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Mumbai, September 19, 2026: The BMC is moving to regulate sports turfs and cricket pitches on municipal leasehold plots after finding widespread commercial use without mandatory permissions or No-Objection Certificates (NOCs). Under the proposed policy, operators would have to pa...
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC), learning from its previous failures, has shifted the proposed location of its bio-briquette plant from Anna Nagar to an area near AIIMS. The plant, which will process horticultural waste generated from tree pruning and ...
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced a major crackdown on unauthorised structures in slum areas. Starting October 1 to December 31, the civic body will intensify its efforts to demolish 39,111 unauthorised structures exceeding 14 feet in height acros...
Mumbai: Special voter registration camps are being organised across Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls 2026. This gives eligible citizens an opportunity to register as voters and check their names in the draft elec...
New Delhi, September 19, 2026: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress founder Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India’s interim decision to freeze the All India Trinamool Congress name and its reserved “Flowers & ...
Mumbai: With large crowds expected across Mumbai on Sunday as devotees visit various Ganpati pandals during Ganeshotsav, the Railways provided a major relief to commuters. No daytime megablock will be operated on the major Mumbai suburban routes on Sunday, allowing devotees to tr...
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified an unapproved water connection leading to a mosque near Mumbai's Terminal 2. This move comes after a complaint from BJP leader Kirit Somaiyya about the utilization of airport land. During their inspection, BMC officials ...
The founder claimed that excessive advertising on pandals during Ganesh Utsav in Mumbai ruins the experience for devotees.
Pune: Pune is in a strong position to host the 2032 UCI Road World Championships, with India’s bid reportedly gaining significant support ahead of a crucial vote by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling’s world governing body. The championship would be one of the bigge...
Navi Mumbai: Concerned over the condition of several mature trees in CBD Belapur that were allegedly damaged by chemical injection, local residents and environmental activists have launched a citizen-led effort to revive them, alleging that the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s...
Pune: At least 467 trees will be affected by the proposed 20-metre Development Plan (DP) road widening in Kothrud, with 149 trees permitted to be completely felled and 318 trees earmarked for transplantation, according to a tree-felling permission and extension order issued by th...
Mumbai's Ganeshotsav festivities embrace a vibrant array of themes and customs from various mandals. At Keshavji Naik Chawl, ancient traditions come alive through stunning Warli painting decor. GSB Ram Mandir in Wadala enhances spiritual practices, catering to countless devotees....
A video showing Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's sharp exchange with a resident in Madhya Pradesh's Guna over a long-pending road demand has gone viral on social media. The confrontation took place after residents stopped Scindia's convoy and raised the slogan “Road nahi toh...
Pune: Social media influencer and civic activist Santosh Pandit has spoken about his time in custody after being released on bail in a case over allegedly objectionable remarks involving Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil and a woman Pune Municipal Corporation corporator. In ...
Mumbai: The water stock in Mumbai's seven reservoirs remained unchanged at 97.72 per cent on Saturday, the same level recorded a day earlier, according to the latest data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The combined live storage stood at 14,14,356 million litre...
Mumbai, September 18: Municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide, during a monthly review meeting with various civic departments, directed officials to resume the road-washing campaign from October 1-15 to combat air and dust pollution. The initiative includes street cleaning, installi...
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will take a decision on the future of chief selector Ajit Agarkar at an appropriate time, with secretary Devajit Saikia saying the board still has 15 days before his tenure ends. BCCI weighs Agarkar’s future Speaking after ...
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Five birth certificates submitted by people who obtained passport verification using the address of a Buddha Vihar in Anna Nagar in Govindpura have been found to be fake. Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) found no records of the certificates during verif...
Marathi thriller Gondhal has been selected as India’s official entry for the 99th Academy Awards, but the decision has also sparked discussion around Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar , which was among the films in contention. Vivek Vaswani, a member of the Film Federation of Indi...
Mumbai, September 18: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar (Shatabdi) Hospital in Kandivali has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), making it the first BMC general...
Pune, September 18: Re-elected Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) chairman Surendra Sanas has set a three-year target for completing the club’s new clubhouse, while expressing confidence that the ambitious project could be finished ahead of schedule. The nine-member RWITC Boar...
