Civic body’s solar and hydro project to restart
The civic body has revived its ambitious solar and hydro electricity project, envisioned since 2011
View ArticleThieves on the prowl at Panvel ST bus depot
A gang of thieves is on the prowl, targeting women at Panvel bus terminus by taking advantage of the huge rush of passengers travelling to Konkan and neighbouring states
View ArticlePotholed roads risky for immersion: Locals
Many devotees are still complaining that bad conditions of the roads will hinder the immersion of Ganesh idols on the last day, despite claims of corrective action by the authorities
View ArticleLord stays for 4 extra days with Agri families
While big queues will be seen near all ponds across the city for Ganpati immersions on Monday, people of Agri Samaj in Turbhe Gaon will keep their idols for four more days
View ArticleInfra up, quality of life needs to be improved, says civic report
There has been an improvement in the civic urban infrastructure index (UII), due to commissioning of a new 450-MLD water treatment plant, development of roads, fire fighting services and garden works
View ArticleIncessant honking haunts civic hospitals not on silence zone list
Civic hospitals, which have not been categorized as silence zones, are hit hard due to the increase in the noise pollution, according to the environmental status report 2013-2014.
View ArticlePlaster collapses in Nerul flat, 1 injured
In another case of ceiling plaster collapse in the third floor flat of a Cidco-constructed building in Nerul, a 70-year-old woman was severely injured
View ArticleNMMC ‘hospital on wheels’ to take off in a fortnight
The civic body will be launching its ambitious Floating Advanced Casualty Complex (FACC) vehicles within a fortnight.
View Article‘Lack of space’ in a few nodes takes toll on tree plantation drive
No tree plantation drives have been undertaken by the civic body in Vashi, Juinagar, Sanpada since 2010 and from 2012 onwards in Airoli.
View ArticleCity police start coastal security helpline for fishermen, villages
The city police department has started a new toll-free helpline number ‘1093’ for registering complaints and receiving tip-offs pertaining to coastal security, which is specially meant for fishing...
View ArticleAuto unions urge cops to spare drivers without uniforms during rain
Several auto union leaders have asked traffic cops not to take action against drivers/operators of vehicles who are not wearing their uniforms during the rains.
View ArticleIllegally parked private buses, cars clog new Pawane-Rabale service road
The three-lane service road running parallel to Thane-Belapur Road seems to have virtually turned into a parking lot.
View ArticleMan killed in hit-and-run on Sion-Panvel highway
A 35-year-old man, Manoj Goswami, was killed in a hit and run incident on Friday night at Sion-Panvel highway near Kharghar.
View ArticleAround 2,000 Navi Mumbai cops on ‘high-alert’ as devotees bid adieu to Ganpati
The city police department has left no stone unturned to ensure a trouble-free Ganpati visarjan on Monday
View ArticleHigh footfalls on last weekend of Ganeshotsav in Navi Mumbai
Residents flocked to mandals across the city as they bid farewell to their favourite God
View ArticleNMMC to give some fire brigades Rs 1.5cr upgrade
To minimize risks and ensure safety of its firefighters, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will soon procure advanced fire fighting equipment
View ArticleAfter delays, Rabale police station gets a new address
Police chief K L Prasad and additional commissioner of police, Fatehsingh Patil, inaugurated the newly constructed Rabale police station on Sunday
View ArticleChains worth Rs 3 lakh snatched in past 48 hours
Bike-borne thieves snatched gold chains and mangalsutras of six women in different nodes worth around Rs 3 lakh on Sunday and Monday
View ArticleCity has 496 unauthorized religious structures: Study
Koparkhairane Has 124 Such ‘Illegal’ Bldgs
View ArticleNMMC may float tender for waste disposal yet again
All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG), a semi-government body that advises the state on solid waste management has rejected the lowest bid for daily collection and transportation of...
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