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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NCP (SP) seeks probe into plan for Rs 2,800cr TDR deal for Yeoor forest land | Mumbai News

Jitendra Awhad alleged that the disputed land at the foothills of Yeoor, long treated as forest land, was handed back to its private owner through manipulated transactions and administrative inaction Thane: A proposed Rs 2,800-crore TDR (transferable development rights) grant linked to a 193-acre land at Chitalsar-Manpada has triggered a political storm in Thane, with…

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Elderly pedestrian on his way to meet granddaughter hit by teenage motorcyclist in Mumbai, dies | Mumbai News

The motorcycle was mangled The victim, Radhakrishna K P Menon The motorcycle was mangled The victim, Radhakrishna K P Menon The motorcycle was mangled Mumbai: An 82-year-old pedestrian headed to meet his granddaughter on Sunday lost his life after a teenage motorcyclist rammed into him on Lokhandwala Back Road in Andheri West. Versova police registered…

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Thane Municipal Corporation’s first CBSE school to open in Kharegaon from June 8 | Mumbai News

Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao announced the launch of TMC’s first CBSE school at Kharegaon, scheduled to begin classes from June 8 Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation is all set to operate its first CBSE-affiliated school at Kharegaon starting June 8, Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao announced on Tuesday following a review of the campus.The school will…

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Six Months After Rs 5.4 Crore Siddheshwar Express Gold Heist, Kalyan GRP Arrests Four and Recovers Gold Worth Rs 1.62 Crore | Mumbai News

Fourth arrest in Dhule murder case Kalyan: Nearly six months after gold ornaments worth Rs 5.4 crore were stolen from the moving Siddheshwar Express, the Crime Branch unit of the Government Railway Police (GRP) cracked the case, arrested four members of an alleged interstate theft gang and recovered gold worth Rs 1.62 crore.The theft came…

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Mumbai court grants bail to BMC ward officer arrested on charges of rape | Mumbai News

The sessions court granted bail to assistant municipal commissioner Nitin Shukla on Tuesday Mumbai: A sessions court on Tuesday granted bail to BMC’s assistant municipal commissioner Nitin Chandrapratap Shukla, who was arrested on the complaint of alleged sexual assault on the false promise of marriage.On April 27, Parksite police arrested Shukla on the complaint of…

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