Don’t blame BMC alone for waterlogging in Mumbai, encroachments and clogged drains our creation, says Bombay high court | Mumbai News

The petition before the Bombay High Court was a dispute concerning a ‘loop road’ at Mandale village on land which the BMC said was not its land, but belonged to the Department of Atomic Energy where Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Colony is located Mumbai: Citizens should not blame the C alone for Mumbai’s chronic monsoon…

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Sena neta assaults Dombivli hospital staff over treatment delay, booked; KDMC doctors & nurses go on strike | Mumbai News

Emergency services weren’t hit, but patients seeking OPD consultations and routine treatment faced inconvenience Kalyan: Routine medical services and OPD consultations across all major civic-run hospitals and centres in Kalyan-Dombivli were suspended on Tuesday after their doctors, nurses and paramedical staff went on a strike to protest the assault of a hospital’s staffers by Shiv…

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Can’t attribute tree crashes in Mumbai solely to concretisation, says BMC commissioner | Mumbai News

Ashwini Bhide said strong winds over the past two days has caused extensive damage to the city’s green cover Mumbai: It would be a “sweeping statement” to attribute tree-fall incidents solely to concretisation, BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide said on Tuesday even as she announced that the civic body would engage expert institutions and arborists to…

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Maharashtra Assembly passes bill to plug dance bar licensing loophole | Mumbai News

The bill seeks to end a practice that allows dance bars to operate by obtaining orchestra licences instead of permissions under the state’s Dance Bar Act, according to minister Chaitanya.MarpakwarMumbai:The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed the Maharashtra Police Act and Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity…

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Maharashtra legislative council OKs appointment of ombudsman to resolve grievances in public universities | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The state legislative council on Tuesday passed the Public Universities (fourth amendment) Bill, 2026 for the appointment of an ombudsman to resolve grievances and to replace the grievance committee.Opposition members asked if universities would be brought under the purview of the Lokpal as the Bill mentioned the appointment of Lokpal. Higher and Technical Education…

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Body of Nalasopara man found alongside Lonavla-Karjat railway tracks | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: The body of a Nalasopara resident, Chandrakant Chavhan, 55, was retrieved off the railway tracks near Monkey Hill on the Lonavla-Karjat section on Tuesday evening. Under the guidance of Khopoli police inspector Sachin Hire, the volunteers of local NGO Help Foundation brought the body amid inclement weather conditions, including incessant rain, by trekking…

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Debris removal continues on Goa highway’s Mumbai corridor at Kashedi Ghat; normal traffic on remaining section | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: Debris cleaning operation continued for the second day on the Mumbai corridor of the Mumbai-Goa highway in the Kashedi Ghat section, Ratnagiri. A collapsed hillock fell on the highway on Monday, resulting in complete closure of the highway for 12 hours on Monday. The Mumbai-bound traffic was diverted to the Goa-bound carriageway since…

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Maharashtra transport minister admits to racket in RTO, orders SIT probe | Mumbai News

To prevent registration of expensive cars in other states to avoid paying taxes in Maharashtra, the state will now check GST verification and documents related to the origin of bank loans and residence, said minister Pratap Sarnaik Mumbai: State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Tuesday admitted that “there is a racket in the Regional Transport…

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