Mumbai: BMC commissioner conducts surprise inspection at Bandra`s waste facility
In view of strengthening sanitation efforts across the city, Ashwini Bhide, Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), carried out a surprise early-morning inspection at a Solid Waste Management…
Para basketball champion Geeta Chouhan hones mentoring, funding skills in USA
It has been a terrific journey from ‘Andheri to America’ for wheelchair basketball champ Mumbai’s Geeta Chouhan, who was chosen for the Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) in the…
Mumbai`s Dadar court acquits man in Rs 1.38 crore cyber fraud case
In a major embarrassment for cybercrime investigators, a Dadar court acquitted a 26-year-old man arrested in a Rs 1.38 crore “digital arrest” cyber fraud case after finding that the…
Mumbai: Gorai residents allege 12-year water supply failure, still paying bills
Locals in Gorai have claimed that the area between the Vale and Shefali bus stop has not been supplied potable water for the past 12 years, but the residents…
Mangrove Marshalls turn waste into “HELP” message in Navi Mumbai clean-up drive
A stretch of mangroves at Sagar Vihar in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, is both a dumping ground and a site of resistance, with Mangrove Marshalls — a group of citizen…
Mumbai: BMC makes Dadar beach vehicle-free, blocks entry points
After more than six months of persistent misuse, a stretch of Dadar beach is finally being reclaimed. BMC G North ward officials installed concrete blocks at two of the…
Mumbai: Pedestrians caught between unsafe skywalk and crowded roads in Sion
The construction of Sion bridge has been moving ahead quite speedily. However, barricades now put up along the entire stretch of one-half of the road on the east side…
Maharashtra: Sunetra Pawar to carry forward late husband’s vision, says Fadnavis
Campaigning on the final day of the Baramati bypoll, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar has the “full potential” to carry forward…
Thane-Bhiwandi creek bridge faces delay over land acquisition hurdles
More than one and a half years after Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) awarded the contract to Afcons Infrastructure to build the bridge linking Kasarvadavli in Thane and…
Mumbai: BJP stages ‘Janakrosh Morcha’ over Women’s Quota Bill defeat
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Tuesday, addressing a protest rally against the Opposition for defeating the Women’s Reservation Bill, warned that this is only the beginning and asserted that…
