A JCB excavator demolishes an unauthorised structure during an enforcement drive, clearing debris at the site in a news-style scene. Mumbai: BMC on Saturday demolished around 250 unauthorised structures in the Fukat Nagar and Milind Nagar areas of Powai as part of a joint anti-encroachment drive carried out by the S ward office and the…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted interim protection from arrest to a company’s ex-employee who filed a petition in 2024, seeking investigation into alleged financial fraud in structural repairs to Vashi railway station. He also sought action against the company’s chief managing director.Justice Sandesh Patil on May 19 granted interim relief to Shrikant Patil,…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Saturday attacked the state govt over the Pune hooch tragedy, alleging that the Home Department was being run by a “havaldar”, and said the police department was unable to effectively combat illegal activities.He demanded the appointment of a full-time Home Minister and held the govt responsible for the…
Baramatri bus stand first among A category stands Mumbai: Baramati bus stand in Pune division, which has put into practice the concepts of cleanliness, discipline and tidiness, has secured first rank among ‘A’ category bus stands in the state and has won a prize of Rs 1 crore under the ‘Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Swachh, Sundar…
Kalyan District Congress president Navin Singh riding a horse KALYAN: In a unique protest against rising fuel prices and inflation, the Kalyan District Congress took out a demonstration highlighting the increasing burden of rising costs on common citizens. The protest was led by District Congress president Navin Singh, who rode a horse from Kalyan railway…
Mhada’s pre-monsoon survey has identified 82 highly dangerous old buildings in Mumbai’s island city (Representative image) MUMBAI: Mhada’s annual pre-monsoon survey of old and dilapidated cessed buildings in the island city has identified 82 buildings as highly dangerous. These include 43 structures from the previous year’s list.Mhada’s Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board identified these…
A BLO with locals during the exercise in Nagpada MUMBAI: There is no election on the horizon. No rallies. No slogans blaring from autorickshaws. Yet across the city, political party workers are moving through narrow lanes, climbing staircases in ageing housing societies and knocking on doors with unusual urgency, trying to ensure that voters do…
Former chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde had inaugurated the park in 1990 MUMBAI: The sea breeze was familiar, the walking track unchanged in spirit, but Friday morning at Bandra’s iconic Joggers Park carried an unusual sense of nostalgia.36 years after inaugurating the park, former Maharashtra chief minister and veteran politician Sushilkumar Shinde returned to the same…
Mumbai: A three-phase rooftop solar project at ACTREC, the Tata Memorial Centre’s cancer research and treatment facility in Navi Mumbai, has been completed. Implemented by the Centre for Environmental Research and Education in partnership with BNP Paribas India, the solar project is expected to save over Rs 37 crore in electricity costs; it will generate…
MUMBAI: A Maharashtra govt committee formed in Feb to suggest ways to make Mumbai’s gymkhanas and clubs more accessible to citizens has found several gymkhanas violated the conditions of their lease.The panel, led by Konkan divisional commissioner Rubal Agarwal, met on Friday to review reports of inspections carried out at all gymkhanas and clubs on…
