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Major fire in Navi Mumbai warehouse
Major fire in Navi Mumbai warehouse NAVI MUMBAI: A major fire broke out in a chemical warehouse near Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Navi Mumbai on Sunday night, which spread in an area of one kilometre in the premise. Around 80 fire engines were rushed to the spot to extinguish the fire. However, the... More
Top celebs, VIPs get notices from Navi Mumbai cess dept
Top celebs, VIPs get notices from Navi Mumbai cess dept NAVI MUMBAI: Top celebrities and VIPs, including a cricketer, a singer, a business tycoon and several builders, have been slapped with notices from the cess department of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for failure to pay tax on purchase... More
Vaishali Samant performs
Vaishali Samant performs The “Pop Queen” Vaishali Samant, who has created waves in the world of Indipop and playback singing, performed at the closing ceremony of the Artisan Mela organised by the Surabhi Foundation, which was held from January 23 to 27 at Navi Mumbai. The five-day fiesta was part... More
‘Panvel creek will become Mithi river’
‘Panvel creek will become Mithi river’ The historic Panvel (or Ulve) creek gets special mention in the Bombay Gazette records. Centuries ago the creek used to have pearls on its sandy bed and was a focal point of trade and commerce with Persia. Today, the creek is mined for a different kind of treasure—its... More
Navi Mumbai theme park gets bid of Rs1,530 crore
Navi Mumbai theme park gets bid of Rs1,530 crore In a major boost to the Navi Mumbai property market, an international standard theme park planned by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) across 250 acres at Kharghar received the highest bid of Rs 1,530.35 crore. The bid is 143% higher... More
Court bans non-forest activities in mangroves
The Bombay high court on Wednesday, in an important order, banned “non-forest activities” in mangrove areas along the state’s coast. A division bench of Justice J N Patel and Justice B R Gavai ruled that its directive would hold irrespective of whether the government had notified a... More
Banks owe Navi Mumbai Rs 1,500-cr cess
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has decided to serve notices on private and nationalised banks that have failed to pay cess on gold sale transactions amounting to Rs 1,500 crore to the civic body. As many as 25 banks with 125 branches in Navi Mumbai have failed to pay the one per cent cess... More
Thane to JNPT in 30 mins?
If the plans of Cidco are anything to go by then soon you can cruise through the entire span of Navi Mumbai within 90 minutes. The Cidco has planned to complete the final leg of a road stretch that would connect the North with the South of Navi Mumbai. The 8.3 km long stretch of road will branch out... More
Nmmc Cuts Water Supply To Construction Sites And Serves Notices To 1500 Towers Under Its “save Water Policy”
Looks like NMMC is leaving no stones unturned to save as much water as possible to ensure that tax paying citizens do not face water shortage like neighboring cities Mumbai. Where on one side the corporation’s water department is fast implementing its ‘Save Water Policy’; on the other hand as per... More
Photo exhibition showcases the best of Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai: A child holds on to his grandfather’s hand as the two walk through a leafy neighbourhood in Navi Mumbai. The twilight turns the sky scarlet, accentuating the metal girders that form the Vashi bridge. People leave their worries behind and soak in the party spirit at a rain dance. These... More
