Thane: A fresh flashpoint threatens to break out between the Thane BJP and Shiv Sena with the BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Monday publicly opposing the proposed beautification of Kavesar Lake, saying he would not allow any concretisation of the ecologically sensitive water body.Kelkar’s stand puts him at odds with the local Shiv Sena unit,…
Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske, officials from Cidco and Central Railway, during the signing of the MoU for the transfer of Targhar, Kharkopar and Bamandongri railway stations Thane/ Navi Mumbai: In a development that promises to improve amenities and station maintenance for Navi Mumbai railway commuters, three railway stations—Targhar, Kharkopar and Bamandongri—have officially been transferred…
Rain-ready morning walkers at Marine Drive on Sunday morning Mumbai: Mumbai parts of Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai received a brief spell of pre-monsoon showers on Sunday morning, bringing slight relief from the hot and humid weather.In the 24-hour period ending Sunday 8.30am, the IMD Colaba observatory recorded 6.8mm of rainfall and the IMD Santacruz…
Thane: A 75-year-old Mumbai-based businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 56 lakh by a ‘healer’ who promised to cure his ailments with alternative treatments before allegedly blackmailing him using nude photographs, police said.According to the Kasarvadavali police, the accused and an associate befriended the businessman at a Mumbai hospital nearly two years ago while he…
Delay in constituting the Standing Committee and other statutory panels has fuelled speculation of alliance tensions, with BJP leaders alleging exclusion from key decision-making positions in the Thane civic body Thane: Nearly six months after the new Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) house was constituted in January, not a single special committee, not even the standing…
The worker probably lost his foothold and fell into the creek waters following which his colleagues alerted the police and fire brigade that launched a search operation Thane: A 27-year-old worker employed for painting the railway bridge over the creek between Mumbra and Diva died by drowning after he allegedly slipped off his perch and…
Thane: Panic gripped residents in the Dahisar Mori area on the Thane–Navi Mumbai border on Tuesday afternoon after a massive fire broke out at an open scrap godown stocked with tyres, sending thick plumes of black smoke across the locality and disrupting traffic on the busy Mumbra-Panvel highway.The blaze erupted little before noon at the…
Thane: The Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) booked a revenue official from Ambernath on Friday late night after he was trapped while allegedly accepting a bribe for himself and his colleague to modify the land records in the complainant’s favour, officials informed on Saturday.The complainant approached the officer in-charge for Dwarli, Adivali and Dhokli villages in…
Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao announced the launch of TMC’s first CBSE school at Kharegaon, scheduled to begin classes from June 8 Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation is all set to operate its first CBSE-affiliated school at Kharegaon starting June 8, Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao announced on Tuesday following a review of the campus.The school will…
Thane: A leopard was spotted in the Indira Nagar area of Wagle Estate along the SGNP boundary Saturday evening. Forest officials who rushed to the spot said there was no reason for concern as the big cat was spotted within its territory and did not infringe on city limits. No incident of any human injury…
