Taloja firms ask locals for pollution proof
Industrial units in Taloja MIDC have challenged local residents to prove their allegations of the industries releasing untreated water in Kasadi river, thereby causing pollution
View ArticleMolested and harassed by cop, police stenographer tries to end life
A constable with the APMC police station was booked on Sunday after a police stenographer, who he had allegedly molested, tried to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills at her Kharegaon home.
View ArticleRs 2 crore sanders seized, 2 held
A consignment weighing more than 12,000kg of red sanders, estimated to cost more than Rs 2crore, was seized from a container at Khopoli on Sunday.
View ArticleResidents strike against Airoli toll plaza
Hundreds of residents of Airoli staged a day-long hunger strike at Diva circle to protest against the Airoli toll plaza on Sunday.
View ArticleBelapur residents celebrate 1 year of butterfly park with origami, flowers
It was a proud day for the residents of Belapur. The butterfly park that they had rallied so hard for completed a year on Sunday.
View ArticleNMMT buses on select routes may run on ethanol
The forthcoming 2015-16 Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) budget is turning out to be a revolutionary one with a determined bid by new civic commissioner D T Waghmare to help the city become the...
View Article‘New Metro Act may help remove hurdles’
The 23.4-km-long Navi Mumbai Metro line, which will connect Belapur to Pendhar and Pendhar to Khandeshwar and Taloja, has been given a boost after it was brought under the Metro Act
View ArticleDelimitation done without thought: Navi Mumbai Corporators
Corporators across party lines have once more taken exception to ward delimitation
View ArticleHoarding war over 2.5 FSI before polls
The two political parties — Bhartiya Janata Party and Nationalist Congress Party — have claimed credit for getting FSI of 2.5 approved for the city’s dilapidated structures
View ArticleSkeletal remains found in Uran hint at human sacrifice
The skeletal remains of an unidentified person were found at the foothills near Chirner village in Uran on Sunday. The police suspect that the bones could belong to a teenage girl.
View ArticleDoctor who helped mishap victims killed while crossing tracks
A 33-year-old city doctor was killed in a tragic railway accident while crossing the tracks between Belapur and Seawoods stations on the Harbour Line on Monday.
View ArticleTwo new cases of H1N1 detected in Vashi hospital
Two new cases of swine flu were detected in Vashi on Wednesday. A mother-daughter duo, Feroza Khan (49) and Naseem Khan (28), had been referred to the civic hospital by a private clinic in Belapur...
View ArticleStreetlights stay off as fog slows down traffic on roads
Dense fog has slowed down vehicular movement on all arterial roads that cut through the city, inconveniencing motorists and pedestrians, since Sunday
View ArticleDelhi win may spur AAP into contesting NMMC elections
The landmark win in the Delhi elections has encouraged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to throw their Gandhi hats into the ring for the forthcoming civic polls
View Article‘Lack of underpasses lead to increase in accidents’
There has been an increase in the number of fatal accidents on the 24.89-km Sion-Panvel highway in 2014 than the last two years.
View ArticleFlowers still top pick for couples on V-day
Come Valentine’s Day, and while teddies and toys may be tempting, flowers are what will always be in vogue
View Article550 huts torn down in Digha, Vashi in 24 hours
As many as 550 huts were torn down in the past 24 hours in two separate demolition drives.
View ArticleNo state ambulance for Panvel GRP yet
The emergency medical services of the state government is yet to cover the Panvel GRP
View ArticlePedestrians have a tough time crossing busy Vashi junction
The Vashi traffic unit has deployed two constables under the Vashi flyover on Sion-Panvel highway from Tuesday to attend to pedestrians
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