NMMC conducts dengue awareness drives in city
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) health department has started an awareness campaign to clarify doubts and debunk myths among citizens about the dreaded disease.
View ArticlePrivate CNG outlet owners call strike, shut down 6 pumps
Around 8,000 auto rickshaws will soon be off the road if the owners of the private CNG pump stations continue with their indefinite strike that was called on Monday.
View ArticleFishing hook pierced near heart, pregnant turtle saved by surgery
Caught accidentally in a fisherman’s hook, the pregnant Indian flapshell turtle, with hook lodged in muscles close to its heart, has managed to survive after a surgery.
View ArticleAdvertising agencies duping NMMC: Belapur MLA
The newly-elected MLA from Belapur, Manda Mhatre, has alleged that civic officials are turning a blind eye towards illegal dealings of advertising agencies
View ArticleSena demands transparency in civic works
A delegation of Shiv Sena office bearers, led by Thane MP Rajan Vichare, met civic chief Abasaheb Jarhad on Monday to submit a memorandum of demands, seeking transparency in civic administration
View ArticleATS trains 40 city cops to combat terror threats
Senior officers of the state Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) are currently training 40 handpicked police personnel of the Anti Terror Cell (ATC), Navi Mumbai police.
View ArticleIllegal parking, digging lead to T-B Road snarls
Long-drawn traffic snarls during rush hours have become regular ordeal for motorists plying on the arterial Thane-Belapur Road.
View ArticleCidco holds Art & Craft festival at Urban Haat
No matter what you are looking for, you are sure to find fine art and craft works perfect to gift your family, friends, relatives and yourself at the ongoing Art & Craft Festival organised by Cidco...
View ArticleVolleyball, pickleball at Raahgiri this Sunday
The regular revellers at Raahgiri will get to rub shoulders with professional players this Sunday as a host of new sports are being planned to be introduced at the event
View ArticleNew wall around Morbe dam to keep away strays
A wall is being built and a barbed wire fence installed around Morbe dam. As suggested by the Dam Safety Organization, this will restrict entry of villagers and stray cattle.
View ArticleAiroli MLA asks CM to pass 2.5 FSI resolution
Airoli MLA Sandeep Naik met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum of demands
View Article‘Lifestyle choices, bad eating habits responsible for rise in diabetes’
Unhealthy lifestyles, bad eating habits and uncalled for stress are reportedly contributing to an increase in diabetes among residents, doctors said
View ArticleSeawoods-Darave station limps towards 4th deadline
Work on the Seawoods-Darave station is nowhere close to completion, even after the project has missed three deadlines in the last seven years
View ArticleCidco sends notice to builder for ‘illegal’ allotment of Vashi land
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) has sent a show-cause notice to M/s K Raheja Group, seeking to know why the 31,000 sq m land in Vashi allotted to them, should not be revoked on...
View ArticleWeek-long cleanliness drive to combat dengue
The state health directorate will start a cleanliness drive from Friday till November 19 to control the dengue menace
View ArticleAiroli MLA to develop jogging track in Ghansoli
Airoli MLA Sandeep Naik plans to develop another eco-jogging track along Palm Beach extension road in Ghansoli, along the lines of the one recently thrown open in Airoli
View ArticleCops, truckers clean up Kalamboli road
The Kalamboli traffic cops and truckers joined hands to clean mud and litter accumulated on the stretch of road from Kalamboli circle towards Taloja on Wednesday
View ArticleChildren’s Day fun means little to ‘busy’ street urchins
There are hundreds of such street children, who are either made to beg on roads and trains or do menial labour
View ArticleCivic stupor spurs Mini Seashore locals to ‘mosquito’ cleanup drive
Fed up with the lethargy of civic officials to curb the mosquito menace in sector 9, Vashi, the residents decided to take matters into their own hands, literally.
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