Fruit, flower show off to a sluggish start
It's the perfect season to showcase the best in flora and fauna, and the ongoing fruit, flower and vegetable show, organized by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), has managed to put together...
View ArticleBrick kilns, sand mining mock green ban
Environmentalists are worried about the growing number of brick kilns in and around the green mangrove belt in Kharghar and Kamothe nodes.They said some of them have even started encroaching on forest...
View ArticleNavi Mumbai to get cheap plots to build places of worship
Cidco managing director Sanjay Bhatia announced this while addressing a janata darbar (public meeting) organized by Thane guardian minister Ganesh Naik on Thursday at Vishnudas Bhave auditorium in Vashi.
View ArticleNavi Mumbai man wins bodybuilding contest
City man Murali Kumar outmuscled his competition and won the state-level annual bodybuilding competition held at Vishnudas Bhave auditorium on Thursday.
View ArticleJanata darbar traffic chaos clogs main road at peak hours
Blatant violations of parking norms by senior government officers and corporators led to a traffic mess on the main Vashi road on Thursday evening, while also clogging the internal roads.
View ArticleNo change in property tax
The general body approved NMMC's proposal of not hiking property tax for 2014-15.
View ArticleFour held for kidnapping Nerul man
The Vashi police have arrested four accused for allegedly abducting a businessman and demanding a ransom of Rs 20 lakh for releasing him.
View ArticleLaptop, phones stolen from parked cars parked outside mosque
A laptop, five phones and other gadgets worth Rs2.5 lakh were stolen from three parked cars outside a Koparkhairane mosque on Friday.The owners were inside offering prayers, police said.
View Article161 phones stolen from 2 Panvel shops
Senior inspector Datta Patil said, "The modus operandi is similar to the one used to target the mobile cafes in Koparkhairane and Bandra." .
View ArticleGun used in kidnap a cigarette lighter
The five abductors arrested by Vashi police had threatened their victim, a Nerul businessman, with a fake revolver, which was actually a cigarette lighter.
View ArticleEco-friendly garden in Airoli open to residents from today
Thane guardian minister Ganesh Naik will inaugurate the satellite city's first eco-friendly jogging track-cum-garden in sector 15, Airoli on Sunday, after which it will be thrown open for the citizens.
View ArticleNMMC to auction defunct vehicles
Defunct vehicles of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) lying at the dumping yards and the headquarters, and the ones that have clocked over 2 lakh km, will soon be auctioned off as scrap.
View ArticleToxic-free: Cancer patients get fresh greens grown organically
The group launched the organic farming initiative within the Tata Cancer Memorial Hospital complex in Kharghar a year ago.
View ArticleHi-tech survey of airport lands, soon
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) will spend around Rs 60 crore to conduct a topographic survey for the land under Navi Mumbai Airport Influenced Notified Area (Naina) plan and...
View ArticlePower bill in crores, despite RTI
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has allegedly failed to study the seasonal patterns of sunlight, while operating solar-powered streetlights.
View ArticlePMC fire dept functions without proper building
The Panvel Municipal Council (PMC), which is touted as the oldest civic body in the state, has a fire mechanism in place, but not a fire station.
View Article1 year on, CCTVs yet to be installed in Taloja jail
According to assistant police commissioner (Panvel division) S Suryavanshi, the CCTV cameras, meant for installing in the jail premises and barracks, have been provided to the prison administration...
View ArticleLPG cylinders costlier in Turbhe Store in Turbhe area
is only in Turbhe Store, Indira Nagar and Pawane where a majority of the consumers stay on rent and do not inform the agency about their change of address.
View Article'Credit card fraud kingpin sends police on wild-goose chase'
The police are yet to nab the kingpin of the gang that made transactions of nearly 2 lakh after cloning the expired credit card of a top Reliance Industries executive.
View ArticleTeens swim from Vashi to Gateway
Four teenaged swimmers from the city ventured out on Sunday morning to accomplish a challenging task of crossing 25.7 km through from Vashi to Gateway of India.
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