MUMBAI: In a lane off Linking Road in Santacruz West, at the junction of Tagore Road and North Avenue, the top floors of an under-construction residential tower are quickly coming up. “We expect the occupation certificate by mid-2026,’’ Shaival Gandhi, a resident of Pearl Queen, told this correspondent on a recent Wednesday evening during a…
Thane: Thane activists and elected representatives have criticised the state agencies for pursuing the highway widening plans and the apparent lack of coordination while undertaking multiple infrastructure works on the Ghodbunder highway stretch, which they claim has resulted in the deaths of several innocent motorists.NCP–Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad warned that removing and merging…
Thane: The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal (MACT) awarded Rs 40 lakh in compensation to the family of a 38-year-old plumber who died after being hit by a speeding Innova on the Mumbai–Nashik Highway in 2018. The order was passed by MACT member K P Shrikhande. According to the case record, the victim was standing on…
Mumbai: When 34-year-old Sia started receiving sexually explicit messages from multiple numbers on her mobile phone, she didn’t realise until the police intervened that she was a victim of doxxing. Her estranged husband posted her name, phone number, and address on a porn site.Twenty-year-old Sujata, a rape survivor from Pune, slashed her wrists in front…
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court quashed and set aside an order of the assistant registrar, cooperative societies (S ward), that disqualified the entire managing committee of a housing society in Powai for not convening a special general body meeting (SGBM) amid the Covid pandemic. Justice Amit Borkar on Thursday noted that requisition for SGBM by…
Navi Mumbai: The satellite township of Navi Mumbai, often hailed as the Flamingo City for its vibrant flocks of pink-winged visitors, is facing a grave crisis that could strip it of this proud identity. Conservationists are raising alarms as the city’s vital wetlands, mangrove stretches and mudflats, which serve as crucial habitats for migratory flamingos,…
Mumbai: The world famous Alphonso mango, a rich agricultural legacy of Maharashtra, is mirrored by a similarly luscious fruit in neighbouring Gujarat. Now, a handful of farmers from Konkan are protesting against a move by Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) in Gujarat to acquire a GI (geographical indication) tag for the Valsad Alphonso.Alphonso mangoes have been…
Mumbai: Trust Mumbai’s civic agencies to excel at one thing — passing the buck. And thanks to that, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s most critical Thane–Western Suburbs road link continues to crawl over a battered, pockmarked 9km stretch of Ghodbunder Road, with its worst 3km section slicing through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).For years, the…
Navi Mumbai: Police arrested two drug peddlers from a hostel in Belapur after they were found in possession of opium and heroin collectively worth Rs 13.7 lakh.Sandeep Nigade, senior inspector of ANC, informed that the arrested duo were identified as Kulwinder Singh (36) and Malkit Singh (32), both hailing from Punjab. Their information was obtained…
Navi Mumbai: Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation organised a lecture titled ‘Economic Democracy and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’ delivered by senior economist Dr Ajit Ranade on Saturday at the Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial in Airoli. Dr. Ranade said democracy is a way of life and economic democracy means equality of opportunities, highlighting educational reforms, land…
