“We can hear the sound of revelry but don’t need to look out for Pandavkada...
Much before the golf course at Kharghar was constructed, the residents of Damole village served as the watchful eyes of the nearby Pandavkada waterfall, especially during the monsoon. However, now with...
View ArticleEco-friendly Ganesh idols top priority list
To do their bit for the environment, several housing societies, families and mandals are opting for eco-friendly idols of Lord Ganesha
View Article‘Bunty & Babli’ break into Vashi house, flee with Rs 5,000
In a plot straight out of Bollywood blockbuster Bunty Aur Babli, a young boy and a girl broke open a house in Vashi, stole Rs 5,000 and fled in a radio taxi waiting for them.
View Article7 students injured as jeep rams into school bus in Navi Mumbai
Seven students suffered minor injuries when a goods carrier jeep rammed into their school bus on Wednesday morning.
View ArticleFormer Maharashtra minister Mohan Patil passes away
Senior leader of Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) and former state minister, Mohan Patil, who was five times MLA from Pen in Raigad district, passed away on Thursday.
View ArticleSure-footed Navi Mumbai girl to be feted by HRD mininstry
Fifteen-year-old Sejal Nakhwa is on cloud nine. The class X student of Ryan International School of Sanpada has reason to celebrate.
View Article‘Bunty and Babli’ arrested within 24 hrs of theft
A young boy and a girl, who had broken into a flat in Shree Duttagurunagar Housing Society in sector 15, Vashi, on Wednesday have been nabbed within 24 hours.
View ArticleJeweller, externed criminal held with stolen gold, cash worth Rs 5 lakh
A 28-year-old externed criminal, Gorakh Baburao Mhatre, was nabbed while loitering suspiciously in a residential area near Sanpada crematorium on July 7.
View ArticleBank scam-tainted ex-RBI man faces arrest as SC rejects bail
Raigad district police is set to arrest a retired deputy general manager of Reserve Bank of India, Abdul Bari Khan, in the Rs 650-crore bank scam of Pen Urban Co-operative Bank.
View ArticleEx-deputy sarpanch killed for harassment
Four engineers, Ajinkya Pandav, Parag Patil, Mitesh Mohokar and Sameet Mhatre were arrested for the murder of Shridhar Patil, a former deputy sarpanch of Shivansai village in Panvel on Thursday.
View ArticleVashi, Belapur station bldgs are weak: Audit
Twenty years ago, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) and Central Railway (CR) had embarked on a joint exercise to share costs and develop the suburban railway network in the city.
View ArticleCidco scouts for a bank to aid LIG, EWS housing
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) is scouting for a “friendly” bank that will extend help to applicants for the ambitious Swapnapurti housing project, for the economically weaker...
View ArticleSoon, breathe clean air around crematorium
The civic engineering department invited a tender for an air pollution control system chimney at the Teen Taki crematorium in Koparkhairane on Wednesday
View ArticleGreens to plant saplings for wetland protection in Navi Mumbai on Saturday
The Navi Mumbai Environment Preservation Society (NMEPS), along with the state forest department, will hold a mangroves plantation drive as part of International Mangrove Action Day on Saturday
View ArticleNMMC, activists to ask residents to scoop their pet’s poop
The civic body, along with Navi Mumbai Animal Protection Cell (NMAPC), will soon distribute 5,000 pamphlets to urge pet owners to clean up public places where their pets defecate. The drive, ‘Scoop...
View ArticleWaterlogging, illegal parking plaints keeps Cidco on toes
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) helpline, which was started on June 16 for reporting rain-related woes, has turned out to be a redressal forum for civic problems
View ArticleSmart NMMT buses to hit the road within next six months
Within the next six months, travel within the city is set to get comfortable and smart
View ArticleTraffic signal jumping soars to a new high
There has been a whopping 65% jump in the number of signal cutting offences in just three traffic units (Vashi, Kalamboli, Rabale) in the first half of this year compared to last. Also, there has been...
View Article'Other' traffic offences in Navi Mumbai go up by over 52%
‘Other offences’ category under traffic violations account for a major chunk of the revenue generated from fines. These offences, too, are on the rise by over 52%, compared to last year
View ArticleGastro cases rise, docs issue health warning
With 70 to 80 cases of gastroenteritis registered at each major city hospital in two months, doctors warn against bad eating habits that could lead to this stomach flu
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