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BMC gets 53.17 acre salt pan land for DBLR on 99-yr lease

India, Sept. 22 -- Paving the way for the construction of the Dahisar-Bhayandar Link Road (DBLR) the union government has handed over 53.71 acres of salt pan land to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpora... Read More


'Encroachers have civil rights, can't evict at will'

MUMBAI, Sept. 22 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a contempt petition filed by residents of Kamathipura against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for allegedly failing to act ag... Read More


shun poison of plastic this festive season

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- Chinese scientists, led by Bingying Liu, have found a worrisome link between plastics and foetuses. They sampled 1,324 pregnant women and found microplastics in every single pla... Read More


Blockade in Kangpokpi over army convoy attack

Imphal, Sept. 22 -- A Kuki-Zo body on Sunday announced a three-day economic blockade across Kangpokpi district of Manipur over the lack of action against the perpetrators of the September 19 ambush on... Read More


State signs MoU with Cambridge

Pune, Sept. 22 -- The state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cambridge University Press & Assessment India on Saturday. The move will bring global expertise in curriculum... Read More


Open to declaring wet drought, says agri min

MUMBAI, Sept. 22 -- After the crop losses on 63,58,300 acres in 30 districts of the state owing to the heavy rainfall over the last four weeks, state agriculture minister Dattatrey Bharne said the gov... Read More


IMD issues yellow alert for rains till Tue morning

Mumbai, Sept. 22 -- The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for the regions of Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar from 8am on Monday to 8am on Tuesday, indicating thunderstorms accomp... Read More


'no eviction injunction for tenant who hid facts in court'

MUMBAI, Sept. 22 -- The Bombay High Court recently ruled that a tenant suppressing material facts cannot seek protection from eviction, especially after claiming an alternate accommodation and compens... Read More


No full-time officers in six wards; BMC blames MPSC

MUMBAI, Sept. 22 -- Six administrative wards in Mumbai, including the high-profile A Ward, are currently functioning without full-time ward officers. The wards in question have acting ward officials, ... Read More


Parimatch used 500 mule bank accounts to collect funds: Probe

MUMBAI, Sept. 22 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has found that Cyprus-based betting platform Parimatch - accused of siphoning roughly Rs.3,000 crore from Indian users by luring them with promises... Read More