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This year, most of the households in Navi Mumbai have kept Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at it’s humblest form, given the ongoing pandemic Navi Mumbai: Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Navi Mumbai households have been humble this year owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the Ganesh utsav decorations around they city have been simpler […]
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 […]
The raid carried at the JNPT yielded a consignment of more than 21 lakh imported cigarettes. JNPT / Uran / Navi Mumbai: A huge smuggled consignment containing imported foreign cigarettes was seized at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at Uran, by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), who was acting on a tip-off. The […]
Navi Mumbai / Uran: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked the Maharashtra state forest department to look into the illegal hacking of mangroves at the Panje wetland in Uran. The directive comes after numerous complaints by environmental activists and local residents, about the illegal act of destroying the mangroves in Uran. Apparently, the revenue department […]
Uran / Navi Mumbai: Activists in and around the city have been rejoicing in the state mangrove protection committee’s order to halt construction activity on the 165-acre Bhendkal wetland, in Uran. Also the Maharashtra state regulator has demanded immediate removal of debris from the creek area, a former part of the Navi Mumbai Special Economic […]
Navi Mumbai / Uran: The wetlands in Panje area of Uran are once again being exploited for dumping of debris. The wetlands is said to be one of the last surviving eco-sensitive areas in MMR region. Locals and environment activists informed the local authorities about the situation and how the wetlands were being used again […]