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Mumbai's bad news day: Auto fare hike and mindless deaths

President Pratibha Patil's visit to Mumbai will add to the traffic worries while autos plying on CNG will escalate its fare. Rave parties and mindless deaths in the city continues.

Anant Rangaswami|Oct 16, 2011, 10:10:59 IST

President PratibhaPatil is coming to town, so what does it mean for you? Traffic problems, with some roads being closed and parking banned on others. Read the details in the DNA report here.DNA shares more bad news, as auto fares go up from Monday, “For Mumbai suburbs, autos plying on CNG will charge minimum fare of Rs 11 upto 1.6 km after which the charges will be Rs 7 per km,” says the paper.

“Of the 306 people who attended the June 26 rave party at Khalapur, 275 tested positive for drugs, confirmed test reports on Saturday. The reports, sent by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Kalinato the Raigad police, revealed that 261 tested positive for cannabis-related drugs and 14 tested positive for MDMA - better known as ecstasy,” reports The Hindustan Times.We have no idea why this is a great idea, but “Over 27 lakh power consumers in suburban Mumbai can now have access to their electricity bill records and payments through their mobile handsets. Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) has already started this facility for its consumers from September 15, 2011,” informs The Times of India.While on confusing reasons for using technology, “Technology and religion may be unlikely bedfellows but the Catholic Church, for one, is encouraging the union. After the Vatican's approval of an iPad application that encompasses the missal (a liturgical book containing prayers, instructions and texts for the celebration of Mass) last year, city priests are eyeing it,” says The Times of India.There have been two unnecessary and mindless deaths in the city in the past 24 hours. “A 19-year-old boy was killed in a fight with his friend with whom he had a confrontation over harassing a girl,” reports The Times of India and “An 87-year old woman was found murdered at her suburban Vile Parle residence, after being robbed of gold and diamond ornaments worth Rs 3.63 lakh, by unidentified persons, police said today. The victim, Prameela Ghodi, was found murdered in her bed room in 'Shanti Niwas' building here early this morning,” reports ibnlive.com.

By Anant Rangaswami

Anant Rangaswami was, until recently, the editor of Campaign India magazine, of which Anant was also the founding editor. Campaign India is now arguably India's most respected publication in the advertising and media space. Anant has over 20 years experience in media and advertising. He began in Madras, for STAR TV, moving on as Regional Manager, South for Sony’s SET and finally as Chief Manager at BCCL’s Times Television and Times FM. He then moved to advertising, rising to the post of Associate Vice President at TBWA India. Anant then made the leap into journalism, taking over as editor of what is now Campaign India's competitive publication, Impact. Anant teaches regularly and is a prolific blogger and author of Watching from the sidelines.

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