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Mumbai: Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani on Saturday visited the site of twin tunnel project at Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari in Goregaon under Phase 3 (B) of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road project, and directed that the project be expedited. Gagrani also instructed civic officials to quickly carry out the process of obtaining various permissions and no-objection certificates…

Mumbai: The BMC has received responses from as many as nine firms for the estimated Rs 166 crore tender for development of an Exotic bird park at Nahur. The civic administration is currently in the process of addressing the pre-bid queries of the bidders. While the contractor will be responsible for developing and maintaining the…

Mumbai: A head constable attached to the Mumbai police was arrested by the customs department for allegedly importing 252 grams of marijuana from a foreign country by falsely declaring it as herbal tea. The accused, Ankush Manohar Bhandari (39), who works as a driver in the police department, was apprehended after a controlled delivery operation…

Mumbai: Maharashtra advocate general Birendra Saraf on Friday submitted a compilation of “suggestions for dealing with illegal banners” before the Bombay High Court. The court then suggested that it may consider additionally providing for a departmental inquiry provision if nodal officers fail to act.The HC division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh Patil…

Navi Mumbai: A 42-year-old fisherman travelling in a pickup truck was killed and the driver suffered injuries when an SUV rammed their vehicle on Atal Setu near the Ulwe toll plaza in Navi Mumbai on Thursday morning. Ulwe police have booked the SUV driver, Farokh Commissariat (59), who is managing director of a private firm…

A 31-year-old Maharashtra State Security Corporation jawan, Ganesh Jagdale, died Friday morning after falling from a running train between Borivali and Malad stations MUMBAI: A 31-year-old jawan with the Maharashtra State Security Corporation died after falling off a running train between Borivali and Malad stations on Friday morning. He was identified as Ganesh Jagdale. Police…

Mumbai: A 36-year-old man was arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Friday for multiple instances of stone pelting on Central Railway locals, injuring at least two women commuters. The accused, Naushad Ali Shaikh, was nabbed from Sewri.On Sept 18, Shaikh admitted to pelting a stone on a train between Sewri and Wadala stations,…

Mumbai: The Customs at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminals arrested three persons including a woman for smuggling 3 kgs of Methaqualone worth Rs 3 crores from Bangkok. The airport officials on Tuesday arrested Fauzan Khan, his wife Samaiya Fauzan Khan and another Mujib Shaikh who arrived from Bangkok and walked from the green channel without…

Mumbai: Tata Power Mumbai distribution has signed a power purchase agreement with Tata Power Renewables to set up 80 MW renewable and clean energy project.The project is expected to generate approximately 315 million units (MUs) of electricity annually, mitigating over 0.25 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year. A key feature of this initiative…

Mumbai: Haji Arafat, president of the Maharashtra State Minority of BJP has lodged a complaint against Fauzia Hospital, Kurla (W), after alleging negligence in the treatment of his 71-year-old mother.The Vinobha Bhave Nagar police have registered an FIR of negligence and are probing the case.According to the complaint filed by Arafat, his mother Shama was…