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The minister said low-speed e-rickshaws should operate mainly on internal roads, feeder routes and connectivity corridors rather than arterial roads, highways and major traffic junctions Mumbai: In a push to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship and promote green mobility, state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik has directed officials to identify dedicated routes across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)…

Mumbai/Nagpur: Even as Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut visited Shri Ram Mandir in Nagpur’s Ramnagar on Tuesday and confirmed it will be the venue for the party’s July 18 Ram Raksha ‘andolan’ and the temple trust gave its nod to UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray to recite Ram Raksha on their premises, saying all devotees…

The Bombay High Court lamented the shrinking of green cover in Mumbai and surrounding areas Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday lamented the shrinking of green cover in Mumbai and surrounding areas, while hearing a petition by the state to fell 847 mangrove trees to lay a transmission line from Dahanu to Ambesari in…

The CCTV footage shows the leopard roaming around the area at night and after some time attacking a sleeping stray dog, who escaped before being hurt. Navi Mumbai: A leopard was sighted at Matheran’s Honeymoon Point on Monday night. The big cat was spotted on CCTV camera footage at a store, spreading panic among the…

The objective of the scheme, to be implemented from 2025-26 to 2030-31, is to strengthen local bodies to help them raise funds through loans, municipal bonds, PPP and private investment Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to set up an Urban Challenge Fund to provide financial aid for the execution of civic…

Mumbai: A part of Kala Ghoda precinct beautification project, with redesigned streets, improved lighting, open-air café seating and landscaped public spaces, was inaugurated by CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday morning. The first phase covers five roads in the area. Every Saturday and Sunday from 6 pm to midnight, these streets will be vehicle-free and open…

Mumbai: Bombay HC on Tuesday said BMC must remove all encroachments before seeking its permission to put up a gabion wall to stop encroachments on a pond in Charkop.Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad said they expect the BMC chief “to take a definite and firm stand”. “Let one corporation stand…

The approved proposal covers strategically located lands attached to MSRTC bus depots, bus stations, workshops, and warehouses across the state Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday cleared the proposal for MSRTC to redevelop nearly 1,485 hectares of its land through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, with a focus on generating sustainable revenue and improving the…

Thane: A fresh flashpoint threatens to break out between the Thane BJP and Shiv Sena with the BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Monday publicly opposing the proposed beautification of Kavesar Lake, saying he would not allow any concretisation of the ecologically sensitive water body.Kelkar’s stand puts him at odds with the local Shiv Sena unit,…

Mumbai: Bombay HC has held that a former ad hoc assistant professor of a Vidyavihar college was not entitled to maternity leave and consequential benefits under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, after expiry of the contract period.Justice Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe on Monday allowed a petition by K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce…