Quake hits Vikramgad in Palghar district early Tuesday

Quake hits Vikramgad in Palghar district early Tuesday. Sandhya Nair ... MUMBAI: An earthquake measuring 3.2 magnitude on the Richter Scale today hit Vikramgad taluka of Palghar district. There was no ... Jawahar taluka of Palghar district has been experiencing mild tremors since December 20.
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Maharashtra bandh LIVE updates: Rail roko at Thane, Virar end; heavy police deployment across ...

In 1818, the Peshwa attempted to retake the city of Pune from the British with a force of 28,000 men — 20,000 cavalrymen and 8,000 foot soldiers — mostly comprising of Marathas. A British force, comprising no more than around 800 soldiers, was on its way to Pune to meet with the main force stationed ...
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Major Prasad Mahadik, who died near Indo-China border, laid to rest in Virar

Summary: 'Vande Mataram', 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' — shouted hundreds of locals from the Virar area who had come to pay their respects to martyr Major Prasad Mahadik. "Prasad used to respect everyone and was probably the only Armyman in Virar. Mahadik died near the Indo-China border at Tawang, ...
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Major Mahadik laid to rest with full military honours in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Major Prasad Mahadik was laid to rest with full military honours in Virar on Tuesday. An officer of the 7 Bihar Battalion, Major ... The body arrived at Major Mahadik's Yashwant Deep Society home in Boling, Virar (west) on Tuesday morning. Around 50 army officers and staff attended the funeral ...
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New signals on Western Railway to speed up trains

Summary: Commuters travelling on the western line are likely to get some relief as Western Railway (WR) authorities plan to improve their signalling system. This will help us run train services faster, especially between Bandra and Virar," said Mukul Jain, Divisional Railway Manager (Mumbai), Western ...
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Major Prasad Mahadik, who died near Indo-China border, laid to rest in Virar

'Vande Mataram', 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' — shouted hundreds of locals from the Virar area who had come to pay their respects to martyr Major Prasad Mahadik. In February this year, 31-year-old Mahadik would have completed two years of his wedding. Mahadik died near the Indo-China border at Tawang, ...
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MMRDA, MSRDC faced flak for their work

According to the Newspaper,Of the 39 skywalks, 26 skywalks are in Mumbai and the remaining are in nearby cities like Thane, Vasai, Virar, Mira Road and Bhayandar. It was also expected that revenue for construction of skywalks would recovered partially by renting out advertising space on the same ...
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NC against AC train commuter for mistreating Ticket Checker

Summary: WR authorities have posted 12 RPF staff and four TCs inside the AC train. According to the non-cognisable complaint submitted by the lady TC, SS Deshpande, she was checking tickets in the AC local. The incident occurred after the AC local, which had started from Virar at 10:22 am, crossed ...
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Tools near Mumbai beach trace human settlements to Middle Stone Age

Salsette is the region between Mahim and Vasai creek, mostly consisting of the Mumbai Suburban district. Since people of that age were mostly hunter-gatherers, the tools could speak about their diet, said Abhijeet Dandekar, assistant professor at the Pune-based Deccan College Post-Graduate and ...
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MMRDA, MSRDC faced flak for their work

Of the 39 skywalks, 26 skywalks are in Mumbai and the remaining are in nearby cities like Thane, Vasai, Virar, Mira Road and Bhayandar. ... Rs 897 crore and they include in locations like Bandra, Santacruz, Borivali, Dahisar, Ghatkopar, Vidyavihar, Ulhasnagar, Vasai, Wadala, Vile Parle and Kalyan.
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Mumbai's water bird count to begin in biodiversity areas

... and important bird and biodiversity areas (IBA) such as Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali, the Tungaresh-war Wildlife Sanctuary, Vasai, the Mahul-Sewri wetlands and Thane creek. As per Asian Water Bird Census (AWC) 2015, India recorded highest number of water birds with count of 2,357,056.
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Haze pollutant now a criteria for AQI

The Asian Age had earlier reported that the ten real-time air monitoring stations are going to be set up in Mumbai and other seven stations in Navi Mumbai, Thane, Vasai-Virar and Kalyan-Dombivali have been proposed. Officials stated that the city and suburban areas would get these new air-monitoring ...
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Travelling without valid ticket, man assaults ticket examiner

