Thane Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao chaired a meeting with members of the citizens’ group Wake Up Thanekar and representatives of Amazon Data Services India to discuss objections to the proposed data centre at Balkum on Thursday Thane: Thane municipal commissioner Saurabh Rao on Thursday referred residents’ objections to the proposed Amazon data centre at Balkum…
A new NITI Aayog report recommends faster approvals and simpler rules to speed up hotel projects and tourism growth (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) MUMBAI: Setting up a hotel in India takes 36 to 48 months from approval to commissioning, up to three times longer than the 12 to 18 months required in competing…
Mumbai City collector suspended The Ghetto Restaurant and Bar’s liquor license for 15 days. MUMBAI: In a major crackdown on violations by commercial establishments in South Mumbai, the office of the collector (state excise), Mumbai City, has suspended the FL-3 liquor licence of the popular ‘The Ghetto Restaurant and Bar’ located at Mahalaxmi for a…
MUMBAI: In the wake of Wednesday’s car fire inside the northbound tunnel of the Mumbai Coastal Road, the BMC has reiterated the emergency safety protocol that motorists must follow in the event of an incident inside the tunnel. The civic body said the tunnel is equipped with multiple safety systems, including emergency telephones, a public…
Eight-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after a motorcyclist hit her. Mumbai: An eight-year-old schoolgirl suffered serious injuries after being hit by a motorcyclist riding in the wrong direction at Jogeshwari West on Wednesday. Amboli police has registered a case against an unknown person for rash driving.Around 9.40 am on July 15, Reva Pawar, 8, was…
Mumbai: RCF police have filed an FIR against the managements of three unauthorised schools in Chembur for allegedly continuing to operate despite repeated closure notices issued by BMC’s education department. As per a complaint by Muhammad Shah, the divisional inspector (schools), private primary schools department, BMC, the education department conducted a survey and found 164…
A booth level officer (BLOs) visits a slum with forms for voters as part of the special intensive revision in Karad, Maharashtra, on Wednesday. Mumbai: With the special intensive revision (SIR) being conducted in Maharashtra till July 30, the state’s chief electoral officer S Chockalingam has said that people should not worry if they do…
Navi Mumbai International Airport formally launched its overseas operations on Wednesday Abu Dhabi: At 2.55am (IST) Wednesday, Air India Express flight IX 207 to Abu Dhabi lifted off from Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), becoming the first international commercial flight to depart from the city’s long-awaited second airport and formally launching its overseas operations.The historic…
Navi Mumbai International Airport formally launched its overseas operations on Wednesday Mumbai: Mumbai’s long-standing disadvantage in international air connectivity compared with Delhi is expected to ease with the opening of Navi Mumbai International Airport’s international terminal, although industry executives say that a meaningful expansion of overseas routes will take time.While Delhi offers direct flights to…
In her complaint, the principal had accused the trustee of subjecting her to physical, mental, and sexual harassment Mumbai: Observing that the police had filed the closure report without properly examining the sexual harassment allegations made by the principal against a trustee of a city-based school and junior college, a magistrate’s court has dismissed the…
