Thane: The damaged patches of roads and narrowed lanes on the ghat section of the Ghodbunder Highway are causing an inconvenience to motorists, slowing down traffic movement on the arterial road, says regular passengers. The situation worsened on Saturday after a series of six breakdowns on the ghat section, that left motorists to endure hours-long…
Kolhapur: State higher and technical education Minister Chandrakant Patil, who was in Kolhapur on Saturday, discussed the upcoming zilla parishad elections, stating that the model code of conduct will be imposed right after Diwali.“I have experience of 40 years and, hence, I am predicting this. Elections will be held for gram panchayats, panchayat samitis, zilla…
Navi Mumbai: At the 9th anniversary of Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) formation on Oct 1, all employees of its property tax department had presented a dance performance titled, ‘Shivcharitragatha’. The lead character, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was played by deputy municipal commissioner, Swarup Kharage.The main event was organised at Phadke Auditorium, Panvel, where around 600 audience…
Mumbai: K Harad, a 60-year-old grandmother from a remote Adivasi hamlet in Shahapur, Thane district, did not seem to notice the confluence of technology and tradition—an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled portable X-ray machine linked to a laptop in a corner of a Navratri pandal for the Devi. She sacrificed her afternoon routine to walk a short…
Navi Mumbai: The 6,000 sqm plot in Bokadvira village for the govt proposed 100-bed sub district hospital (SDH)-Uran has been entangled in a Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) crisis as the land fell under the mangroves buffer zone. The PWD had floated a tender for the construction of the Rs 58 crore hospital building recently, but…
Mumbai: A gift deed by a senior citizen need not mention it is subject to the condition that the transferee shall provide for amenities, needs and necessities of life, said the Bombay High Court upholding dismissal of a son’s appeal against senior citizen tribunal’s order that declared the gift deed void. “…the condition need not…
Navi Mumbai: Search operation continued for the second day to find two missing tourists at Shiroda-Velagar beach in Vengurla taluka, Sindhudurg, while 5 bodies have been retrieved. Seven tourists drowned including four minors. A minor girl was rescued on Friday. Six of the tourists are from Belagavi, Karnataka and 2 from Kudal taluka of the…
Navi Mumbai: A recent proposal to shift the electricity billing office of MSEDCL from Vashi to Koparkhairane has caused concern and worry among some citizens, as they feel it will inconvenience them when paying their monthly power bills.Former Vashi corporator, Divya Gaikwad, who handed a citizens’ memorandum to a senior MSEDCL officer at Vashi, said,…
Mumbai: Doctors from state-run JJ Hospital in Byculla successfully removed a bullet lodged deep in the skull of a shootout victim from Malad. The 55-year-old Malad resident, Abu Tallah Baig, was shot by his ‘friend’ while they were drinking on Sept 28. The JJ team used advanced navigation technology to guide them while removing the…
Mumbai: The IMD on Saturday said there’s no threat of Cyclone Shakhti as of now to the coast of Maharashtra.In its forecast for Sunday for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar, the weather bureau has forecast only light to moderate rains.Similarly, between Oct 6 and 8, light to moderate rains are expected according to IMD.An IMD…
