PM Modi to address rally at Kharghar on 16th October

PM Modi to address rally at Kharghar on 16th October

Kharghar / Panvel: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing a huge rally at Kharghar on 16th October, 2019. Preparations have already been made for the mega political event to be held on a ground near Central Park. If things go as planned then PM Modi will be arriving on a helicopter on the ground […]

The hills that stand tall and proud in Kharghar!

The hills that stand tall and proud in Kharghar!

Well, anyone who has been to Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, can tell that the mountainous terrain is one thing that separates it from the rest of the nodes. The hills have been standing tall since before anyone moved in and will stay till they are allowed to! Here they were standing magnificently on one cloudy day! […]

Pipeline burst renders Kharghar waterless for 3 days

Pipeline burst renders Kharghar waterless for 3 days

Many sectors in Kharghar have been marred by erratic water supply Navi Mumbai / PMC / Kharghar: Taps have been running dry, or at least, not adequately supplied with water, in various sectors of Kharghar owing to a pipeline burst in the Hetawane mainline at Retibunder, on Sunday. Though the pipeline had been sealed, adequate […]

10 remaining Navi Mumbai airport villagers to relocate before December 15

CIDCO demolishes illegal chawls built on core airport area in Panvel

Navi Mumbai / Panvel: The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra’s (CIDCO) anti-encroachment department cleared a 32 acre land marked as a core airport area. The land in Chinchpada, Panvel, had been encroached upon and illegal chawls had been built on it. The land had first been allotted to the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) […]

State forest department to finally file chargesheet against HOCL chemical plant in Panvel

State forest department to finally file chargesheet in HOCL chemical plant leak case

Navi Mumbai / PMC / Panvel: The state forest department seems to have come out of their slumber. 6 months after a chemical leak at the HOCL chemical plant at Panvel, that killed 31 monkeys, the department is filing a chargesheet against the company. In December, 2018, the carcasses of 31 monkeys (Bonnet macaque) and […]

Summers made worse by frequent power cuts in Navi Mumbai

Summers made worse by frequent power cuts in Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai: The summers have been made unbearable for many as the city reels under frequent power cuts across several nodes. While power cuts are not unacceptable, the unscheduled cuts have not been well received by citizens. The most affected areas have been Digha, Airoli, Turbhe, Ghansoli, Koparkhairane and Vashi in the Thane district. These […]

Illegal bullock cart race busted, seven held for cruelty

Illegal bullock cart race busted, seven held for cruelty

Navi Mumbai / Panvel: The Panvel police arrested seven people accused of cruelty against animals by participating in illegal bullock cart races held in Panvel. Police officials informed that the police busted an illegal bullock cart race that was being held in Shiravli village in the Panvel taluka.  As the cops arrived, people ran away […]

Navi Mumbai International Airport’s 2020 deadline likely to extend as PAPs refuse to relocate again

Angry encroachers stop CIDCO’s anti-encroachment drive

Navi Mumbai / Panvel:  A team from CIDCO’s anti-encroachment team department had to return without which demolishing an illegal colony of chawls set up on a piece of land falling under the airport area. The reason for such return – angry villagers protesting for proper compensation although they did ot posses any legal documentation, like […]

Election commission appoints over 14,000 staff to monitor April 29 polls in Maval

Election commission appoints over 14,000 staff to monitor April 29 polls in Maval

Navi Mumbai: The Election Commission has appointed over 14, 488 polling staff for the upcoming election on 29th April. The staff will be monitoring 2,504 Maval parliamentary constituency which happens to be the largest one in the state. It surpasses all other regions with regard to the number of polling booths and comes second when […]