NMMC school’s denial forces kids’ event to be held on street
The eleventh hour refusal by the authorities of a civic school in sector 5, Koparkhairane on Saturday forced schoolkids to squat on the street outside its gate, and participate in an essay and drawing...
View ArticlePleasant weather in the city makes locals skip their weekend trips to hill...
November rain, followed by the pleasant weather, for the last two days has made many Navi Mumbaikars stay put instead of taking a weekend trip to Matheran or Lonavala
View ArticleTop cop offers safe driving tips to kids
Commissioner of police K L Prasad, on Saturday, emphasized the importance of safe driving and road safety at a function organized for kids by the Vashi traffic police
View Article‘World’s largest’ cleanliness drive on Sunday
A major cleanliness drive will be kicked-off from Sunday at Vashi station. It is part of a state-wide campaign by Dr Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratisthan, in association with all municipal corporations...
View ArticleOver 1.4K children fail eye test in 18 months
In the past one-and-half years, about 1,400 kids below 12 years in Thane district have been detected with eye disorders, according to records available with the state health department.
View ArticleKalamboli residents fed up of outages
rantic calls to helplines launched by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation Ltd (MSEDCL) failed to resolve the power woes of Kalamboli residents.
View Article130 tonnne of garbage removed in cleanliness drive on Sunday in Navi Mumbai
In a day-long cleanliness drive, 2,895 volunteers cleared 130 tonne of garbage from city roads on Sunday
View ArticleIn a first, EC to use tech for delimitation in Navi Mumbai
The state Election Commission will be the first in the country to use Global Information System (GIS) for delimitation, said officials
View ArticleAjay Gawand had briefcase full of medals, certificates
A pall of gloom descended on the residential area of Ajay Gawand, the constable who was killed while confronting a thief in Dongri early on Sunday.
View ArticleTwo kidnap, rob Vashi man of Rupees 40 thousand
A 29-year-old man from Vashi, Indra Mishra, was kidnapped near her locality on Thursday by two men and was robbed of Rs 40,000 after they took him to Juhugaon.
View Article9-month-old swallows safety pin, docs remove it in 7-min endoscopy
In a seven- minute endoscopy on Saturday evening, an open safety pin was removed from the food pipe valve of a nine-month-old baby boy
View Article3 bikers throw chilli powder at 2 men in Navi Mumbai, steal Rs 8 lakh
Three bike-borne men looted over Rs 8 lakh from two petrol pump employees in Uran on Monday
View ArticleResidents take out candlelight rally to highlight civic apathy
Upset with the rise in dengue and malaria cases in the city and civic failure to contain them, residents took out a candlelight march in Koparkhairane on Sunday night.
View ArticleVashi man held for sexually assaulting 6-yr-old daughter
A 30-year-old laboratory assistant from Vashi was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sexually assaulting his six-year-old daughter
View Article9-month-old swallows safety pin, doctors remove it in 7-minute endoscopy
In a seven- minute endoscopy on Saturday evening, an open safety pin was removed from the food pipe valve of a nine-month-old baby boy
View ArticleVashi man held for sexually assaulting 6-year-old daughter
A 30-year-old laboratory assistant from Vashi was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sexually assaulting his six-year-old daughter
View ArticleBrave cop’s 8-year-old son still in shock
More than 24 hours after Dongri police constable Ajay Gawand was attacked and killed by a robber at Wadi Bunder, his family is yet to receive monetary compensation from the government.
View ArticleCidco starts work on Glass House plot
Residents of sector 15, Vashi were delighted as they saw trucks unloading soil on the Glass House plot on Monday.
View ArticleTelco gets notice for pipeline burst
The civic body has issued a notice to a telecom company for allegedly damaging a pipeline in Belapur.
View ArticleGreens scoff at civic claim of 5K trees planted in Navi Mumbai
Environmentalists have scoffed at the civic body’s claim that it has been planting three new trees for every one cut
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