Mumbai: With nearly 1,500 people inside Aaykar Bhavan on Monday afternoon when a fire broke out in its basement, the presence of floor marshals, staff awareness of emergency exits and a coordinated evacuation helped prevent panic and a possible stampede, ensuring that no injuries were reported, said Mumbai fire brigade officials who were involved in…
Over 8,000 use Bandra’s Neville D’Souza Football Ground, says the fraternity Mumbai: BMC’s general body led by BJP-Shiv Sena on Tuesday approved a proposal to change the reservation of the Neville D’Souza Football Ground at Bandra Reclamation from a playground to a convention and exhibition centre even though it told Bombay HC last week that…
Sindhudurg, with its pristine coastline, beaches, forts, forests, waterways, rich culture and proximity to Goa, has immense potential to emerge as one of India’s leading leisure tourism destinations, says minister Nitesh Rane Mumbai: In a major boost for tourism in the Konkan, a tripartite agreement for setting up a Taj hotel at Shiroda–Velaghar in Sindhudurg…
The opposition alleged that private entities were running clubs and restaurants on BMC properties Mumbai: Former mayor Kishori Pednekar from Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday accused the BMC administration of “privatising” civic properties under the guise of public-private partnerships (PPP), alleging that open plots, schools, gardens, playgrounds and municipal markets were being handed over to…
The policy was put on hold in 2016 by CM Devendra Fadnavis following an uproar over allowing private players to adopt open spaces Mumbai: Another day, another open space staring at disappearance. In recent weeks, BMC has steamrolled through objections from resident groups, citizen forums, activists and even MLAs from governing parties to either change…
MMRDA has rejected allegations of wrongdoing. It said that the recruitment examination was conducted through a government-approved agency and that normalisation and evaluation were carried out as per the prescribed methodology Mumbai: A candidate who scored just 7.5 out of 100 in the BMC’s junior engineer recruitment examination and 80 out of 200 in CIDCO’s…
The TMC general body approved a 12% hike in property tax for residential properties and 20% for non-residential properties, along with a new property transfer fee linked to the government-approved market value of authorised properties Thane: Thane residents are set to face financial blow after the civic general body approved a 12% hike in property…
Mumbai: As many as 2 crore voters – a fifth of the 9.8 crore electors in the state – will not be included in the draft list of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state because their enumeration forms were uncollectable, which deemed them ineligible. The final data on enumeration forms collected in SIR’s…
Pant Nagar police are investigating the complaint filed by Rajendra Vallal (63), a tailor from Nalasopara, alleging that his daughter, Sapna Ganji (35), was subjected to mental and physical harassment by her husband Pramod, father-in-law Bhikshapati, mother-in-law Dhanalakshmi and other family members since a few years after her marriage in May 2013 Mumbai: The police…
Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC), Worli Unit, arrested a suspected drug trafficker and seized 10 kg of charas worth Rs 10 crore near Bandra Terminus in Bandra (East) on Monday.Acting on specific intelligence, between 2.20 pm and 5.00 pm, ANC officials conducted a search operation in Mumbai that led to the detention of Santosh Sav…
