Ministry of Railways has approved the introduction of new train number 20901/20902 Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Capital-Mumbai Central Vande Bharat Superfast Exp train (Except Sunday).
WR's new suburban train timetable to be effective from Oct 1
Western Railway's revised timetable for Mumbai's suburban network will come into force from October 1, the highlight being the introduction of 12 conventional and 31 air-conditioned services as well as extension of 50 services, an official said on Thursday.
NCP to hold meet in Shirdi on Nov 4-5
The Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday said its state-level meeting will be held on November 4 and 5 in Shirdi in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district.
The decision was taken after a meeting was held with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, state unit chief Jayant Patil said.
Mumbai: Rani Baug to remain open to public on Dussehra
Uddhav Thackeray's wife Rashmi Thackeray visits Navratri pandal in Thane's Tembhi naka
#BombayHighCourt has directed #Maharashtra govt and Collector to reconstruct crematorium of fisherfolk at Erangal in Malad within 4 weeks. HC has directed cost to be recovered from the petitioner and also imposed cost of Rs 1 lakh on him.
Rashmi Thackeray, wife of former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, to visit Tembhi Naka Devi Pandal for Naratri. The pandal was started by former Sena leader Anand Dighe in Thane which is currently touted to be CM Eknath Shinde's bastion.
Saffron flag has to be in one's heart, not just hands, says Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the faction headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by stating the saffron flag needs to be in one's heart and not just in one's hands.
The BJP and Shinde faction have often accused Thackeray of compromising on the ideals of Hindutva by joining hands with the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party for the sake of power.
Speaking to his party workers at his residence, Thackeray said, "This is an opportunity given to us by God to save democracy in the country and preserve Hindutva. The saffron flag does not have to be just in one's hands, it has to be in one's heart. It is in my heart."
Thackeray asked his party workers to come in a disciplined way to the Dussehra rally, which he will address at Shivaji Park on October 5.
On the ongoing case in the Supreme Court and the Election Commission on which faction of the Sena is the original one, Thackeray said "we need to win this battle in court as well as before the EC". (PTI)
Southbound vehicular movement is slow at Haji Ali Junction
Thane offices of PFI shut; board from Navi Mumbai office removed
The board of the banned Popular Front of India's (PFI) office in Navi Mumbai was taken down on Wednesday by authorities amidst heavy security. The office is located in sector 23 at Nerul, officials said.
Offices of PFI located in the Thane district are shut following the recent crackdown on its activists and the ban.
The police and crime branch officials arrested four activists of the banned organisation from Thane district- two from Mumbra and one each from Kalyan and Bhiwandi towns, on Tuesday during the state-wide swoop.
The Union government on Wednesday banned the PFI and several of its associates for five years under a stringent anti-terror law, accusing them of having "links" with global terror groups like ISIS. (PTI)
Massive fire at Cass Power Company at Pazar Talao Road in Palghar; three dead, seven injured. Public Works Minister Ravindra Chavan to visit the accident site today.
One person dead & three people injured after a container lost control & rammed into a tree & an auto while saving a scooter on the Solapur-Pune Highway in Hadapsar area of Pune city today morning: Pune Police
ACB detains govt official, professor of city college and two others for taking bribe from students
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday detained a senior official of the Maharashtra government's Directorate of Technical Education, a woman professor and two others for taking bribe to facilitate admission of a student in an architecture college in Thane district, officials said.
The ACB officials also recovered Rs 3,15,000 cash from those detained, which they had collected from 11 students, including the complainant in this case, they said.
Those detained were identified as Jitendra Ramdasji Nikhade (54) Assistant Director of the Technical and Joint Director Divisional Officer at Bandra; Rupali Hitendra Gupte (50), professor at KL Tiwari College of Architecture located at Mira Bhayandar; Santosh Rangrai Hubale, (45), office superintendent of the college and Shreya Santosh Bane (46), senior clerk.
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Minor girl, woman rescued from flesh trade in Thane
Police have rescued a minor girl and a woman who were allegedly pushed into flesh trade in Thane district, an official said on Thursday.
The Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police's anti-human trafficking cell (AHTC) on Tuesday sent a decoy customer to a restaurant where a woman had brought the two survivors to force them into sex work, senior police inspector Aviraj Kurhade said.
The woman was arrested and a case registered against her under relevant provisions. The two survivors were rescued and sent to a rehabilitation home, he added.
Due to a breakdown in the bus, vehicular traffic going north at Family Court Junction has been slowed down.
Bombay HC likely to announce verdict in PIL raising concerns over unauthorized construction of a Hindu crematorium on the beach by the fishing community.
During the hearings it was learnt they the open crematorium existed prior to 1995. Recently, the fisherfolk were rebuilding the roof of the crematorium which was damaged during cyclone Taukte.
Maharashtra Govt forms committee to study technical issues in construction of ports & fish unloading centres
Maharashtra Government has established a eight member committee headed by the Fisheries Commissioner to take action on the problems arising in with Fish ports and fish landing centres in the state and suggest measures.
The department of animal husbandry and fisheries deputy secretary Shrinivas Shastri on Wednesday issued a government resolution on the formation of a committee which comprises the managing director of Maharashtra Fisheries Development Board, CEO of Maharashtra Maritime Board, IIT professor Manas Behra and chief engineer of Maharashtra Maritime Board among others.
The government resolution said that the construction of ports at Mirkarwada in Ratnagiri district, Anandwadi in Sindhudurg district, Uran in Raigad district and Sasoon Dock, Mumbai was underway. In addition, under the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Traffic in Thane's Ghodbunder area, Western Express Highway; commuters please make travel plans accordingly.
Mumbai weather update: Possibility of light rain, thundershowers in city
Mumbai, its suburbs and Thane will witness a generally cloudy sky for the next 48 hours. The weather agency has said that there's a possibility of light rain and thundershowers as well.
Meanwhile, temperature will be around 26 degrees Celcius to 32 degrees Celcius.
BMC to appoint consultant to study feasibility of treating the wastewater and reusing
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has floated a tender to appoint a consultant to study feasibility of treating the effluent to achieve potable water quality and reuse it.
The BMC has floated a tender on Wednesday to invite the consultants for waste water treatment plant at Versova, Bhandup, Dharavi and Ghatkopar. The study will focus on how the treated water at these plants can be used for potable or non-potable purposes.
The BMC has undertaken an ambitious project of the construction and upgradation of seven sewerage treatment plants (STPs) at Worli, Bandra, Dharavi, Versova, Malad, Ghatkopar and Bhandup to treat 2,464 million liters of sewage daily under the Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project-II (MSDP).
