Mumbai/ Thane: A cluster of festive occasions will brighten the landscape Aug 15-16 as Independence Day, Parsi new year Navroz as well as Janmashtami unfold together.Public buildings have been illuminated in orange and green LED lights to commemorate Independence Day. Gyan Shah of The Flag Corp says they have sold 18 lakh small flags since…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said that former Vasai-Virar municipal commissioner Anil Pawar and his junior, deputy director of town planning Y S Reddy, operated under the code names ‘C’ and ‘D’, respectively, during discussions with builders regarding bribe amounts. An architect of a builder said in his statement that when he informed Reddy…
MUMBAI: In yet another digital arrest fraud targeting senior citizens, an 83-year-old woman from south Mumbai was cheated of more than Rs 7.7 crore by cyber fraudsters who claimed that they had found financial transactions between her and Jet Airways’ founder Naresh Goyal, an accused in a multi-crore money laundering case. Fake police officers kept…
NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl has died after jumping from the 23rd floor of a residential complex in Mumbai. According to news agency PTI, the incident happened in the early hours of Thursday at the Oberoi Square complex in Goregaon East.Police said the Class XI student leapt from the C wing of the building. It…
MUMBAI: A 60-year-old woman died when she was struck by a high-end car in Bandra (West) on Wednesday. The deceased, Kasturbhabai Chavan, was sipping tea while seated on the roadside when the driver started the parked car and it hit her, said the police.They said the driver, Jeeva Munecha (41), had offered the tea to…
Thane: As the country observes the 79th Independence Day on Friday, several citizens and societies from Thane are taking the offbeat path to celebrate the day and make a difference to society. While a group of activists is working out plans to provide insurance cover to tribals staying along city fringes, an NGO will celebrate…
Mumbai: For the first time ever, the BMC has issued a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) for the retrieval and transportation of immersed Ganpati idols, particularly those made of Plaster of Paris (PoP), in line with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guidelines. The civic body acted following the Bombay High Court directive issued on July…
Navi Mumbai: Panvel City Municipal Corporation recovered Rs 167 crore property tax paid by 60,082 property holders. Since the launch of the amnesty scheme, 37,519 property owners have taken 90% fine exemption with a day left (Aug 15) and collectively availed Rs 64.8 crore. A protest was held on Wednesday on the property tax.The scheme…
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday complained that despite giving all kinds of concessions, including reducing premiums for the real estate industry, prices of flats in Mumbai continue to rise. Speaking at a CREDAI-MCHI meeting, Fadnavis said he had a grievance. “In the last ten years, all the things you asked us to do…
Mumbai: The mid-Aug holidays—Independence Day, Janmasthami and Parsi New Year—have been spiking the demand for air travel for quite some years now, and the trend has stayed strong this time too. With Aug 15 falling on a Friday, the extended weekend holidayers seem to have booked their short trips as airfares to leisure and religious…
