Mumbai Civic Body Removes 2,291 Illegal Banners and Posters in Drive
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Mumbai, October 14, 2026: The Bombay High Court has lifted a nearly 10-year-old interim stay that stalled work on the Kalu Dam project, allowing the Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC) to float a fresh tender. The project's estimated cost has escalated from Rs 657 cr...
safety
Mumbai, October 14, 2026: Suspended police officer Sachin Waze has told the Bombay High Court that the recovery of gelatin sticks from a vehicle parked near Antilia, without a detonator or fuse, cannot by itself establish a terrorist act under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)...
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Mumbai, October 14, 2026: A sessions court in Dindoshi has refused to direct the police to investigate several former government and aviation officials, including former Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Raju and then Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani, in connec...
government
Mumbai, October 14, 2026: The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved a resolution plan submitted by Marutee Finsec for Iskrupa Mall Management Company Private Limited, with a total resolution consideration of ₹72 lakh. The plan received 83.05% votes from the committee ...
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Mumbai, October 14, 2026: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has deployed 25 additional water tankers to improve supplies to tail-end areas, including hilly localities and chawls, where residents often face low water pressure. The civic body has also drafted a tanker po...
safety
Mumbai, October 14, 2026: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the Executive Director of Munitions India Limited (MIL) and two other private persons in a bribery case. During searches conducted at the premises of the accused public servant in Pune, Rs 1.73 crore...
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Mumbai, October 14, 2026: With a view to expediting the trial in the 13/7 serial blasts case, the special MCOCA court has allowed the prosecution to tender the evidence of formal witnesses in affidavit format, while retaining the accused's right to cross-examine them. This would ...
News
Thane, October 14, 2026: The Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Thane, has passed stringent orders against Anil Co-operative Housing Society in Naupada, disqualifying seven managing committee members from holding office for three years. The orders were passed after separ...
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Mumbai, October 14, 2026: The BMC’s new trenching policy triggered a sharp confrontation at the Standing Committee meeting, with Opposition parties alleging that the revised policy could cost the civic body up to Rs 200 crore in revenue. Despite strong objections from the Opposit...
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Mumbai, October 14, 2026: Disclosures obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act have uncovered a glaring expenditure disparity in monsoon rainwater removal pump contracts between Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR). Despite both railway zones operating within Mu...
safety
Mumbai, October 14, 2026: The Mumbai Crime Branch’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has arrested four alleged drug peddlers in three separate operations, seizing charas, mephedrone and ganja collectively worth approximately Rs 1.33 crore. The seizures include 1.113 kg of charas, 331.49...
safety
Mumbai, October 14, 2026: Raising concerns over air and noise pollution ahead of the festive season, Awaaz Foundation tested 17 brands of firecrackers and found that all the crackers were labelled as ‘green crackers’. Some did not carry QR codes, while some QR codes were fake. Th...
