Over 15,000 people expected to hit the streets today
Come this week, with the introduction of kabaddi, the event is likely to get bigger and better, as the organizers are expecting a turnout of over 15,000 people
View Article‘Kharghar school did not have Cidco approval’
The Kharghar-based school, where a three-and-half-year-old girl student was sexually abused twice in a school van, was operating without any approval from City and Industrial Development Corporation...
View ArticleOkra, brinjals dearer due to scant supply
After a good spell last month, prices of vegetables such as lady fingers (okra), parval and brinjal have gone through the roof due to scant supply in the wholesale market at APMC, Vashi.
View ArticleMalaria activist from Panvel falls ill, admitted to hospital
Panvel-based social worker and activist Vishnu Gavali, who had filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay high court last month, urging the authorities to declare dengue and malaria as...
View ArticleNew streetlight pole blocks Vashi signal
The haphazard installation of a new streetlight pole by the civic body has partially blocked a traffic signal in Vashi. This has created chaos at a major junction in sector 17.
View ArticleRTOs run special drive against autos
Vashi and Panvel RTOs have started a special drive against autos which are not following the directive of pasting vehicle permits inside.
View ArticleRising prices, dropping sales hurting Christmas cheer: Store owners
With less than three weeks to go before Christmas, rising prices and lackluster sales have proved to be disappointing for shopowners
View ArticleYouth held for sexually assault on 10-year-old girl
A 26-year-old youth, Ganesh Koli, was arrested in Turbhe on Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl from his neighbourhood
View ArticleNo takers for skywalks on T-B Road at Airoli, Rabale
The Airoli and Rabale skywalks have found almost no takers, since commuters ignore them and continue to risk their lives by jaywalking.
View ArticleKharghar girls learn about ‘good’, ‘bad’ touch
Shocked by the recent incidents of minor girls being sexually abused, local activists in Kharghar visited a primary school on Saturday to teach the girls about ‘good and bad touch’.
View ArticleCops say Rabale skywalk is built at wrong spot
City’s traffic department has written to the civic body, stating that the skywalk near Rabale railway station on Thane-Belapur Road fails to deter jaywalkers, as it has been built on the wrong spot.
View ArticleCivic official demands Rs 35 thousand bribe, booked
The Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against NMMC’s deputy sanitary inspector, Mahendra Arvind Rudey on Monday, for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 35,000 from a civic...
View ArticleExcise official conned by ‘bank staffer’
A 36-year-old excise inspector from Belapur, Navin Kumar Jha, was allegedly duped of Rs 9,900 by a man claiming to be a bank executive.
View ArticleMan threatened at gunpoint, 1 held
The Kamothe police have arrested a 30-year-old man, Vivek Bhangare, on Sunday for allegedly threatening and robbing a real estate agent at gunpoint.
View Article‘Police round up beggars but fewer shelters mean they return again’
The police restarted their drive of trying to rid the streets of beggars on Monday.
View ArticleNew fleet of NMMT buses will be run by private operators
The civic transport body on Tuesday passed a resolution which will allow private operators to run its new fleet of buses
View ArticleFaith in radio taxis has dropped after Delhi cab rape case: Residents
Women from the city are hesitant about taking radio taxis after the rape of a woman in Delhi by a private cab driver
View ArticleThree new CNG outlets for vehicles by April: MGL
Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) has plans to open three CNG outlets — at Mahape, Juinagar and Panvel — for vehicles by the end of the current fiscal.
View ArticleWork of pasting permit cards in autos starts from January 17
The traffic department is planning to start pasting smart cards, providing details of auto operators, from January 17
View Article45 fined for parking on Thane -Belapur service road
Traffic cops of Rabale carried out a special drive on Tuesday along the Thane-Belapur service road and penalized over 45 vehicles for illegal parking.
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