Residents said modifications were made to the structure over the years Thane: A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death, while his mother and his nine-year-old brother sustained head injuries after a portion of their nearly 30-year-old one-storey tenement collapsed on them in a chawl in Thane’s Azad Nagar on Friday.The mother, Urmila Jaiswar (35), and…
Between June 16 and July 6, the civic body had razed 30 out of 4,946 unauthorised structures Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has issued show-cause notices to 295 responsible persons and officers under whose tenure massive illegal constructions flourished. They include incumbent, transferred and retired 10 deputy municipal commissioners (DMC), 91 assistant…
The 11.4km east-west Metro 1 corridor, operational since 2014, carries more than 5 lakh commuters every day Mumbai: Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL), the operator of Mumbai’s Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro 1, has secured a major debt restructuring agreement that will reduce its debt burden by more than Rs 1,100 crore, with the insolvency proceedings against…
Mumbai: The state assembly on Friday passed a Bill to reconstitute a public trust to manage the Shree Ram Mandir Devasthan in Vidarbha’s Ramtek district which mandates that members of the trust committee should be devotees of Shree Ram of Ramtek and make a declaration to this effect in a form, prior to their appointment.This…
Ulhasnagar: In a first-of-its-kind initiative to clean up its property tax database and improve revenue administration, the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has identified nearly Rs 170 crore in outstanding property tax linked to non-existent or wrongly recorded properties under ‘Project Manthan’, a data-cleaning exercise launched by municipal commissioner Manisha Awhale.The project, being implemented by the…
NAVI MUMBAI: An FIR was registered against a BJP councillor in Mahad, Suraj Bamane, and two of his aides for assaulting the chief officer (administrative head) of Mahad municipal council Dhananjay Kolekar over alleged non-resolution of the problem of a damaged underground water pipeline which caused disruption of water supply in the councillor’s ward.The alleged…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Thursday took aim at chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, questioning why raising concerns over the quality of infrastructure projects such as the Missing Link is being portrayed as an insult to Maharashtra.Speaking at an event organised by the MNS Rail Sena, the party’s railway union, Thackeray also…
MUMBAI: A key legal hurdle in the redevelopment of thousands of Mumbai’s ageing and dangerous buildings has been addressed after the Maharashtra Legislature passed an amendment to the MHADA Act to revive implementation of Section 79A. The Bill, cleared by both the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad, now awaits the Governor’s assent before becoming…
Supriya Sule referred to Sharad Pawar’s encounter with Eknath Shinde as an informal chat, suggesting that the media had exaggerated the situation MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MP Supriya Sule on Thursday sought to play down the controversy over party chief Sharad Pawar holding party in Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde‘s office at the…
Indian researchers are developing technology to convert farm waste into valuable fuel MUMBAI: The recent conflict in West Asia, which rattled global energy markets and renewed concerns over the security of oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, has once again highlighted India’s dependence on imported crude.While oil prices have eased after the end of…