Mumbai, September 18: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced plans to celebrate the 20th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2027 in a grand way. While the board has not announced any special player-related plans, one question is likely to intere...
Former India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel has fuelled speculation of replacing Ajit Agarkar as BCCI's new chief selector on Friday. Agarkar's contract is up and while the Indian cricket board are aiming for an extension, it is believed that the race is run for the former fast bowl...
Thane, September 18: In a decisive move to curb water theft, the Water Supply Department of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) launched a major crackdown across the Diva and Mumbra Ward Committee jurisdictions, disconnecting a total of 25 unauthorized water connections. Along ...
Mumbai, September 18: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elected Arun Singh Dhumal and M Khairul Jamal Majumdar as representatives of the General Body to the Governing Council of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The decision was taken at the BCCI's 95th Annual Gener...
Mumbai, September 18, 2026: The Bombay High Court has permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to cut 1,237 mangroves for construction of the proposed Versova-Madh Island connector bridge, observing that the project serves a “genuine public cause” and would signific...
Mumbai: VIP Industries has approved a proposal to raise up to Rs 500 crore during 2026-27 as the luggage maker looks to accelerate growth and strengthen operations. The company’s board cleared the proposal at its meeting on Friday, September 18. The fundraising may be completed i...
Thane, September 18, 2026: In preparation for the Gauri-Ganpati and Anant Chaturdashi idol immersions, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) Additional Municipal Commissioner (2) Maj. Dr. Nitin Rathod conducted an on-site inspection of key immersion ghats, including Kolshet Creek and...
New Delhi: Hi-Tech Flow Solutions Ltd has filed preliminary papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to launch an initial public offering. The proposed Hi-Tech Flow Solutions IPO will include a fresh issue of shares worth up to ₹300 crore, along with an offer for sa...
The Election Commission on Friday formally intervened in the internal ownership feud of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) by issuing a directive that allocates separate, temporary political identities to the two warring factions ahead of the October 6 legislative bypolls in ...
Mumbai: A boardroom battle at Tata Sons has intensified after directors reportedly backed a fresh five-year term for Executive Chairman N Chandrasekaran and approved preparations for a public listing. Noel Tata, chairman of the charitable trusts that collectively own about 66 per...
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe said that Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff will face legal scrutiny over their appearance in a Vimal Elaichi ad, regardless of their celebrity status. For those unversed, the th...
The Election Commission on Friday allotted separate names and election symbols to the two rival factions of the Trinamool Congress ahead of the West Bengal Assembly bypolls, scheduled for October 6. Our party led by Smt. @MamataOfficial has been allotted the name ‘Mamata All Indi...
Mumbai: The water stock in the city's seven reservoirs rose to 97.72 per cent on Friday, September 18, up from 97.55 per cent recorded a day earlier, according to the latest data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The combined live storage in the reservoirs stood ...
Pune: Train services in Pune and on several routes passing through the city will be affected for 15 days as Central Railway’s Pune division carries out major infrastructure work for commissioning the third railway line between Hadapsar and Ghorpadi. The pre-non-interlocking and n...
Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Mumbai continue to draw some of the city’s biggest names, and the Ambani family was among the devotees at Lalbaugcha Raja. Mukesh Ambani, Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant visited the iconic pandal to seek Bappa’s blessings, with the trio joining ...
Mumbai: A serious leadership battle has erupted inside Tata Group , one of India’s oldest business empires. Tata Sons board has approved another five-year term for Executive Chairman N Chandrasekaran, reversing his earlier decision to step down when his current tenure ends in Feb...
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India, following the ECI's interim order to freeze the name and "Flowers and Grass" symbol of All India Trinamoo...
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has issued a show-cause notice to the Bandra Bandstand Residents’ Trust (BBRT), seeking an explanation over alleged violations of the conditions of the 2002 no-objection certificate (NOC) that allowed the trust to undertake conservatio...
A Bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna observed that where a statutory appellate remedy was available, the restaurant should first avail it before approaching the High Court....
Nilesh Kakade, the Leader of the Opposition Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) party in the Malegaon Municipal Corporation, complained about the particular portrait of Tipu Sultan in the office building of the corporation, the petition states...
