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Flowers offered to Bappa set to nourish Mumbai's civic gardens
In Mumbai, floral waste from the recent Ganpati festival is being converted into compost for civic gardens. Collection was conducted via dedicated handcarts and at artificial immersion sites in F-South ward. Local officials implemented this initiative for the first time to preven...
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Lalbaugcha Raja's food leftovers skip landfill, power hospital in Mumbai
BMC initiated a food waste management project in collaboration with Lalbaugcha Raja during the Ganpati festival. The leftover prasad was sent to a biomethanation plant for processing instead of being discarded. This initiative generated significant amounts of biogas and electrici...
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At ‘Prahaar’ trailer launch, Fadnavis hails Nikam’s 26/11 prosecution as ‘final justice’
Fadnavis said the film would bring before the public the legal battle that followed the attacks and credited Nikam with using the Kasab trial to expose the conspiracy and role of Pakistan as alleged by the prosecution...
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FDA to act against surrogate, misleading ads for infant foods across hospitals, seminars, conferences
Invoking existing provisions, FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe issued a comprehensive compliance order on Tuesday
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43 more tehsils in drought-hit list; state seeks aid from Centre
The drought situation was extensively discussed in the state cabinet on Tuesday, where several ministers from the three ruling parties pointed out that many arid villages with crop losses were not on the list...
safety
ESIC hospital in Andheri resumes inpatient services, petitioner disputes claim
MUMBAI: The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that inpatient services at its Model Hospital in Andheri had resumed with 50 operational beds, nearly eight years after the facility was shut following a major fire...
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HC paves way for release of 13/7 blasts accused held despite bail
A division bench of justices Sarang V Kotwal and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale deleted the bail condition requiring Kafeel Ahmed Ayub to furnish a local surety in Mumbai and allowed him to submit a surety from anywhere in the country...
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Six Sena workers denied bail over Palghar hospital assault
PALGHAR: Nearly 25 days after Shiv Sena workers and functionaries allegedly barged into the ICU of Relieef Hospital in Palghar and assaulted doctors and staff over a ₹19,866 medical bill for injured Govinda participants, a court on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of six ac...
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Chandivali residents audit footpaths to debunk BMC’s ‘Pedestrian First’ claims
The Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association (CCWA) on Tuesday audited four prominent pedestrian stretches connecting Chandivali Nahar, Lake Homes, Raheja Vihar and other high-rise townships. The roads serve nearly 200 buildings across the neighbourhood, where a rapidly growing po...