Thane Coastal Road work: Congress alleges damage to mangroves, flags ‘flood risk’ | Mumbai News

Congress called for an independent environmental assessment to evaluate the project’s impact on mangroves, biodiversity and natural watercourses Thane: Alleging large-scale land reclamation and displacement of mangroves and natural water channels in the Balkum-Thane creek area to facilitate construction of the Coastal Road extension project, Congress’s Thane unit warned of potential flooding during the monsoon.In…

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Bombay high court refuses pre-arrest bail to man who promised film role and ‘physically exploited’ woman | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The Bombay high court has refused pre-arrest bail to a 26-year-old man who allegedly physically exploited a 24-year-old woman by promising her a role in a film and later circulated her objectionable photographs and videos on social media.“Therefore, it appears that, since beginning, the applicant had ill-intention to misuse the photos/videos of the victim….

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150-acre private forest destroyed near Karnala Fort & Sanctuary area | Mumbai News

Then Panvel sub-divisional officer had passed the order without prior permission of the Union govt Navi Mumbai: In yet another dubious private forest land diversion, over 60 hectares (150 acres) has been deforested off the Karnala Fort under Bhadbhuvan (previously Sarsai) village, Uran, without prior permission of the Union govt.The then Panvel sub-divisional officer had…

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Company hired by CBSE for OSM was disqualified by Kannur University over ‘clean record’ declaration | Mumbai News

Pic used for representation purpose Mumbai: Coempt Eduteck, the company entrusted by the CBSE with handling one of the most sensitive links in the examination chain, the digitisation of answer sheets and their onscreen marking (OSM), was recently disqualified from a similar contract by Kannur University in Kerala over what the university termed the non-disclosure…

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