Developers, industries consider tankers, recycling options amid water supply curbs | Mumbai News

Pic used for representation purpose Mumbai: As Mumbai tightens water supplies, developers and industrial users are recalibrating operations, bracing for higher costs, greater reliance on tankers and possible project delays even as they accelerate investment in water recycling and reuse.The BMC suspended water supply to construction sites and imposed a 20% cut on industrial and…

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Havan inside office on Mumbai University’s Kalina campus sparks controvery | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The director of Mumbai University’s Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE), Shivaji Sargar, has sparked a controversy after conducting a Satyanarayan puja and havan in his office on the Kalina campus last week, raising questions about administrative priorities amid ongoing student grievances.Activists from Maharashtra Navnirman Vidyarthi Sena (MNVS), under Amit Thackeray, have criticised…

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Civil rights groups petition Bombay High Court, challenge constitutional validity of Maharashtra Special Public Safety Act | Mumbai News

The petition was filed on Tuesday by the People’s Union of Civil Liberties and the Forum Against Oppression of Women Mumbai: Civil rights activist groups on Tuesday moved Bombay high court challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Safety Act (MSPSA) enacted last year to control “the menace of naxalism”.The petition by the…

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Maharashtra to withdraw 44 cases linked to political & social agitations and festivals | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The cabinet sub-committee has decided to withdraw 44 cases registered in connection with various festivals, and political and social agitations in the state and has recommended the same to the government, committee chairperson and cultural affairs minister Ashish Shelar said on Wednesday. The cases withdrawn include those related to the cow protection movement, labour…

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