MUMBAI: Hidden behind mountains of legacy garbage at the Deonar dumping ground, MMR’s first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant is inching towards completion, with civic officials eyeing Dec for stabilised operations. Spread across 12 hectares, the ambitious project aims to process 600 tons of municipal waste daily and generate almost eight megawatts of electricity — likely to…
A BMC official said debris was dumped at the tree’s base Mumbai: One of the two friends who sustained grievous injuries after a tree fell from a construction site onto their auto in Khar last Sunday is reportedly brain dead. The victim, Aarika Srivastava had turned 15 on Wednesday, and never regained consciousness.The first apnea…
Mumbai: The state revenue department has suspended a deputy collector-rank officer for his alleged involvement with astrologer Ashok Kharat, while ordering a departmental inquiry against him.Kharat is facing multiple criminal cases involving alleged sexual exploitation, cheating and violations under the anti-superstition law.The official, Abhijit Bhande-Patil, was posted as a competent authority with Slum Rehabilitation Authority….
Mumbai: The city police, probing the death of four members of a Pydhonie family, said they received the ‘final cause of death’ certificate, which mentioned “poisoning due to zinc phosphide”.Police received the report from the forensic department of the state-run JJ Hospital in Byculla that carried out the post-mortems.On April 26, Abdullah Dokadia (40), wife…
Mumbai: Mumbai’s recurring power outages are emerging as a serious civic concern, with residents across several neighbourhoods facing prolonged disruptions in the middle of intense heat and humidity. The latest incidents in Dadar, Parel, and Bandra on Thursday have once again exposed the growing strain on the city’s electricity distribution network, even as peak demand…
Mumbra Police have arrested two of the accused and are looking for two others Thane: Mumbra police have arrested a nurse and her brother for allegedly beating a civil engineer to death with PVC pipes, stuffing the body in a drum, and dumping it in a secluded nullah in Vasai, after their extortion bid went…
Sunetra Pawar at a Janta Darbar in Baramati on March 13 Mumbai: Two weeks after he was overlooked for the MLC polls, with the NCP giving the ticket to Zeeshan Siddique, party spokesperson and former MP Anand Paranjape resigned from the NCP. The Thane-based leader joined the Shiv Sena the same day, donning a saffron…
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane has acquitted three persons, including a 31-year-old woman, in a 2016 case of alleged kidnapping, trafficking, and rape of a minor girl, observing that the prosecution failed to prove “foundational facts”.Special Judge G T Pawar on Wednesday dropped all charges against Kajal Thakur (31), Mosin Nasim Khan (31), and…
Mumbai: A 52-year-old BEST bus conductor died after he got sandwiched between two BEST buses in Andheri West on Thursday afternoon. The deceased, Shekhar Rawate, died after suffering severe injuries in a chain collision involving four buses.The accident took place around 1.15 pm between Ambivali Naka and Rajkumar bus stop on SV Road. At the…
Independent safety assessor teams are also carrying out inspections and safety audits of the monorail system linked to the interchange facility Mumbai: The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) on Wednesday commenced inspection of the stretch between Diamond Garden Metro station and Chembur Metro station as part of the process to operationalise the much awaited…
