Modaks please all in many sizes, avatars
It is a traditional Maharashtrian delicacy, not to forget Ganpati Bappa’s favourite food.
View ArticleRestaurateurs welcome back customers as Shravan ends
After experiencing a month of low profits and dropping footfall, restaurateurs in Navi Mumbai can’t wait for business to get back on track.
View ArticleMaking sweets at home for Bappa
Even in the hectic pace of city life, some families still find the time to prepare sweets at home to welcome Lord Ganesh.
View Article‘Turbhe centre will help curb stray population’
The expansion work of the sterilization centre at Turbhe dumping yard, which is nearing completion, will give an impetus to the Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme, said the animal department
View ArticleProposed Panvel-Karjat track will help Naina residents too
The Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area (Naina) project got an extra boost with the state government’s in-principle nod for double-laning the track between Panvel and Karjat. The elevated...
View ArticleTurbhe RPF finds lost laptop, returns it to owner
A hectic Thursday morning turned into a nightmare for 37-year-old Nerul resident, Wasim Naik, when he got off the train at Airoli and realized that he had forgotten his laptop inside the train.
View ArticleGaneshotsav’s here but potholes still line roads
Brace for pockmarked roads this Ganeshotsav, as the civic body failed to meet the August 25 deadline to repair all potholes.
View ArticleMarathon for women’s safety and drug awareness
A 21-km marathon is being held at Kharghar by Saraswati Education society, in association with Rotaract club of Saraswati college of Engineering, to promote ‘women empowerment and drug awareness’.
View ArticleMan held for kidnapping, robbing ‘friend’
A 30-year-old man, Ahud Ayub Siddiqui, was arrested by the anti-extortion sleuths of city crime branch unit-1 on Friday for allegedly kidnapping and robbing a Nerul woman, Ruby Khan (30) whom he had...
View ArticleCidco to begin project for hawkers at Kalamboli
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) will implement a pilot project based on the national policy on urban street vendors, as mandated by the Supreme Court, in Kalamboli. It has...
View ArticleOnly 330 mandaps have applied for power connections
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited’s (MSEDCL) repeated appeals to Ganpati mandal organizers to avail legal electricity connections appears to have fallen on deaf ears
View ArticleNMMC all set for the bigger Ganpati immersion ceremony
As the civic body gears up for the bigger Ganpati immersions, household idols were also given a tearful send-off on Saturday
View ArticleFestival in full flow, tearful adieu for household idols
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will not dispose offwaste accumulated during Ganeshotav in dumping yards from this year. All such waste, collected in Nirmalya bins, will be buried in pits...
View ArticleStray assaulted in Kharghar, animal activists lodge police complaint
A female stray dog was badly assaulted by local shopkeepers insector 10, Kharghar. After being hit by sticks and stones, the stray had a hind leg fracture. Animal activists have lodged a non-cognizable...
View ArticleHetwane Dam receives 100mm rain in 24 hours
Hetwane Dam, which supplies water to City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco)-administered nodes in Navi Mumbai catchment area, recorded 100mm rainfall from 8.30am on Saturday to 8.30am on...
View ArticlePolice keep watch as over 15,000 Ganpati idols immersed
Devotees immersed over 15,000 Ganesh idols at 100 sites across the city on Saturday. Most of these Ganpatis, organizers said, were household idols.
View Article2 killed, 3 injured in accident on Mumbai-Goa highway
Two persons were killed and three others seriously injured after the Qualis they were travelling in on the Mumbai-Goa highway from Bhandup towards Khed, met with an accident at Shindewadi near...
View ArticleHeavy rains no deterrent for Bappa’s devotees
The heavy downpour over the weekend did not deter devotees from visiting some of the popular mandals in the satellite city.
View ArticleBoulder crashes, craters at CBD pass plague motorists
Boulders tumbling down the Parsik hill range, after ripping through the safety net to land on the road, are a major cause of worry for motorists. They use the CBD Belapur pass to drive along...
View Article‘Cidco exhibition centre may not open on Tuesday’
The chief minister, Prithviraj Chavan’s presence for the proposed inauguration of the Rs 256-crore exhibition centre was not confirmed till Monday evening
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