Mumbai, September 17, 2026: The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has announced the dates for the Class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Class 12 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations to be conducted in February–March 2027. Cla...
Kalyan: The caste claim of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) corporator Tejashree Hemant Gaikwad, formerly known as Tejashree Shyam Sonawane, has been validated by the Thane District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee. Caste claim receives approval The committee acce...
The Election Commission of India has temporarily put the 'All India Trinamool Congress' name and its 'Flowers and Grass' election symbol on hold. As a result, neither faction, led by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee, respectively, will be permitted to ...
Mumbai: Devotees visiting Lalbaugcha Raja this Ganeshotsav are being served bhog on plates made from sugarcane bagasse, as the iconic Ganesh mandal has moved away from conventional single-use plastic tableware. Eco-friendly plates at pandal The plates, which resemble thermocol, a...
FPJ Eco Ganesha Initiative: "The competition of tall Ganesh idols is unhealthy and unnecessary, DJs cause noise pollution and state government should form a dedicated committee to laying SOPs for mandals for Ganpati celebrations. I appeal the citizens to get back to our tradition...
Mumbai: A Ganesha idol inspired by Kerala’s traditional Kathakali dance form at a Bandra East home has become a talking point among devotees and on social media, combining the elephant-headed deity with the elaborate costume and distinctive visual style of the classical dance-dra...
Mumbai, September 17, 2026: The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has issued a show-cause notice to the Bandra Bandstand Residents Trust (BBRT), threatening to cancel the trust's 24-year-old no-objection certificate (NOC) over allegations of unauthorised corporate tie-ups and high...
Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): Dhar Municipality marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 76th birthday by arranging around two lakh lamps in the shape of India at the fort ground. Anganwadi workers, tehsildar, patwari and Brahma Kumaris employees helped prepare the display. Each lamp recei...
Navi Mumbai, September 17, 2026: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has appealed to citizens, public Ganeshotsav mandals and housing societies to participate in a state-wide campaign aimed at securing UNESCO intangible cultural heritage nomination for Maharashtra’s trad...
Panvel, September 17, 2026: Special voter registration camps will be held at all polling stations in the Panvel Assembly constituency on September 19, 20, 26 and 27, as part of the Election Commission of India's Special Electoral Roll Revision Programme-2026. The camps will be op...
Navi Mumbai, September 17, 2026: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) launched the month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ on Thursday by creating a giant human rangoli depicting the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan logo in the shape of Mahatma Gandhi’s spectacles at the civic headquarter...
Navi Mumbai: The 56th Ganeshotsav celebrations of Shivchhaya Mitra Mandal (SMM) will feature a 10-foot-tall idol of Navi Mumbaicha Raja installed inside a replica of Jaipur City's iconic Sheesh Mahal. The 12-day celebrations, which have been going on since September 14, are being...
Thane, September 17: As part of its ongoing eco-friendly Ganeshotsav initiative, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has collected and systematically managed approximately 18,600 kilograms (18.6 tonnes) of nirmalya (offering/flower waste) following the first phase of idol immer...
The Supreme Court has questioned why the Election Commission of India (ECI) did not consider denying the Shiv Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol to both rival factions and allowing them to contest on their own strength, instead of giving one group the advantage of the existing party nam...
Mumbai: Tata Trusts has declared the Tata Sons board resolution seeking to reappoint N Chandrasekaran as chairman illegal, opening a leadership battle at India’s conglomerate. The Trusts said Chandrasekaran’s decision not to seek another term after his tenure ends on February 20,...
Pune: For devotees navigating Pune’s crowded Peth areas during Ganeshotsav, deciding which mandals to visit and in what order can often be as difficult as finding them. Addressing this problem, 24-year-old software engineer Ameya Jain has developed puneganpati.in, a free route-pl...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has clarified that the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will not be permitted to trade its own shares on its trading platform at this stage, saying the matter is premature. According to a report by NDTV Profit, SEBI Chairman Tuhin Ka...
Mumbai: Tata Sons board has approved a fresh five-year term for N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman, reversing his earlier decision not to seek reappointment after his current tenure ends in February 2027. The decision was taken at the holding company’s board meeting in Mumbai...
