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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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Our weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai happenings.

Batsman extraordinaire! Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricketer in the world to score a double century in ODIs. Son of the soil, you make us proud!

Bengaluru skyscraper fire injures over 50, nine dead. R.I.P.

Burberry live streams first 3D fashion show ever, from London Fashion week to custom-designed spaces in New York, Tokyo, LA and Dubai. Style’s new “Avatar”?

Fashion designer Rohit Bal suffers major heart attack on Tuesday, recovering after angioplasty surgery. Get well soon!

Hrithik Roshan steams up the pages with Katrina Kaif in the anniversary issue of Harpers Bazaar. Take what you can get girls, as all the “bold scenes” between Hrithik and Barbara Mori are rumored to have been edited out of Kites.

HSC board exams kick off today with over 11 lakh students taking the test amid reports of flooded help lines, copy cats and shrinking chairs. Good luck, book worms!

IPL is not only a potential terror target, it may also be an agent of global warming: NGO to Supreme Court. Tricky pitch!

National Death Capital? Mumbai has the highest number of accidental deaths in India, new research shows. Case in point: stray bullets from a police firing range hit a parked car and building wall in Powai yesterday. Comforting aim our cops have.

Padma Lakshmi gives birth to baby girl, while lingerie model Angie Valencia is accused of heading one of the world’s biggest drug gangs. Models are the new moms – and mobs!

Rail Budget 2010: No hike in fares, 101 new local train services for Mumbai. Mamata (finally) on the right track?

Say cheese: Indian Memory Project by Swa seeks to preserve national history through old family pictures. Send in your photos here.

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