Navi Mumbai doctors ring osteoarthritis alarm
There has been a rapid increase in the number of young people diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis in the city. With World Arthritis Day this Sunday, orthopedic specialists blame the sedentary lifestyle...
View ArticleDefacement-free city is a must, say voters
Voters in the satellite city want defacement issue to be mentioned in the manifesto of the candidates. The election model code of conduct has come as big relief for citizens as there is no defacement...
View ArticleNavi Mumbai kids to give Diwali a ‘special’ glow this year
The city gets a complete makeover during Diwali with lots of colourful lamps, diyas and torans everywhere. What’s interesting is that some of these items are made by special children, who have been...
View ArticleWe’ll abolish toll on Sion-Panvel road: Sushma Swaraj
Union minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday reiterated BJP’s stand that residents of Kharghar and Kamothe will not have to pay any toll at the proposed toll booths on the Sion-Panvel Road, if their party...
View ArticleGreens uproar over ‘naïve’ tree planting choices by NMMC
After over 100 trees fell during the thunderstorm last week, activists have questioned the tree planting technique and choices made by the civic body
View ArticleTwo months on, civic body yet to install boards to curb illegal parking
Two months have passed ever since the traffic department had decided to crack the whip on illegal parking in Vashi, but the boards to curb this menace have not been installed yet
View ArticleKharghar man’s credit card hacked, Rs 20,000 spent
A 43-year-old commercial head of a cement major, Surendra Kumar Jain, woke up at 3am on Thursday to a flurry of messages on his phone
View ArticleArms haul continues as poll date nears
The city cops have seized a huge cache of illegal firearms in the past one month, the latest being two firearms confiscated from one Hemant Thambe in CBD on Wednesday
View ArticlePower issues plague Nerul as meters burn
Two meters burned to a crisp due to power fluctuations in a society in sector 9, Nerul last month. A major fire was averted due to timely action by members of the Army Coop Housing Society
View ArticleNMMC listens to greens, removes gravel near trees
Repeated requests by citizens to leave space around tress on the footpath at sector 19, Nerul has finally yielded results
View ArticleBJP may finally have a chance in Panvel with Thakur in its ranks
Sitting Panvel MLA Prashant Thakur’s resignation over the toll issue, may not have cut much ice as he made his move a day before the code of conduct came into effect.
View ArticleCidco officials to consider nature trail, butterfly park proposal at Urban Haat
A short walk from the busy Sion-Panvel highway, past the iconic Cidco and Konkan Bhavan buildings in the busy central area of Belapur is a pretty world of serene hillocks and calm surrounding.
View ArticleExpensive dry fruits dampen Diwali mood in Navi Mumbai
With barely two weeks left for Diwali, the exceptional steep prices of dry fruits are proving to be a deterrent to wholesale and retail sellers in Navi Mumbai
View ArticleFrom juicy mangoes to jamuns, fruit-bearing trees bloom even on roadsides in...
From the mango orchards in the Ulwe hills and Panvel countryside to the ubiquitous jamun, anjeer and coconut trees on the roadsides, fruit-bearing trees can be found in plenty in the city
View ArticleDoctors sound alert as conjunctivitis shoots up
Conjunctivitis is spreading like wild fire in the city with instances of the disease having soared by over 60% in the past one-and-half months
View ArticleMissing doctor’s suicide note baffles police
The banner said that a hospital in Pydhonie is involved in ‘corrupt’ practice.
View ArticlePanvel church goes green; starts terrace garden, runs biogas plant
The 25-year-old St Francis Xavier church in Panvel is popular not only for its energetic pastor but also for the wonderful smell of fruits that envelopes those who step through the gates
View ArticleTower collapse causes 10-hour power cut in Kharghar, Nerul
A major power collapse threw several nodes of the city into partial blackout for almost 10 hours on Saturday
View Article136 polling stations in Thane branded ‘sensitive spots’
The Election Commission (EC) has declared 136 polling station in the state as sensitive spots. These polling stations include booths in all four assembly segments
View ArticleSpat between mayor and MNS candidate
Mayor Sagar Naik and MNS candidate for Belapur assembly constituency Gajanan Kale engaged in a verbal spat during a political talk show at Ambedkar Bhawan in Vashi on Saturday
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