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- A 13-year-old releases catalogue of her paintings
Mumbai: Not every 13-year-old is talented enough to start painting from the age of six and get appreciated from the stalwarts in the field. Neither is everyone lucky enough to hold six exhibitions in four years. - Chitra owners to pay Rs. 3 cr. as advance
Mumbai: The owners of MSC Chitra have agreed to pay Rs. 3 crore as advance compensation to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for damage control operations. “They [owners of MSC Chitra] gave us Rs. 1crore on Monday. - Oil spill: Chitra's representative in Mumbai
BIOTECH SOLUTION:Workers sprinkle oil-destroying bacteria into a pit filled with the spill from cargo vessel MSC Chitra, at Navy Nagar in Mumbai on Saturday. The Energy and Resource Institute and the Indian Oil Corporation jointly carried out the decontamination drive. - Pawar rules out free foodgrains
Mumbai: Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar on Saturday dismissed the possibility of free foodgrains distribution. “The government already spends Rs. 66,000 crore on foodgrains subsidy. We buy wheat from farmers at Rs. 15 a kg, but sell it to the Antyodaya population at Rs. 2 a kg. - Pawar backs Navi Mumbai site for new airport
MUMBAI: Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar on Saturday voiced his support for the Navi Mumbai site for the proposed international airport in Mumbai. - Pawar slams right wing parties
Mumbai: Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar on Saturday criticised the right-wing partiesfor objecting to the term ‘saffron terror.'