Maharashtra government appoints IAS officer Ashwini Bhide as the MD of MMRCL
Three held for mobile phone thefts
Three people were arrested and 26 stolen mobile phones were recovered from their possession in suburban Kurla here, police said on Tuesday.
The police have busted a theft racket with the arrest of Arif Khokhar (28), Vyankatesh Mane (27), an autorickshaw driver and Amit Mane (27), who is a businessman, an official from Kurla police said.
Khokhar allegedly stole mobile phones and sold them to Vyankatesh and Amit at a cheaper rate, he said.
Presidential elections: Shiv Sena will support NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu, says Uddhav Thackeray
RPI(A) to elect its national working committee on July 15
The Republican Party of India (Athawale) will elect its new national working committee in Mumbai on July 15, a party functionary said on Tuesday.
The party is headed by Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale, who will be present at the meeting convened to elect the national working committee, he said.
3 people die in 24 hours, 95 evacuated from flooded areas
Three persons died in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra over the past 24 hours and 95 people were evacuated from some of the flooded places, a disaster management department report said on Tuesday.
Thirteen teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and three of the State Disaster Response Force were deployed in vulnerable districts of the state, it said.
NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal refutes rumours of Shiv Sena supporting NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu
Man gets 10 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl in Thane
A special court here sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district.
Maruti car sinks inside Fadkepada lake in Thane. No casualty reported, informs TMC's RDMC team
Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam takes a dig at Shiv Sena for supporting NDA's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu
Taking to Twitter, Nirupam wrote, "If Shiv Sena supports Mrs. Draupadi Murmu, will it be a historic decision of the party? know why ? Because earlier Balasaheb used to give orders, MPs used to follow them. This time it will happen that the MPs ordered, the party obeyed. This will be the end of the internal democracy of Shiv Sena."
2 Thane students drown in river during picnic
Two persons drowned in a river and as many others were rescued from different water bodies in three incidents in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Tuesday. On Monday, 12 students went on a picnic to Malanggad fort in Ambernath area.
60-year-old pensioner hurt outside Ambernath Municipal Corporation when slab collapsed on her head
Water logging at Andheri subway, traffic diverted to SV road and DN Nagar Chowki
South Mumbai received 42.42 mm rainfall in the 24 hour period till 8am on Tuesday
Additionally, eastern and western suburbs received 63.90 mm and 52.43 mm rainfall, respectively. A day before the island city had received 12.04 mm rainfall.
Lake levels rise upto 40% in just 10 days
The seven lakes supplying water to the city now have more stock compared to the two previous years. The continuous heavy rainfall in catchment areas resulted in the water stock going up by 72,8286 million litres in the last 24 hours.
'Want info, pay staff salary,' says Railway to Mumbai RTI activist
Mumbai-based RTI activist Manoranjan Roy seeking information from IRCTC related to railway tickets booked online, offline, GST/Service Tax collected and passengers who cancelled the tickets in the last 8 years has been asked to pay for the salary of staff required to collect the required data.
Navi Mumbai: NMMC reduces gap between 2nd and 3rd dose of Covid vaccine to 6 months
The 9 months or 39 weeks gap between the second dose of the Covid 19 vaccine and the precautionary dose has now been reduced to 6 months or 26 weeks.
Schools and colleges closed after heavy rains in Nashik
Schools and colleges were closed in Maharashtra's Nashik city on Tuesday following heavy rains over the last few days. People in flood-prone areas were asked to shift to safer places, officials said. The city received 97.4 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till 8.30 am on Tuesday, but the rains later took a break, bringing some respite to residents.
Panvel: Meritorious students of CKT to be felicitated
The meritorious students of Janardan Bhagat Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha's Changu Kana Thakur (CKT) Arts, Commerce and Science College, New Panvel will be felicitated on Wednesday morning.
Uddhav Thackeray announces support to NDA candidate for president Draupadi Murmu.
NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and others arrive at YB Chavan Centre for meeting led by party supremo Sharad Pawar
Watch: High tide hits Marine Drive in the city
Thane records 114 new Covid-19 cases; active tally at 2,037
On Tuesday, health official informed that Thane district has recorded 114 new cases of coronavirus, taking the tally of infections to 7,31,578.
Currently, the district has 2,037 active Covid-19 cases, the official said. One death was also reported on Monday, raising the toll to 11,915.
Red alert issued for Pune, Kolhapur, Palghar, Nashik, and Ratnagiri districts
MNS supremo Raj Thackeray postpones tomorrow's rally due to heavy rains
Heavy rain causes traffic jam from Sahar airport T2 to Andheri Kurla road on both sides
Another tree fallen near Dockyard Railway station
Tree falls in Byculla, traffic near the south diverted to the north
Traffic disrupted due to waterlogging
Traffic slow at Mankhurd Railway bridge road, due to waterlogging
Traffic movement slow in BKC
Water logging cleared at Andheri subway, traffic moving too.
