Repairs at D’Mart Circle forces detour
Road concretization work being carried out at R F Naik Chowk in Koparkhairane, which is popularly known as D’Mart Circle, is causing problems for motorists
View ArticleFIR against city school for ‘high capitation fees’
A parent, Mahesh Hankare, has lodged a complaint with the Rabale police against VPM's International School in Airoli, for charging exorbitant capitation fees. Hankare has alleged that the school...
View ArticleTrees hacked to make way for garden in Nerul
Rampant hacking of trees at sector 19A in Nerul has reduced a thickly forested region into an open ground, where a public garden is being planned
View ArticleLandslide on Mumbai-Pune expressway, rains in Raigad
Various parts of Raigad district witnessed unseasonal rains and hail on Wednesday afternoon, which also partially affected the Mumbai-Pune expressway due to a landslide.
View ArticleNavi Mumbai residents shun online system, still queue up for tax payments
It has been five years since the civic body launched the online payment facility system for property and water taxes but the response continues to be lukewarm. Officials from the IT department estimate...
View ArticleTwo teens held for stealing gold from Vashi house
Two thieves, who broke into a Vashi house on Sunday to steal gold ornaments and cut the CCTV cameras, were arrested on Wednesday
View ArticleNimbu paani quenches thirst, but prices leave a bitter after-taste in Navi...
Juice sellers in Navi Mumbai are raking in hundreds of rupees every day selling nimbu paani, despite the lemons being priced at almost Rs 4 a piece in the retail market
View ArticleResidents demand cops, signal to man busy crossing in Vashi
A crossing over a nullah in Vashi’s sector 29 where an internal road meets the Palm Beach Road, urgently needs either a traffic signal or deployment of cops
View ArticleRabale MIDC police station moved to ease road widening work
The police station in Rabale MIDC, which was inaugurated last year and stood in the way of the road widening project, is being moved to Rabale police station on Thane-Belapur (T-B) road
View ArticleNo-parking zones in Vashi may soon be real
The model code of conduct, enforced in the first week of April, prevented the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) from tendering the work of no-parking signages
View Article12-year-old Nerul boy cycles 114km in 7 hours at Mumbai event
Hamraaz Singh Khurana, a 12-year-old resident of Nerul never expected that he would make his debut in a cycling contest where the other contestants were much senior to him.
View ArticleSarpanch’s son attacked inside panchayat office in Kamothe, hospitalized
Just a day after the gram panchayat of Kamothe decided to set up 50 CCTV cameras to curb crimes, the son of the village sarpanch was injured in a serious attack on Wednesday
View Article95-year-old Navi Mumbai man walks a day after bipolar hip replacement surgery
Ramesh Chandra Sarkar fell last month, his son Ashok wondered if his father would ever walk again. He took his father, who was in tremendous pain, to a local clinic for a hip x-ray. The doctors said...
View ArticleTraining on fuel-efficient driving helps NMMT reduce costs by 9%
The cash-strapped Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) has been able to cut fuel costs, thanks to a training programme on better driving and fuel efficiency methods for drivers
View ArticleZilla Parishad plans to upgrade 100 schools
The Thane Zilla Parishad (ZP) has requested the state to upgrade over 100 schools in the district
View ArticleNavi Mumbai civic chief to check pre-monsoon works
Civic commissioner Abasaheb Jarhad has announced that he will inspect the pre-monsoon work going on in various nodes from Monday to ensure that residents don’t face any hardship
View ArticleNMMC takes book route to tackle disasters
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has started collating data for its disaster management books meant to be referred to in times of emergency. The two books, that are published prior to the...
View ArticleCycle, run to quit smoking & stay fit
A group of Navi Mumbaikars have come up with a quit smoking campaign to inspire the citizens to turn away from this nasty habit. The group, under the banner of ‘Take a breath of fresh air’ (Tabofa)...
View ArticleEnsure basic amenities at bus depots: Sagar Naik
Lack of basic amenities at major depots such as Vashi, Koparkhairane and Airoli have drawn the attention of mayor Sagar Naik and Airoli MLA Sandeep Naik. They recently visited depots to take stock of...
View ArticleDefunct luggage scanner functional again at Panvel station
The railway authorities have reactivated the bag scanner at Panvel station
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