Mumbai: Bombay high court has set aside Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s directions for closure of a ready mix concrete plant in Ghodbunder village, Mira Bhayandar, observing it was at the behest of transport minister Pratap Sarnaik. “Quite clearly the communication dated Oct 8 containing the closure directions has been issued by the regional officer, MPCB…
Mumbai: The state forest dept has been instructed to submit a proposal to the cabinet to declare the increasing incidents of leopard attacks on humans as a state disaster. Further, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed for a proposal to be submitted to exclude leopards from Schedule-1 of the Wildlife Protection Act and to include…
Mumbai: After three civic staffers, including a medical health officer, were suspended over irregularities in issuance of birth certificate, the BMC is drafting a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) to standardise how ward-level medical officers should handle requests, especially for those concerning delayed registration of births.On Tuesday, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, who was the first…
Thane: NCP (SP) on Tuesday alleged theft of 60 million litres per day (MLD) water from the supply line between Pise weir and its filtration plant at Temghar in Thane. It said the volume could cater to scarcity-hit Kalwa, Mumbra and Ghodbunder. Manoj Pradhan, the party’s district chief, said while 310MLD is pumped out of…
Vasai: Three unknown men barged into a third floor flat of the Raut family in Vasai East, on Tuesday around 1:30pm, tied and gagged family members and looted jewellery and cash worth lakhs before fleeing the scene. This daylight robbery in Reliable Glory — a society of around 300 flats — has stunned residents, who…
Vasai: The Waliv polive have arrested a man who has been accused of pushing his niece to death from a running local, in Vasai on Nov 17. The niece died on the spot The16-year-old girl lives with her family in Mumbai. She had come to visit her relatives home in Vasai East. Police said that…
Mumbai: Although the CNG supply finally resumed at the pumps at 4 pm on Tuesday, both commuters and vehicle owners went through hardships late Monday night and on Tuesday morning. There were long queues of 1-2 km outside most CNG refuelling pumps across the island city and suburbs on Day 3 of the CNG crisis….
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Home Department has extended the deadline for withdrawal of cases registered during political and social agitations, allowing cases in which charge sheets are filed up to December 31, 2025 to be considered for withdrawal.As per a new Government Decision, cases in which charge sheets are filed up to December 31, 2025 will…
Vasai: VVCMC on Monday sent a notice seeking building permission details from Shree Hanumat Vidya Mandir in Vasai East, where a student died this past Saturday after she was allegedly told to do 100 sit-ups by a class teacher for coming late to school.VVCMC sources said a board with an “illegal structure” warning had been…
A special court has framed charges against NCP leader Nawab Malik and others in a money laundering case linked to Dawood Ibrahim’s sister, Haseena Parkar MUMBAI: In a money laundering case linked to global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim’s late sister Haseena Parkar, a special court on Tuesday framed charges against all parties involved, including former state…
