Navi Mumbai: Cidco’s Navi Mumbai region is facing a shortage of 80 MLD water since Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran’s (MJP) Nhava Sheva Water Supply Scheme-III is to supply water to many locations. Only 67% of the scheme has been completed till July 2025. The Rs 493-crore project is to supply 228 MLD water from Patalganga river,…
Dear office-bearers of Mumbai’s Ganesh pandals,As Aamchi Mumbai gears up for another Ganeshotsav, the public celebration of a festival that has long defined our city’s identity and spirit, I write to you with a sense of both deep respect and growing concern. For generations, you have been custodians of a tradition that is far more…
Mumbai: Bhiwandi resident Nafisa (name changed), a mother of three, is still shaken that the common cold she presumed her youngest, 75-day-old son had, turned out to be such a serious chest infection that he needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The shortage of oxygen due to the infection, which was later diagnosed as bacterial pneumonia, caused…
Thane: Police arrested two people and registered an FIR against three others in connection with a large-scale land fraud in Navghar in Mira-Bhayander, where a farmer and the govt were allegedly cheated through forged property documents in 2011.The complaint was filed by Balwant Patil (58), a farmer from Navghar gaon, who alleged that his family’s…
Bhiwandi: The family members of BJP functionary Praful Tangadi and his cousin Tejas, who were killed by a group of masked me on Aug 11, have demanded that police investigate the role of NCP (SP) Bhiwandi MP Suresh Mhatre, popularly known as Balya Mama, and his son Sumit in the double murder case. The family…
Navi Mumbai: Potholes have surfaced on several arterial roads, causing vehicle breakdowns and significant traffic snarls. Motorists are facing inconvenience due to deteriorated condition of major roads such as the Sion-Panvel highway, Thane-Belapur road, and the new Airport Road between Belapur and Ulwe. The widespread presence of crater-filled patches has resulted in a noticeable slowdown…
Mumbai: A sessions court on Thursday granted bail to a 48-year-old man arrested last month for allegedly trying to illegally obtain control of the slain NCP neta Baba Siddique’s cell phone number. Granting bail to Vivek Sabharwal, the judge noted that he was willing to cooperate with the investigations. “Investigating officer has also recorded statements…
Mumbai: Activist Anjali Damania on Thursday alleged that NCP leader Dhananjay Munde caused a file containing a report on complaints of corruption in the Maharashtra agriculture department to disappear during his tenure as a minister.She has received a written communication from the department that it did not have the file and a letter had been…
Pune: In the scramble for MBBS seats across Maharashtra, Mumbai held its ground with 734 students making the cut in the first round of allotments—429 of them in govt colleges.The numbers tell a larger story. While the so-called Latur Pattern—a drill of endless model test papers and marathon study hours—once again contributed to the last…
Thane: State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday announced plans to launch the pod taxi project in Thane city, describing it as an environmentally friendly and economical transportation system that would complement the city’s Metro network.Speaking at a development review meeting at the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) auditorium, Sarnaik said the groundbreaking ceremony for the…
