Mumbai: Agricultural marketing and protocol minister Jaykumar Rawal has sought Asian Development Bank support for APMC market modernisation and the state’s Maharashtra Agribusiness Network (MAGNET) project during his visit to Manila in the Philippines.Rawal participated in the ‘Asia and the Pacific Food Systems Forum 2026′ held at the ADB headquarters this week. Rawal presented the…
Mumbai: The BMC plans to appoint a third-party agency to carry out checks on the sensor-based AQI monitors installed at construction sites across the city. Aspects like location of the sensors will be examined and calibration of the monitors at the sites will be carried out by the agency.Meanwhile, the civic body has issued show…
Bhiwandi: A major fire broke out in the Kasheli area of Bhiwandi on Thursday morning, gutting several furniture warehouses in what is known as the largest and most affordable furniture market in Thane district. The blaze, which reportedly started in a single godown at the Chamunda Complex, quickly spread to nearby units due to the…
Mumbai: The presence of mind shown by a resident stopped a man from kidnapping two minor girls from a housing society in Vikhroli.Mohammad Zakaria Qamar Naeem Shamsi (21), who helped police arrest Suraj Prasad Banwasi, told police that on Wednesday at around 9 pm, he noticed an unknown man holding the hand of a 7-year-old…
Mumbai: After four heatwave days in less than a fortnight this month, Mumbai, Thane and Palghar will likely see light rain/thundershowers on Thursday. IMD had forecast similar conditions on Wednesday too, but no rain was recorded.Some experts said while Mumbai is unlikely to see significant thunderstorms, MMR has the best chance of scattered light showers…
Why a flashing light on Mumbai mayor Ritu Tawde’s car sparked debate again (Representative AI image) For nearly a decade, India believed it had ended one of the most visible symbols of political privilege — the red beacon light. The decision in 2017 to ban “lal batti” vehicles was presented as a cultural shift, not…
Fire breaks out at furniture market in Bhiwandi (Picture credit: ANI) BHIWANDI: A fire broke out at a furniture market in the Chamunda Complex in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, on Thursday, officials said. The incident occurred around 11.30am, following which fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the blaze. No injuries have been reported so far….
NAVI MUMBAI: Three students of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) were killed after the SUV in which they were travelling along the Mumbai-Pune expressway while returning from Khandala after watching sunrise to reach IIT-B campus at Powai overturned after losing control reportedly while overtaking a truck ahead near Panvel exit on Thursday around 9.30 am….
The project is to come up behind this hill MUMBAI: Junior urban development minister Madhuri Misal admitted in the assembly that there was an irregularity in BMC’s agreement for a housing project planned in Malad (E) for project-affected persons (PAPs) as the civic body had not mentioned any date for starting the project but all…
Navi Mumbai: Chunks of cement-concrete fell off Adoshi tunnel’s roof and sides on buses and cars on the Mumbai-bound carriageway of Mumbai-Pune expressway on Tuesday. No one was injured but a few vehicles were damaged. Traffic on the carriage was disrupted for over an hour and the congestion stretched for a few kilometres.Workers of the…
