24 june 2014

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Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in

Aft er oo DESPATCH & COURIER

Gold: `28,370 Silver: `45,085 US Dollar: `60.20 Temperature: 330C/290C Humidity: 70%

Health&Fitness Pg13-20

Water, gas and power cut!

Vishwanath Salian | ADC

Pics: Azad Shrivastav | ADC

A BMC employee disconnecting the water supply, and below, the electricity supply being cut off.

THOUSANDS QUEUE UP TO BUY SEASON TICKETS AT ‘OLD RATES’

By Khushboo Panjabi

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fficials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were finally allowed to enter Campa Cola Compound yesterday Continued on pg 5 «

No fee hike in colleges... See pg 2 MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis

The platform was designed for the Congress and the NCP to attack each other. Now we can offer it to the Sena and the BJP for the same purpose!

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

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ith just 24 hours left before the new fares come into effect, thousands of commuters were seen standing patiently in long lines outside the booking counters of most Central and Western suburban railway stations to buy their annual, half yearly and quarterly season tickets. The rush is on to beat the deadline of 11.59 pm on June 24, 2014 until which commuters can purchase season tickets at the existing fares. The steeply hiked new fares will

come into force from June 25, 2014. CR and WR have reported that they have generated huge funds through the sale of season tickets in last three days. However, Railway officials said that this money is of no direct use for the railways as it is deposited in the Central Treasury in the account of Indian Railways. On an average, sale of annual season ticket on WR were just 50 tickets per day. However, officials said that a total of 5,527 annual season tickets were sold on Monday Continued on pg 5 «


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