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Maharashtra FDA raided 11 food manufacturing units in Thane’s Shil-Diva area (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) THANE: The food and drug administration (FDA), Maharashtra, conducted a raid on 11 food manufacturing units in Thane’s Shil-Diva area and seized raw materials, finished food products and edible oil worth Rs 20.48 lakh.The FDA Thane team raided…

A woman reportedly fell from a crowded local train between Diva and Mumbra THANE: A woman reportedly fell from a local train between Diva and Mumbra on Thursday morning when the train was halted at a signal, with preliminary information indicating that heavy crowding may have led to the incident.The woman was travelling on the…

BJP has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court, contesting the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation mayor’s pause on appointing nominated corporators. ULHASNAGAR: The political tussle between alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) over the appointment of nominated corporators in the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has reached the Bombay High Court, with BJP…

The other accused named in the chargesheet are Ramesh Pawar, Pramod Nikam, Akshay Karande and Sadhana Karande. KALYAN: The Kalyan police on Wednesday filed a 1,832-page chargesheet against Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre and four others in connection with the alleged assault on doctors and nurses at Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli. The…

The KDMC general body meeting was adjourned soon after it commenced. KALYAN: Claiming that “the mayor is in office because of us”, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator Pralhad Mhatre on Wednesday hit back at the BJP after the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) general body meeting was adjourned for the entire day over the removal of…

The symbolic felicitation with the torn shawl was intended to highlight the condition of the roads and express the corporators’ displeasure with the civic administration’s handling of the issue. KALYAN: In an unusual protest against pothole-ridden roads, two women corporators from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena staged a symbolic felicitation of a civic official by…

The demands were raised during a meeting held at Ailani’s office on Tuesday with officials from MMRDA, Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) and the Public Works Department (PWD). ULHASNAGAR: With the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) having recently sanctioned Metro Line 5A and work expected to begin in the coming months, BJP MLA Kumar Ailani…

A pet dog named Rocky bravely confronted a leopard in Thane’s Sakhare village THANE: In a dramatic encounter caught on camera, a pet dog put up a fierce fight against a leopard that strayed into a farmhouse in Sakhare village in Thane district’s Murbad taluka on Monday evening, successfully forcing the big cat to retreat.The…

Mayor Ashwini Kamlesh Nikam has ordered the civic administration to cease further appointments ULHASNAGAR: The political tussle over the appointment of co-opted corporators in the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) intensified on Monday after the civic administration indefinitely put the selection process on hold following directions from Mayor Ashwini Kamlesh Nikam.The BJP, a ruling alliance partner,…

A Shiv Sena leader was arrested after a hospital ruckus involving injured Govindas PALGHAR: Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) Palghar city chief Rahul Gharat, the main accused in the alleged ruckus and assault at a private hospital in Palghar, was arrested on Monday after he surrendered before the police.The incident took place at Relief Hospital in…