Navi Mumbai: 7 months on, NMMT fails to rectify bus-tracker app
Zero COVID-19 death in city for second day in a row; 235 cases reported
Mumbai reported zero Covid-19 death for the second day in a row on Monday, following which the death toll remained at 19,624 fatalities. Meanwhile, the city also witnessed a drop in daily Covid cases to 235 on Monday from 399 which was reported on July 10, increasing the total count to 11,19,030 now.
2 trains get additional stop at Palghar
An additional stop has been given to the Swaraj Express (12471 / 12472) and Bhagat Ki Kothi Express (20484 / 20483) at Palghar station on an experimental basis for a period of six months.
Real estate stakeholders, societies seek EMI facility
MahaRERA dubs a city project investor as its promoter
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) settled a dispute between a developer and an investor by citing an order labelling the investor of a private real estate project as “promoter” (developer).
Maha cabinet expansion likely after Presidential polls
The much-awaited expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may take place after the July 18 presidential polls, the Shinde-led camp of Shiv Sena MLAs has indicated.
Demand to include two CIDCO nodes in PMC
While many of the villages are not happy with the services provided by the newly formed Panvel Municipal Corporation, the demand to include two more CIDCO nodes in the corporation is growing. The demand has been made during an event by a political party recently.
PMC sees 20 new cases of Covid on July 11
In the last 10 days, there has been a sharp drop in new cases under the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC), leading to a drop in the number of active cases. The number of active cases dropped to just 243 from 732.
NMMC sees 51 new cases of Covid on July 11
The number of daily new cases of Covid has been dropping for the last 10 days under Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC). On July 11, the civic body saw 51 new cases of Covid while 102 patients got discharged.
Wall of a 2-storey building collapses in Pune, 2 injured
On Monday night, a wall of the two-storey building collapsed in Nana Peth area of Pune city. Pune Fire Brigade team rushed to the site immediately. As per the information, two people are injured and two people are rescued after the wall collapsed.
IMD issues orange alert for Mumbai till July 14
For the next 24 hours- moderate to heavy rain in the city and suburbs. Possibility of very heavy rainfall at isolated places.
Mumbai wakes up to rain lashing several parts of the city.
1st cochlear implant at BMC’s peripheral hospital
Kandivali’s civic-run peripheral Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Hospital (aka Shatabdi Hospital), has conducted a cochlear implant, the first among all 16 peripheral hospitals in the city. The implant costs nearly Rs 8 lakh, but was carried out for free, with the recipient being a four-year-old boy, Vedant Gange, who was deaf since birth.
Mumbai landslide: A week later, BMC yet to repair footpath on Pedder Road
The BMC is yet to repair the footpath a week after a landslide caused by heavy rainfall near an under-construction building in the vicinity of Cadbury House at Pedder Road was reported.
Former NHSRCL chief highlighted 16 key issues with bullet train project on the day he was sacked
Anticipating a change in Maharashtra's stand on the Centre's ambitious bullet train project with a new government in the state, the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has written to the state's chief secretary, urging him to intervene to resolve long-pending issues stalling the project.
CR to seal illegal drainage coming on track using iron sheets
To prevent the repeated incidents of breaking boundary walls and illegal opening of drainage on the track near Sindhi Society, Sion, the Central Railway (CR) has decided to use iron sheets between the concrete to seal the 'illegal opening' of drainage on the track. The opening of drainage can lead to water logging on tracks during Monsoon.
BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha embarks on ‘pothole yatra’
The BJP has strongly come forward against potholes in the city. A number of people have targeted the BMC on social media by posting pothole photos.
BJP MLA from Mulund Mihir Kotecha has come ahead and raised the issue by launching a 'Pothole Yatra' in Mulund from Monday. He called upon the engineers of the road department and showed them pothole-ridden roads and got them fixed.
Navi Mumbai: 7 months on, NMMT fails to rectify bus-tracker app
Even after seven months, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) has not rectified the problem in its bus tracking app as around 150 air-conditioned (AC) electric buses are not available in the tracking app. This has left many commuters puzzled as they do not see any AC electric buses in the app, while they are plying routinely.
Rainfall to peak in Mumbai within next 3 days: IMD
IMD has predicted the possibility of a peak in rainfall across Mumbai within the next three days, while other districts in Maharashtra, including Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Nashik, Pune, Kolhapur, and Ganchiroli have been issued a red alert this week.
