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MUMBAI: A fire broke out at a high-rise building on SV Road in Mumbai at around 10.50 am on Thursday. The fire brigade declared the incident at JNS Business Center, SV Road, Behrampada, near Gandhi School, Jogeshwari West, as a Level-II fire call.“No injuries have been reported so far,” an official said.Fire teams are on…
Pic of marine ecologist Mat Vanderklift MUMBAI: In cities like Mumbai which face regular floods on extreme rain days during the monsoon months, marine ecologist Mat Vanderklift, whose research primarily focuses on coastal ecosystems, said that urban resilience could be improved by integrating natural wetlands into flood management.“Instead of channeling all runoff through concrete drains,…
NEW DELHI: Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, wanted in bank fraud cases worth Rs 13,000 crore, is set to be lodged at Arthur Road jail in Mumbai upon his extradition from Belgium. But unlike conventional grim prison cells, the barrack awaiting him is more akin to a boutique hotel suite, India has told the Belgian court….
Mumbai: Textbooks printed by Balbharati will now be issued to students on lower-quality paper. In a recent tender released by the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (Balbharati), the bureau has reduced several technical standards for paper used in school textbooks.The brightness index — which measures the percentage of light a sheet…
Thane: The Principal District and Sessions Court in Thane acquitted four accused in the 2022 Waklan murder case, observing that the prosecution failed to establish a clear chain of evidence linking them to the crime.The case involved the alleged killing of Mangesh Maruti Patil, a resident of Waklan village near Dahisar, who went missing on…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The local BJP unit in Sillod taluka of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has been protesting against Shiv Sena MLA Abdul Sattar over alleged large-scale irregularities in electoral rolls.BJP district general secretary Kamlesh Kataria said many BLOs and other workers associated with the preparation and upgradation of electoral rolls were affiliated with educational institutions run by…
VASAI: The Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) has launched an ambitious initiative to beautify the city through public participation and private collaboration. The civic body has decided to lease out garden-reserved plots and road dividers to private players — including banks, industries, developers, and NGOs — under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Miyawaki forests…
Palghar: Police have seized drugs valued at Rs 53 lakh in two separate raids in Maharashtra’s Palghar and Thane districts and arrested two persons in this connection, officials said on Tuesday.Acting on a tip, the police conducted a raid on a man’s house in Vasai area of Palghar on October 18 and recovered 1.088 kg…
Mumbai: Firecrackers might have led to two cars catching fire in a Ghatkopar East housing complex Monday night, said residents. The incident took place a little after 11pm in Neelyog Vedanta Housing Society on Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road. Bradly Pereira, owner of one of the cars, said, “I was about to go to bed when I…
Mumbai: A fire broke out in a flat on the 22nd floor of a 29-storey building on Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road around 10.15pm Monday. Residents said a firecracker might have fallen on the balcony of a flat in Maxima society. No one was injured. “The fire brigade was informed, but we told them not to come…
