Archive for July, 2009
ST MARY’S NIGHT SCHOOL LIGHTS UP MINDS OF POOR AND UNDERPRIVELEGED STUDENTS
A building to match any corporate establishment with modern classrooms - this is an upscale city school which is giving its services to educate the underprivileged. St. Mary’s Multipurpose High School and Junior College at Vashi has been running a night school for the last five years for the underprivileged... More
TWO STUDENTS BRING LAURELS TO THE CITY BY WINNING ACCOLADES IN INTERNATIONAL PAINTING COMPETITION
Two students of Navi Mumbai have done the city proud by winning silver and gold medal in the II international painting competition held by Yang Ming, a shipping based company in Taiwan. More than 10000 entries on the theme ‘ Harbour Scenery and Coastal Home’ in the age group of 4 to 15, were... More
NCP CHIEF SHARAD PAWAR TO PERSONALLY PICK PARTY CANDIDATES FOR ASSEMBLY POLLS
Even as the issue of a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party remains undecided, Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar has decided to personally step in to prepare the NCP for the upcoming assembly elections. The NCP is in a bad shape following its failure to perform well... More
MUMBAI TRAIN BLASTS VICTIMS YET TO BE COMPENSATED
In a recently held meeting by BJP State committee under the leadership of BJP National President Rajnath Singh, the families of the victims expressed their dissatisfaction over the slack attitude of the Government. Preeti Sawant, wife of the train blast victim Parag Sawant spoke with us. Parag is still... More
ROW HOUSES AT VASHI MAY FACE DEMOLITION
Almost 80 per cent of the row houses in sector 6, 7 and 8 in Vashi have illegally extended their homes, a survey conducted by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has revealed. After an RTI plea, NMMC conducted the survey of row houses at sector 6,7 and 8 of Vashi. The Bombay High Court too has instructed... More
NMMC APPOINTS NEW COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
In the general body meeting of NMMC, the new NMMC transport committee was also appointed. The six-member team will seek the city’s transport body NMMT. The General Body appointed its new committee for transport system of the city, NMMT. The six member team has 2 new faces namely Manohar Kulubuddin... More
POWER AND WATER SHORTAGE MAY STILL LOOM OVER THE STATE
The state is worried about the anticipated power cuts in the days to come as a fallout of the delaying monsoon. With no sufficient rains till now, Koyna, the state’s biggest power generator, faces the danger of being halted. Situated in the foothills of Sahyadri mountain range, the 1940 mw capacity... More
GREEN HOPE TO PLANT TWO LAKH TREES SAVE NATURE FOR FUTURE
Come Sunday, and the city is all set to go green as Navi Mumbai is will witness the biggest annual greening drive. City NGO Green Hope, for the second year in a row is organizing a major tree plantation drive where in 2 lacs trees will be planted across Navi Mumbai. Humankind has an obligation to put... More
