Dombivli SATIS project picks up pace, survey begins around railway station area | Mumbai News

Kalyan: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) have initiated a joint survey of the Dombivli railway station area as part of the Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme (SATIS) project.Sources said the proposed SATIS project will involve integrated utilisation of land parcels, including KDMC building, Ramnagar and Vishnunagar police stations,…

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Mumbai developer accuses former business partner of concealing prior sale of 19 flats in slum rehabilitation project and diverting funds; EOW files Rs 11.5 crore cheating case | Mumbai News

The Economic Offences Wing has registered a case of cheating, forgery and breach of trust against the accused Mumbai: A developer has accused his former business partner of cheating him of Rs 11.51 crore by allegedly concealing the prior sale of 19 flats in a slum rehabilitation project at Bandra East and diverting the sale…

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Months after Supreme Court orders a stop on hand-pulled rickshaws, it still continues to run atop Matheran hill station in Maharashtra | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: The practice of hand-rickshaw pulling continues atop the Matheran hill station three months after the expiry of the Supreme Court judgment abolishing the same. The apex court in its judgment on Aug 6, 2025, set a six-month deadline. Till today, 69 out of 94 licence owners are pulling the handcarts. Only 25 manual…

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Bengaluru airport edges past Mumbai in domestic passenger traffic, but MMR stays ahead | Mumbai News

Passengers move through Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, which surpassed Mumbai to become India’s second-busiest domestic airport in April, handling 3.28 million domestic passengers compared with Mumbai’s 2.89 million, according to Airports Authority of India data Mumbai: Bengaluru airport has overtaken Mumbai in domestic passenger traffic for April to emerge as India’s second-busiest domestic airport….

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Mumbai special court acquits driver in drugs case, citing procedural lapses | Mumbai News

The accused was arrested on Oct 20, 2022 Mumbai: Observing that in the absence of statutory safeguards, the possibility of tampering cannot be completely ruled out, a special court on Thursday acquitted a 37-year-old driver accused of possessing a commercial quantity of mephedrone. The special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court noted serious…

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17% increase in high-capacity dewatering pumps this year to prevent track flooding on Mumbai’s WR | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Western Railway has intensified its monsoon preparedness, recording a 17% increase in high-capacity dewatering pumps this year to prevent track flooding and minimize disruption to suburban and long-distance services. The network now has 126 high-capacity pumps — 22 more than last year — positioned to speed up water removal from vulnerable stretches during heavy…

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Safety inspection of Metro 5 Phase 1 soon, it may open by year-end | Mumbai News

Kalyan: Phase 1 of the Metro Line 5 corridor is progressing steadily towards the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) inspection stage, a key milestone before commissioning, even as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has expanded the project into one of the region’s largest metro corridors spanning 34.2 km across Thane, Bhiwandi, Kalyan…

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