Navi Mumbai: Three of a family sustained major injuries while their bedroom slab collapsed on them on Friday morning in Navin Sheva, Uran. The locals and the fire brigade team extricated the trapped victims from the debris in a half-an-hour-long operation. An 8-year-old boy and his parents sustained bone fractures in their legs and hands,…
Navi Mumbai: Considering the frequent traffic congestion along the Belapur-Uran-Panvel stretch of road resulting in blocking the lane leading to the Atal Setu, the Navi Mumbai traffic department has issued a notification for diversion of heavy vehicles.Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Rahul Khade said that the traffic diversion for heavy vehicles travelling from the Belapur…
Mumbai: Central Railway’s Mumbai Division rolled out a multi-pronged ticket-checking push across its heavily loaded suburban network, deploying “Fortress”, “Ambush” and other special drives to curb ticketless and irregular travel and protect revenue and earned revenue through Rs 1 lakh in fines daily.In April and May 2026, special checks conducted in addition to routine inspections…
Then Panvel sub-divisional officer had passed the order without prior permission of the Union govt Navi Mumbai: In yet another dubious private forest land diversion, over 60 hectares (150 acres) has been deforested off the Karnala Fort under Bhadbhuvan (previously Sarsai) village, Uran, without prior permission of the Union govt.The then Panvel sub-divisional officer had…
Two men riding bikes were killed in a head-on collision on the Uran-Mora stretch of road on Monday before 3 am. Navi Mumbai: Three men were killed in two separate road accidents in Navi Mumbai on Monday and Tuesday past midnight, police said.Two men riding bikes were killed in a head-on collision on the Uran-Mora…
Navi Mumbai: In a fatal road accident, two Uran youths lost their lives at around 3 am on Monday. A suspected head-on collision between two motorcycles was reported opposite Harishchandra Gawand Garden on the Uran-Mora Road. One of the two-wheelers was moving towards Uran township, while the other was moving towards Mora village. The Uran…
The March assessment offers an early snapshot of groundwater conditions before the peak summer demand fully sets in Pune: Seven talukas in Maharashtra had already slipped into mild and moderate groundwater stress categories in March this year, well before the onset of peak summer months, a recent assessment by the Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency…
Navi Mumbai: On International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrated May 22 every year, environmentalists appealed to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to fast-track long-delayed legal protection for more than 23,000 wetlands across the state, warning that continued neglect accelerates biodiversity loss and increases climate vulnerability.Appealing to the CM for urgent intervention, B N Kumar, director of…
