NGO volunteers clean up city roads, footpaths in Navi Mumbai
While the civic administration is desperately struggling to clean up roads, footpaths and by-lanes, volunteers of Dr Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratisthan (NDP) made the task possible in a single session...
View ArticleNMMC plans to go digital soon
The year-old vision of the civic body to cut down on the use of papers , is gaining momentum.
View ArticleEmployee union slams NMMT for ‘pitiful buses’
An employee union has threatened to protest against the poor condition of Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) buses.
View ArticleNo leads yet in Rs 28 lakh theft at Uran police station
The police remain clueless about burglars who broke into the store room on the premises of Uran police station and took away Rs 28.5 lakh late on Thursday night.
View ArticleAfter rejection by hospitals, Navi Mumbai doctors perform unique cataract...
A 70-year-old man, Gangji Nagda, was told by doctors that he had a cataract in his eyes. Unlike other seniors, the solution wasn’t as simple as implanting a lens
View ArticleNMMT to hike bus fares by Rs2 from Saturday
A hike in the fares of air-conditioned and general buses is likely, according to sources in Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT)
View ArticleRemove bin from outside our hsg soc: Vashi residents
A garbage bin near Premsagar society in sector 29, Vashi, which has become a dumping ground, has angered residents
View ArticleTrees pruned, cables replaced as MSEDCL prepares for rains in Navi Mumbai
Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has started maintenance work on distribution panel (DP) boxes, feeders, transformers
View ArticleBoundary walls choke mangroves at wetlands in Airoli, Mansarovar
Despite raising a lot of awareness about the wetlands, mangroves are being slowly choked to death by building cemented walls around them, say activists
View ArticleBoundary walls choke mangroves in wetlands of Airoli, Mansarovar
Despite raising a lot of awareness about the wetlands, mangroves are being slowly choked to death by building cemented walls around them, say activists
View ArticleLocals encroach Gaondevi maidan in Juhugaon
The only playground in sector 11, Juhugaon, Gaondevi maidan, has been occupied by construction materials and private vehicles, leaving little space for children to play during their summer vacations
View ArticleJarhad’s clean message from dirty drains
On Monday afternoon, municipal commissioner A L Jarhad checked nearly 90% of the drains in Belapur and Nerul areas by getting inside many of these gutters in his corporate work clothes, in order to...
View ArticleNMMC clears waste dumped around Vashi’s Mini Seashore
The civic solid waste management division has started collecting the garbage around Vashi’s Mini Seashore on a daily basis. The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) officials have also allotted...
View ArticleFour cops grilled in Uran police station theft case
Four local cops have been questioned, apart from the usual suspects, in the theft case at the Uran police station complex. A week ago, unknown thieves had broken into the strongroom in the old...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists worried over trees being hacked on S-P h’way
Full-grown trees getting hacked on the Sion-Panvel highway, as part of road-widening project undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD), has not gone down well with environmentalists and activists
View ArticleSanpada cop with innovative mic gets a thumbs-up from department
A city cop, who was not very pleased with the public address communication system on his patrol van, did some tinkering with the loudspeaker to come up with a wireless mic
View ArticleLive wire turns death trap for 2-year-old girl from Navi Mumbai
A two-year-old girl was electrocuted in Sanpada, when she came in contact with a live wire on the ground
View Article3 illegal structures built on Kharghar Cidco plots, locals say neta influence...
A Kharghar-based charitable trust has allegedly encroached on City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) land near the Kharghar foothills, about 2km away from Utsav Chowk
View ArticleAiroli station victim’s father gets Rs3 lakh compensation
The father of Shabaz Khan (14), the boy who died due to electrocution at Airoli railway station on April 29 after accidentally touching a live wire box, was handed a cheque of Rs 3 lakh as compensation...
View ArticleNo more auto menace near Vashi station: Cops
The traffic police department has assured citizens that there will be no more haphazardly-parked autorickshaws outside Vashi station. The department has stationed cops to monitor the situation.
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