Summary: A train passenger allegedly assaulted a ticket examiner on board the maiden air-conditioned (AC) suburban train service from Virar on Monday, after he was found travelling without a valid ticket. As the train approached Borivali station, Mr. Jaiswar was seen clicking photos and taking videos ...
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Villagers on edge as 3.2 tremor hits Palghar district

MUMBAI: An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale hit Vikramgad taluka of Palghar district early on Tuesday. There was no immediate reports of loss of life or property from the region that is located over 100 km from Mumbai. The district has been experiencing mild tremors on December 20, ...
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Moderate quake hits Palghar; no damage reported

A moderate-intensity earthquake hit the Jawhar tehsil in Palghar district in the early hours of Tuesday. The earthquake was recorded at 2.21 a.m. and measured 3.2 on the Richter Scale, according to the India Meteorological Department. The epicentre of the quake was calculated at latitude 19.8°N and ...
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More intensive care beds for Palghar

Looming large: As many as 4,564 malnourished children had been reported in Palghar as of November 2017. | Photo Credit: Prashant Nakwe. The State government has decided to increase the intensive care beds in two hospitals in the malnutrition-hit Jawhar and Mokhada in Palghar district to reduce ...
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'Blackmailer' pushes girlfriend to end life

The victim lived with her paternal grandmother in Palghar and studied in a college there, while her father, who runs a transport business at Padgha of Bhiwandi taluka, lived with his second wife and their children.Sources said the victim was in a relationship with the youth and his mother had even sent a ...
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Maharashtra: Major killed in Tawang fire cremated in Virar

The mortal remains of Indian Army Major Prasad Mahadik (31) were consigned to flames Tuesday afternoon in Virar. The officer, who was posted in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang since last October, died in a fire that broke out in his barracks on December 30. His mortal remains were brought to Mumbai ...
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Travelling without valid ticket, man assaults ticket examiner

Drama on board: Bhaskar Jaiswar (right) claimed he was from the media, but did not produce any ID. A train passenger allegedly assaulted a ticket examiner on board the maiden air-conditioned (AC) suburban train service from Virar on Monday, after he was found travelling without a valid ticket.
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Commuters welcome AC locals, but with reservations

Summary: Announcements at the platform did not specify that it was an AC local, just that it was a fast local. The air-conditioned (AC) local train service commenced its full-fledged operations from Virar to Churchgate on Monday morning to mixed reactions from commuters. Patrons of the AC locals, too, ...
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NC against AC train commuter for mistreating Ticket Checker

The train had made its halt at Virar, Vasai stations and had reached Bhayandar station at around 10:40 am. ... According to sources, he possessed a ticket for the AC local only between Virar and Vasai stations and hence Deshpande asked him to pay a fine for travelling without a ticket beyond Vasai.
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Bipin BMC Camp lift Bipin Football tourney

Bipin Ulhasnagar-Ambernath Camp 2 (Nitish More, Abhay Vishukaram) beat Bipin Virar Camp 0. ... Best players from teams: Kasa Prajapati (Churchgate), Raju Chohan (Colaba), Sunil Rathod (BMC), Yash Tak (Ulhasnagar-Ambernath), Shubham Shinde (Kandivali), Preet (Virar), Yash Mistry (Andheri).
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'SPG chief', his wife and son dupe 4 of Rs 85 lakh, booked

Summary: THANE: A Nalasopara resident , who posed as Special Protection Group (SPG) chief, his wife and son were booked for allegedly duping at least five people of nearly Rs 85 lakh by promising benefits under various schemes. The SPG is an elite force which guards only a few VVIPs, including ...
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Moderate intensity earthquake in Palghar

Mumbai, Jan 2 A moderate intensity earthquake hit some areas of the neighbouring Palghar district in the early hours today, an IMD official said. No loss of life or damage to property was reported so far, he said. The quake, measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale, occurred at 2.21 am, the official of the India ...
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Man booked for abetting suicide of girlfriend

The victim lived with her paternal grandmother in Palghar and was studying at a college there, while her father, who runs a transport business at Padgha of Bhiwandi taluka, lived with his second wife and their children.Sources said the victim was in a relationship with the youth and his mother had even ...
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