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KDMC seeks explanation from nullah cleaning contractor

On Monday a video of the workers at Jari Mari nullah near Kalyan railway station were found manually removing the silt, using plough and throwing it back into the nullah instead of depositing it elsewhere. The video was shot by Kapil Pawar, who is with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Kalyan. from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/DfnrE4U

15 landslide prone areas in Navi Mumbai

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has identified 15 spots in the city which are prone to landslide incidents during the monsoon. The civic body is taking steps to shift the local residents to prevent any untoward incident from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/c5lsgbr

Bison on the loose since December rescued and released in its habitat

The bison was earlier seen roaming the streets of Pendhar village and eventually strayed into the farmlands adjacent to the chemical factories. Since it was a holiday, thankfully the streets were free of people. Otherwise, chaos would have ensued from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/bZFI38e

Adani final go-ahead for Dharavi project held up after UD concerns

The government wants to ensure that all the orders related to concessions for the project are in place before the LOA is issued, and has thus sent the file to the revenue and urban development departments from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/JzsjdPk

Govt plans standardised school uniform across state, stakeholders dismayed

While the move will result in an additional spend of ₹66.97 crore, students, parents and teachers are posing two basic questions—whether the new uniforms will reach students in time for school reopening in June, and if the material will complement the weather in all parts of the state from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/hTgQixl

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: My Mother’s Salwar at Cannes

The champagne at these events like the conversation is mostly flat, the complexions are usually caked and sallow and the laughter is inevitably hollow. The challenge is the pressure to look red-carpet ready, get into the right photographs, schmooze with the right crowd and not spill your drink from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/BZ5FufW

Amid BMC-MHADA blame game, lights go off on Mahim skywalk

According to Ataul, parts of the skywalk lights go dim regularly. “I suspect it is the work of drug peddlers and those who sleep on the skywalk. Why else would the lights keep going dim?” from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/K0rsI6J

Delayed again: Gokhale Bridge to fully reopen on May 2024

Mumbai: The commitment to reopen Gokhale Bridge, a key east-west connector of the Andheri suburbs, by November has gone for a toss as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that it will reopen the bridge in two parts from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/ugl1T6r

One month for CIDCO to transfer mangrove land

CIDCO has been given one month’s time by the State-appointed wetlands grievance redressal committee to hand over mangrove area to the forest department in line with the 2005 High Court directive to transfer all mangrove land to the Forest department from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/JQ5W6Ls

Posh BKC plagued by traffic snarls and wily auto drivers

The area is also dotted with five star hotels, diamond bourse, hospitals and schools, apart from top restaurants serving world cuisine. High net worth individuals fork out megabucks to own posh residences here. But BKC is now dealing with poor last mile connectivity from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/ZLmtIbl

Small communal fires across state stoke larger concerns

There have been numerous public rallies organized by the Sakal Hindu Samaj where hate speeches have become routine, prompting the Supreme Court to pass strictures against the Maharashtra government for failing to act against the speakers from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/U0Z2EqH

Chhattisgarh liquor scam: ED freezes suspect’s ₹1-cr assets in city

The Enforcement Directorate has frozen assets worth around ?1 crore in Mumbai belonging to a person booked in a money-laundering case related to an alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. The ED is investigating allegations of corruption in the liquor scam from 2019 to 2022. from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/T8doFeU

Road rage: Man arrested for hitting biker with iron rod, threatening him with air gun

Event manager Nitin Arora was arrested for hitting a biker with an iron rod and threatening him with an air gun in Mumbai. The incident occurred on Monday and was captured on video. Arora was booked under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code. from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/LpQ1Oj5

Rail ministry gives in-principle nod to 238 AC rakes for Mumbai

Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw gave his go ahead to the procurement of AC rakes at a high-level meeting with rail officers from Mumbai on May 15. The process of setting up new car sheds at Bhivpuri (Karjat) and Vangaon (Dahanu) for maintenance of these AC local trains will begin simultaneously. from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/xlDomzF

Rail ministry gives in-principal nod to 238 AC rakes for Mumbai

Mumbai: In a significant decision that could boost and improve Mumbai’s public transit, the railway ministry has given an in-principal nod to 238 air-conditioned (AC) rakes at an approximate cost of ₹20,000 crore from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/Ey15iOk

Presence of lawyers during interrogation must be allowed: HC

The Bombay high court has ordered the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to allow two applicants, involved in importing chemicals, to have the presence of a lawyer at a visible but not audible distance during interrogation. The court held that persons summoned by investigation agencies cannot seek the presence of a lawyer during interrogation as a matter of right, but the supreme court has issued guidelines permitting it. The duo had been summoned by the DRI after the customs department seized some goods from their premises but had refused the presence of lawyers and video graphing of the interrogation. from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/joRB4dr

2,197 SIM cards issued on forged documents blocked, 13 arrested

One of the accused, Abdul Hakim Mansuri, arrested in Malabar Hill, during interrogation revealed that he has so far obtained 650 SIM cards in his own name by using different sets of documents and photographs and sold the same to other criminals from Mumbai News, Latest Mumbai News, Mumbai News Today and Headlines | Hindustan Times https://ift.tt/H1MjcL0