Mumbai: The Dharavi Redevelopment Project is set to resonate in the forthcoming BMC elections, with residents of Kurla and Mulund firm on opposing the relocation of Dharavi residents to their neighbourhood.Kiran Pailwan, founder of a group named Lokchalwal which is opposing the relocation from Dharavi to Kurla Dairy land, said they are now preparing to…
Kapil Wadhwan and Dheeraj Wadhwan MUMBAI: Dheeraj Wadhawan, the former DHFL promoter arrested in 2020 in a Rs 34,000-crore money laundering case, held multiple meetings with bookie Deepak Kapoor and controversial businessman Ajay Nawandar, while receiving treatment in a posh hospital under judicial custody, in a bid to sell two paintings worth Rs 31 crore…
Mumbai: Dharavi is not only a melting pot of various religions but of multiple cottage industries.The settlement likely came up in 1884 when the British moved tanneries and “polluting units” outside the main city limits. Tamilians were the first to arrive here after the original Koli inhabitants and the potters of Kumbharwada. Today natives of…
MUMBAI: Nature lovers and activists have expressed deep shock at the passing away of the veteran naturalist, author and the BirdMan, Sunjoy Monga (63), on Wednesday, leaving behind his beloved City Forest, as he used to call the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, one of his favourite birding haunts.Monga was the first green activist to lament…
Mumbai: The population of Dharavi will be 4.9 lakh after the implementation of the redevelopment plan, according to a presentation made to the CM this week. Given that current population estimates of the slum sprawl vary widely from 7 lakh to a million, the area is expected to see significant decongestion within a decade.Providing a…
MUMBAI: A minor fight between drivers of two aggregator cabs snowballed into a dangerous stunt as one driver jumped onto the bonnet of the other’s cab at the domestic terminal of the city airport Wednesday midnight.To avoid being attacked, the driver who was in the cab, Bhimprasad Mahanto (34), accelerated while with the other, Justin…
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has successfully deported Naveen Chickar, a key figure in a transnational drug trafficking ring, from Malaysia. MUMBAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the deportation of a kingpin, Naveen Chickar, behind the transnational drug trafficking syndicate from Malaysia with the help of the Intelligence Bureau and Interpol. Chickar is…
MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, arrested two directors of an import firm for their alleged involvement in the gross undervaluation of luxury furniture imports amounting to Rs 60 crore and evasion of various duties worth over Rs 20 crore. The DRI arrested Rizwan Iqbal Chunawala (49), the proprietor of Design Decode, and…
VASAI: The Municipal Commissioner and Administrator of Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) transferred 19 staff working in the Town Planning department of the VVCMC. Most of the employees (both contractual and staff) have been working in the town planning department for more than 3 years, which was objected to by the Congress leader from…
A 39-year-old man from Solapur, identified as Ajit Maidagi, was detained by Mumbai police after he threatened to immolate himself outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ residence, Varsha. NEW DELHI: Police detained a 39-year-old man for threatening to immolate himself outside Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ official residence, Varsha, in South Mumbai on Wednesday. The…
