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MMRDA halts recruitment, orders probe

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- A day after candidates raised questions over the provisional merit list of its recruitment examination, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday con... Read More


10 acres around SGNP cleared for arts institute

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- Over 10 acres of the eco-sensitive zone on the periphery of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) will be used to construct the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies' (IICT) second... Read More


BMC clears proposal to redevelop 22 BEST depots under PPP model

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- The BMC general body on Wednesday night cleared a proposal to redevelop 22 of BEST's 27 bus depots under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. Tabled as an urgent business motio... Read More


15-year-old boy who skipped school drowns in waterfall

NAVI MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- A 15-year-old Kurla boy drowned at Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar on Wednesday morning after he reportedly went there with friends instead of school, police said. The decease... Read More


FDA restores licence of BMC canteen after 19 lapses rectified

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked the suspension of the food licence of the canteen at the BMC headquarters Annexe building, nearly a month after it was shut down f... Read More


Fisheries dept plans to appoint TISS for socio-economic survey

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- Amid increasing opposition from fishermen about various projects in MMR and coastal areas of Konkan, the fisheries department has decided to conduct a socio-economic survey of the f... Read More


Fishers to rally against proposed desalination plant at Manori

Mumbai, Aug. 20 -- Concerned about the impact of the proposed desalination plant at Manori on the livelihoods of fisher communities, around 1,500 fishermen from Madh, Manori, Uttan and other villages ... Read More


No data centres near homes: Naik

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- Senior BJP leader and forest minister Ganesh Naik said he is opposed to data centres being set up in residential areas and encouraged citizens resisting them to challenge them in co... Read More


HC: Public bodies cannot collect pvt party data for RTI

MUMBAI, Aug. 20 -- Public authorities cannot be directed to collect information from private parties and hand it over to people seeking it under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Bombay high cou... Read More


Colaba school lacks basic items, infra, finds CJP

Mumbai, Aug. 20 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Colaba Market School has no CCTV cameras or sanitary pads for female students, volunteers from the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) found ... Read More