Mumbai: Mango and cashew farmers from Konkan, backed by farmer leader Raju Shetti and the opposition, staged a protest and demanded compensation worth Rs 5 lakh per hectare for damage to crops by unseasonal rain. The current compensation is Rs 22,000 per hectare.The protesters originally meant to march from Girgaum Chowpatty to the CM’s residence—Varsha—but…
Thane: A 52-year-old man is feared to have drowned in the Mithbunder creek, two days after he went missing after leaving his footwear on the banks, officials informed.According to Yasin Tadvi, in-charge at the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Kopri resident Datta Shinalkar left home Wednesday morning, but as he remained unreachable till the next day,…
Mumbai: In a major administrative restructuring exercise aimed at improving efficiency and reducing operational costs, the commerce and industry ministry plans to merge 20 offices housing 12 organisations across Mumbai into a single integrated campus, a template which may be repeated in other parts of the country.Addressing a press conference, commerce and industry minister Piyush…
Mumbai: Housing societies across Mumbai have been urged by the BMC to take responsibility for watering trees within private premises as soaring temperatures continue to impact the city’s green cover. Simultaneously, the civic body’s Solid Waste Management department has begun watering roadside trees through tankers during road-cleaning drives in several parts of the city. Civic…
Mumbai: The BMC has warned of stringent action, including registration of criminal cases, against individuals found illegally attaching electric motor pumps to water mains or direct tap connections to draw excess water during the ongoing 10% water cut across the city. The water cut has come into effect from Friday, as part of a move…
HC said the daughters’ careers should not be hampered because of their father’s absence Mumbai: Bombay high court has released a road rage assault accused on bail for 11 days so that he can guide his daughters on taking a decision regarding their academic careers.“The twin daughters, who are at a crucial juncture of their…
Two people were killed in the accident Palghar: Two persons were killed and one sustained serious injuries after a van transporting 20 silver plates worth crores crashed into the divider and collided with an incoming trailer near Charoti bridge in Kasa on Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway on Friday morning.According to Kasa police, the accident occurred around…
Under the new arrangement, CR will handle pre-monsoon works and routine station maintenance and will issue a written commitment next week Thane: Central Railway (CR) will take over operations and maintenance of all Cidco-managed railway stations on Harbour and Trans-Harbour lines in Navi Mumbai within the next six months, Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske announced…
Mumbai: Nearly five days after a tree crash in Khar left a young woman and a teenaged girl critically injured, doctors at PD Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre on Thursday said the condition of 15-year-old Aarika Srivasta remained extremely critical with absent higher brain and brain-stem functions.In a medical update issued by the hospital,…
BMC is set to auction a 5,166 sq m plot in Worli that houses its Municipal Testing Laboratory Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai: The BMC has received only two bids for the auction of its Municipal Testing Laboratory (MTL) plot in Worli. The BMC had last month floated a tender to auction the prime Worli plot for ‘commercial exploitation’….
