goddess, Mumbadevi, Etymologically, Mumba is the name of the godess and Aai stands for mother in Marathi.
South Mumbai, the building on the right is the [[University of Mumbai]] Mumbai city has a large number of premiere educational institutions.
Mumbai is one of the rare cities to accommodate a National Park within city limits.
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 Qwika - similar:Agglomeration
A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area.
A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs.
Mumbai Location of Mumbai Location 18.96° N 72.82° E State Maharashtra District Mumbai City Mumbai Suburban Municipal commissioner Johny Joseph Altitude 10 metres Area 437.71 km² Population (2005) 11,914,398 Density 27,220/km² Codes •...
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 Mumbai Conurbation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mumbai Conurbation comprises the metropolitan city of Mumbai, and six urban areas - Thane, Navi Mumbai, Mira-Bhayandar, Kalyan-Dombivali, Ulhasnagar and Bhiwandi-Nizampur as well as several other towns and villages.
Several public authorities are responsible for development and maintenance of the Mumbai Conurbation.
Mumbai city - especially the Greater Mumbai area - is plagued with troubles due to concentration of businesses and lack of supporting infrastructure.
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 Maharashtra Transport System, Transport in Mumbai, Travel Information Guide, Online Travel Booking, International ...
The two principal ports are located in Mumbai - The Jawaharlal Nehru Port (at Uran, outside Mumbai) and the Mumbai Port are under the control and supervision of the government of India.
The local railway networks in Mumbai provide services to over a million commuters daily and the ability to provide these services almost continually is a source of pride to Maharashtra.
The lives of millions of people who live in Mumbai and suburbs opens with the starting of the local trains, namely the Harbour, the Central and the Western, which awaken the city to a new day.
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 MUMBAI Real Estate Agents Property Dealers NRI Properties in MUMBAI Property India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the commercial hub and the biggest multi-ethnic city of India.
It is the most populous conurbation and the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world.
Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India, and houses important financial institutions, such as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the corporate headquarters of many Indian companies.
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 Bombay
Bombay's nature as the most eclectic and cosmopolitan Indian city is symbolised in the presence of Bollywood within the city, the centre of the globally-influential Hindi film and TV industries.
Bus Services to Navi Mumbai are in the 500 series and buses to the Mira-Bhayander area are in the 700 series.
Vada, in the Mumbai context, is a mashed potato patty.
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 Mumbai Conurbation - WikiLeasing.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The 'Mumbai Conurbation' comprises the metropolitan city of Mumbai, and six urban areas Thane, Navi Mumbai, Mira-Bhayandar, Kalyan-Dombivali, Ulhasnagar and Bhiwandi-Nizampur as well as several other towns and villages.
Several public authorities are responsible for ddevelopment and maintenance of the Mumbai Conurbation.
Mumbai city - especially the Greater mumbai area - is plagued with troubles due to concentration of businesses and lack f supporting infrastructure.
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 About Thane District
Nashik and Ahmadnagar districts are to the east of Thane district, Raigad district to the south and Pune district to the south-east, Mumbai suburban district is to the south-west.
Water supply to the city of Mumbai is made from some of the lakes in Thane district.
from Mumbai to Thane, was laid in this district.
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 Thane, India
Once considered as the 'ugly twin' of Mumbai, today Thane outshines Mumbai in its planning and neatness.
Even as it develops at a fast pace, Thane, is also known as the City of Lakes, is still plagued with overcrowding and commuting problems.
This prestigious project was inaugurated by the then Governor of Mumbai, Sir Ferguson James.
www.creekin.net /c4260-n85-thane-india.html   (1671 words)

  
 realindia.com: Buy, Sell, Rent, Lease Properties and Real Estate Properties in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mumbai is an eponym derived from the local Hindu goddess, Mumbadevi, whose worship extends back to the 1400's.
As the country's commercial capital, Mumbai houses the headquarters of almost all major companies.
Mumbai is also the epicentre of India's film industry — Bollywood, which is the largest in the world in terms of the number of films produced annually.
www.realindia.com /KnowYourCity/KnowYourCity.aspx?name=Mumbai   (292 words)

