Mumbai: A 14-year-old boy jumped to his death from a Kandivli highrise on Wednesday, reportedly angry after being asked by his mother to go for tuitions. Police said the family lives on the 51st floor of the highrise but it’s not clear where he jumped from. An accidental death case has been recorded.The boy was…
Palghar: Local residents demanded higher compensation for their land to be acquired for the proposed Vadhvan Port in Palghar district and also sought priority in jobs at the mega project.They put up the demands during a meeting held at the Sub-Divisional Officer’s office at Dahanu on Wednesday, days after protests by a section of villagers…
Mumbai: Maharashtra will soon frame rules to make testing of thalassaemia mandatory for people before marriage as part of a broader initiative to eradicate the disease, minister Meghana Bordikar said in the assembly on Thursday.Responding to a question raised by MLA Vikas Thakre during the Question Hour, the minister of state for public health said…
Mumbai: BMC has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from reputed public companies, charitable trusts or societies for the development and long-term maintenance of a textile museum at the site of the India United Mill No. 2 & 3 in Byculla (East).The proposed museum is to be established on a 44,000 sq m plot — C.S….
Mumbai: Congress MLA Nana Patole on Thursday alleged irregularities in the BMC’s project for legacy waste remediation at the Deonar dumping ground, with the estimated contract valued at over Rs 2,368 crore. Patole said that two companies were kept out of the tendering process to favour a specific bidder. He said that while hundreds of…
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Wednesday announced the launch of its experimental organic farming project on a 1.5-acre civic-owned plot in Patlipada, along the densely populated Ghodbunder Road. Believed to be the first initiative of its kind by any urban local body in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region—and possibly the state—the project is the…
Mumbai: Circular Train Operations (CTO), a bold proposal to run long-distance trains in a circular loop without entering choked railway termini in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, and Danapur in Bihar to ease pressure on them, has been gathering dust since a year.Conceived by former Mumbai divisional railway manager Rajnish Kumar…
Vasai: Two constables from the Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar commissionerate were arrested by Achole police in Nalasopara early Wednesday morning on charges of abetment of suicide and criminal intimidation. Following their court appearance in Vasai on Wednesday afternoon, they were remanded to police custody for five days. The arrests stemmed from allegations of pressuring a…
Mumbai: The Dharavi Redevelopment Project and the Slum Rehabilitation Authority have been formally appointed as the special planning authority for the 8.5 hectares (21.25 acres) Kurla dairy land. Both agencies are part of the Special Purpose Vehicle, Navbharat Mega Developer Pvt Ltd, set up to execute the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. The physical possession of the…
MUMBAI: He gave his life rescuing a minor girl of another faith from a drain, but now his own family is in dire straits, awaiting urgent monetary help. Over a month after Shahzad Shaikh, 28, a daily wage worker, rescued Sonali Banjara, 8, who fell in a drain at Ramabai Colony area in Ghatkopar East…
