Children risking their lives at ponds and streams in Kharghar

Children risking their lives at ponds and streams in Kharghar

Young children, aged 14 and below, have been found frolicking in accident prone ponds and streams in Kharghar, especially the Taloja Jail Pond. Kharghar / Navi Mumbai / Panvel: While the Kharghar police and forest range officers have been trying their best at driving people away from the Pandavkada Waterfalls, there are many spots left […]

Owe Hills and Taloja Jail Pond turn into picnic spots

Owe Hills and Taloja Jail Pond turn into picnic spots

Families have been crowding the hills at Owe, and children as young as 14, can be seen frolicking dangerously in the Taloja Jail pond. Kharghar / Navi Mumbai / Panvel: As the Kharghar police and forest department have been continuously requesting people not to visit the Pandavkada Waterfalls, for the many dangers posed, people have […]

More than 1 lakh protestors to march against the naming of Navi Mumbai International Airport

More than 1 lakh protestors to march against the naming of Navi Mumbai International Airport

On Thursday, BJP activists, PAPs and locals residents will joint in protest outside the CIDCO head office at Belapur, demanding that the Navi Mumbai International Airport be named after late leader of the PAPs, DB Patil. Belapur / Panvel  / Navi Mumbai: The local BJP activists and PAPs are readying themselves for a grand protest, […]

Kharghar’s Vishwajyot High School issues leaving certificates to 17 students for non-payment of fees

Kharghar’s Vishwajyot High School issues leaving certificates to 17 students for non-payment of fees

Parents accuse school of exorbitant hike in fees and hurting children’s morale through such behaviour. Kharghar / Navi Mumbai: In a move that is being dubbed as highly unethical and uncalled for, the Vishwajyot High School has sent school leaving certificates to around 17 students through emails and post. The parents of all the students […]

Youngsters visiting Pandavkada waterfalls despite ban and section 144 in effect

Youngsters visiting Pandavkada waterfalls despite ban and section 144 in effect

Young boys and girls have been sneaking in during the early hours of the day, when there is no supervision. Kharghar / Navi Mumbai / Panvel: Even when the Kharghar police has warned monsoon revellers from visiting the Pandavkada Waterfalls, young boys and girls continue to visit the falls in the absence of supervision during […]

Don’t visit Pandavkada falls: Kharghar police warns monsoon revellers

Don’t visit Pandavkada falls: Kharghar police warns monsoon revellers

People have been prohibited from visiting the popular Pandavkada waterfalls in Kharghar, from 7 June to 30 September. Kharghar / Navi Mumbai / Panvel: With monsoons making their presence felt, filling up local water bodies and waterfalls big and small, the Kharghar police has sprung into action, banning visits to the Pandavkada waterfalls, and enforcing […]

Will Navi Mumbai International Airport delay further owing to the naming conflict?

Will the Navi Mumbai International Airport delay further owing to the naming conflict?

While Raigad residents want the Navi Mumbai International Airport to be named after late local leader DB Patil, the state government already seems to have decided to name it after their late supremo Balasaheb Thackeray. Raigad/Navi Mumbai: it looks like delays are becoming synonymous with the Navi Mumbai Inernational Airport (NMIL) as once again work […]

Light showers continue in Navi Mumbai hinting at an early monsoon

Light showers continue in Navi Mumbai hinting at an early monsoon

Navi Mumbai received a pleasant amount of light showers, gusty winds, thunder and lightening, late into the evening on Tuesday. Kharghar / Navi Mumbai: Parts of the city of Navi Mumbai received light showers once again, on Tuesday evening, providing much needed comfort to the residents. The atmosphere, which had been very humid since days, […]

Navi Mumbai receives pre-monsoon showers

Navi Mumbai receives pre-monsoon showers

Several parts of the city remained clouded and received light pre-monsoon showers on Sunday and a day prior. Navi Mumbai: After weeks of hot days and nights, the month of June 2021 could bring in an early monsoon, as the city has been seeing cloudy skies along with light showers here and there. On Sunday, […]

Navi Mumbai Muslim Community observe Ramadan 2021 under covid-19 restrictions yet again

Navi Mumbai Muslim Community observe Ramadan 2021 under covid-19 restrictions yet again

Ramadan 2021 is the second time when the Muslim community of Navi Mumbai, just like the rest of the world, have been celebrating the Holy Month under strict restrictions in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Navi Mumbai: It has been three weeks since Ramadan started on 14th April, 2021, that the Muslim community […]