Thane: Voicing concerns over the potential impact of the Thane-Borivli tunnel project on the environment as well as residents’ health, NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad on Sunday said no development should come at the cost of a region’s ecological balance.Awhad raised residents’ fears of rampant deforestation, dust and sound pollution, and an increase in respiratory…
MUMBAI: A 61-year-old man allegedly shot dead his wife before turning the revolver on himself at their Worli home early Sunday. Police said the man, Rajmanohar Naampille, and his wife Lata, who was in her early 50s, used to have frequent domestic tiffs. The couple’s 32-year-old son was asleep in another room when the incident…
Palghar: The Palghar crime branch and officials of Gholwad police station arrested Avinash Dhodi, who has been accused of kidnapping and murdering his elder brother Ashok on Jan 19. Ashok was a Shiv Sena leader from Dahanu and Talasari in Palghar district. More than 50 cops had to scan five states and footage from hundreds…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has, for the first time in MMR, started a dedicated mobile animal ambulance service by deploying two vehicles equipped with various medicines, scientific apparatus, and medical staff. The in-charge veterinary officer at PCMC, Dr Bhagwan Githe, told TOI, “We recently started the mobile veterinary unit and are…
MUMBAI: Apartments in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) have the highest ‘loading’ factor — difference between super-built-up area and carpet area — among the top seven Indian cities.According to data collated by ANAROCK Research, MMR has a loading factor of 43%. As an example, a 1,000 sq ft flat will have a living area of…
Palghar: The Maharashtra government as approved Rs 2.7 crore for immediate assistance to people who suffered damages due to unseasonal rains in Palghar district in the last two months, officials said on Sunday.The unseasonal weather events during April 4-6, May 6-7 and 23-25 resulted in widespread damage across the region. “A total of 38 houses…
MUMBAI: Responding to queries on the resistance to the Dharavi redeveloment project from a section of slum-dwellers, its CEO, S V R Srinivas, told TOI that more than 50% of the residents have already consented to the project. But more significantly, he revealed that the project did not require public consent in the first place…
Navi Mumbai: A 60-year-old homeless man was bludgeoned to death, his head smashed with a stone while he was sleeping on the pavement under a bridge at Belapur, around 4 am on Sunday. The man accused of the crime was intoxicated, informed the police.A mob of local slum dwellers known to the victim gathered at…
Mumbai: In the wake of the row over Turkish-origin robotic life buoys that were to be deployed at six city beaches and the political backlash from BJP and Shiv Sena (UBT) over Turkiye’s support for Pakistan, BMC’s Rs 4,000-crore waste collection and transport tender has barred joint ventures with foreign firms, reports Richa Pinto.Last month,…
It’s a different kind of coincidence. Three leading legal luminaries from Nagpur are holding key posts in the judiciary in the national capital. Bhushan Gavai (64) is the Chief Justice of India, Atul Chandurkar (60) has been appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court, while Nitin Sambre (58) has been picked as a judge…