  
 RIP. The end of activism
Medha Patkar, carrying the dust of India on her visage and the hopes of millions on her back, her hair unkempt as always, was surrounded by throngs of slum-dwellers at one of Mumbai's maidans used for a show of strength.
Those were the days when Mumbai had a heart; more importantly, it had a voice too, and made sure it was heard.
It is not wrong to say that Mumbai has now sold out to Mammon over Marx, leading to the end of activism; Mumbai has always run after moolah, but through the gold rush it did pause to listen to voices of reason.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/may/19sai.htm   (979 words)

  
 INCTR: Newsletter
The population of Mumbai is around 13 million (2001 census), making it the third largest conurbation in the world.
When we started the process of sampling eligible women (aged between 35 and 64 who had resided in the selected areas for a year), we quickly realized that the electoral register and other available population lists could not provide us with the information required.
We therefore divided the slum areas of Mumbai into geographical clusters and by simple random techniques selected 10, with an average of 15,000 eligible women in each.
www.inctr.org /publications/2003_v04_n01_s02.shtml   (982 words)

  
 The World of Indian Contemporary Art
For instance, an air or exaggerated femininity lingers in her use of cloyingly sweet, pastel hues, whose subtle mockery subverts the conventional roles of women in society.
Aware of the paradoxes of city life, his canvases depict both the glamour of an Indian conurbation and its more ominous facets such as the poverty stricken masses, alienated youth and the constant threat of communal violence.
In Komu's work the necessity of protesting against this troubled social reality, filled with frustration and anger, is tempered with an admiration for the common man's struggle to overcome its countless impediments.
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 Why small towns like Malegaon are crumbling
Essential medicines were hard to come by and the best patients with severe trauma and injury could hope for was a saline drip.
It is just 300 km from Mumbai, had a thriving powerloom industry, and remains a source of cheap labour for the vast industrial conurbation that surrounds Mumbai.
The town had been promised a super-specialty hospital but like most other promises that local politicians made, no one bothered to keep it.
www.rediff.com /money/2006/sep/18guest1.htm   (976 words)

  
 Mumbai travel guide - Wikitravel
Most of the autorickshaws use CNG in Mumbai.
Borivali) Borivali, Mumbai +91 22 2842 1174 Check out this relatively unknown national park, situated in north Mumbai.
Enjoy the Mumbai Festival[13], held in January every year.
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 domain-B : Indian business : marketing : general : Role of media vehicles
And, if the launch of fat new newspapers is anything to go by, there is a lot of steam still left in the print business.
In just two month in mid-2005, Mumbai witnessed the launch of three major newspapers — the Mumbai Mirror from the Bennett and Coleman stable, the Mumbai edition of the Hindustan Times, and the Dainik Bhaskar-Zee Television coalition's Daily News and Analysis, or DNA.
The newspaper DNA used outdoor advertising almost exclusively for spreading its launch message across the Mumbai conurbation.
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 ...La voie, la verite, la vie
Searching a house can really be a lousy proposition, especially in a conurbation like Mumbai.It throws a spectrum of experiences ranging from to utter dejection to a probable discomfit.
The cynosure of a search in Mumbai is the inimitable brokers, who are the single link between you and the illusive owner.
The stepping stone of the search is to figure out an array of brokers in the area of your preference,then querying each and hoping they come up with the exact mapping to what your needs are.
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 PUNE-On the March-2 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Because of the natural flow of people from Bombay, the rich ethnic variety of Pune may appear to mimic that of Bombay, but it lacks the special character that Bombay’s has acquired due to its maritime role, its unique situation as a major trading port and a hub of commercial and financial activity.
The Pune-Mumbai conurbation, with upwards of 15 million people, is reputedly the biggest in India.
By the year 2011, it is estimated to be upwards of 25 million, putting it easily in the league of megacities like Tokyo or Mexico City.
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 Konkan - Hotel, holiday, vacation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Bombay suburban — the last two have been covered in the Bombay city article.
Bombay city, its suburbs and some surrounding areas like Thane, Navi Mumbai, Kalyan etc. are now administratively a part of a massive conurbation called Mumbai Metropolitan Region, which has its own development authority.
In reality, the entire stretch from Thane to Mangalore forms the historical Konkan region, with some definitions including the entire western coast of India, from Gujarat to Kerala in it.
35west.com /travel-Konkan   (201 words)

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