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Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said Congress can take its decisions independently, and so does his party, indicating that he’ll not pacify the grand old party to remain in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance for the BMC polls.Uddhav’s comments came a day after Congress’ Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala and Mumbai Congress…

KALYAN: In wake of the recent scandal involving 65 illegally constructed buildings in Kalyan, the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has taken a decisive step to prevent such irregularities and has launched a first-of-its-kind one-window online system for building permissions in Maharashtra.The new digital platform named KD SWIFT, was inaugurated by municipal commissioner Abhinav Goel. Designed…

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said decisions on tie-ups for the local body polls would be made at the district level and seats allocated based on local circumstances. He said a clear picture on these would emerge by Tuesday, adding that there would be different criteria for polls to different municipal corporations.“Wherever possible,…

Mumbai: A citizens’ agitation in Bhandup recently resulted in the BEST administration restoring bus routes that were scrapped or short-terminated and also increasing the number of buses operating in the area. Supported by the local Shiv Sena and a few activists, citizen protesters forced BEST to resume discontinued services after passengers faced higher fares when…

Navi Mumbai: Nerul police have filed an FIR against Amit Thackeray, the son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray and 70 MNS workers including office bearers for defying police prevention and forcibly unveiling the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a canopy constructed by NMMC at a junction in sector -1, Nerul near Rajiv Gandhi flyover…

Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a man accused of raping a girl alleged to be a minor, citing insufficient evidence to establish her age and observing that the relationship appeared to be “more or less consensual in nature.“The prosecution failed to prove the allegations against the 22-year-old man beyond a reasonable doubt, special judge…

Mumbai: Road transport on the first day of the workweek could be crippled. Operations at all 486 CNG refuelling stations in MMR came to a sudden halt on Sunday afternoon after the main gas pipeline at Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers’ Chembur plant was damaged and the supply to Mahanagar Gas Ltd’s (MGL) station in Wadala…

Mumbai: A 27-year-old French national was molested by a scooterist on a Bandra West road a little after midnight recently. The woman, working with the French consulate here for some time, was walking back to her place after visiting a friend at Pali Hill, just around a km away, when the scooterist started following her….

Mumbai: Shree Hanumat Vidya Mandir in Vasai (E), which hit headlines when a 13-year-old girl died at JJ Hospital a week after she was made to do 100 sit-ups with her schoolbag on her back by her class teacher for being late to school by 10 minutes, has been operating illegally, claimed a local activist.Dharmendra…

Mumbai: The city police on Sunday questioned two personnel working with the Navy establishments in a case of allegedly making a threat call to the Mumbai police control room under the influence of alcohol. The caller had allegedly said that he heard another man saying that there could be a terror attack at the Naval…