Citizens stress on coastal map illiteracy

However, they could not even understand it properly due to the language gap,” said Sameer Vartak, coordinator, Paryavaran Sanvardhan Samiti (PSS), a Vasai-based environment group. Citizens said that just like the draft development plan was asserted by civic bodies and development authorities, ...
Read more: Citizens stress on coastal map illiteracy
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Crucial state wildlife board meeting to decide SGNP's fate

... spread over 103 sq km, will be taken up in the meeting: widening of national highways; a proposal to allow a geotechnical survey for the Thane-Borivali tunnel; relaxation of norms for builders; and the Virar-Alibag multimodal corridor. Each these issues or projects threatens the city's ecological security.
Read more: Crucial state wildlife board meeting to decide SGNP's fate
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Passengers argue over seats on Kutch Exp, hold up train

There are few services for us passengers between Virar and Dahanu which causes problems," said Prathamesh Prabhutendolkar, joint secretary, Dahanu Vaitarna Pravasi Sevabhavi Sanstha. At present, the WR operates 24 local train services between Churchgate and Dahanu, every day. There are 12 ...
Read more: Passengers argue over seats on Kutch Exp, hold up train
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Bhuj Express held up at Palghar for 1 hour

Mumbai: The railway police force (RPF) had to rush on the railway tracks at Palghar following a fight between commuters of the Bandra-bound Bhuj Express on Monday afternoon. The police said that the incident unfolded following a spat over the issue of seasons ticket holders entering reserved ticket ...
Read more: Bhuj Express held up at Palghar for 1 hour
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Mumbai Crime: 17-year-old cousins rob jewellery store to open one of their own, held

Two minors with dreams of opening their own jewellery shop were recently arrested as they had robbed another such store. The Dindoshi police arrested the two 17-year-old cousins from Rajasthan for stealing gold jewellery amounting to Rs 41 lakh and Rs 2 lakh in cash from the store. The owner of ...
Read more: Mumbai Crime: 17-year-old cousins rob jewellery store to open one of their own, held
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Citizens stress on coastal map illiteracy

Mumbai: The public hearing on draft coastal maps of Thane and Palghar districts garnered a good response with over 250 people showing up in just two hours. The main grievance was about the lack of map literacy among people. Many people said that since maps were complicated to study and there ...
Read more: Citizens stress on coastal map illiteracy
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Scuffle in outstation train to Bandra Terminus affects services on Mumbai's western...

The Bhuj-Bandra express was delayed by 1.35 hours at Boisar, affecting other Mumbai-bound outstation and shuttle trains such as Duronto Express, Karnavati Express and Dahanu-Virar shuttle, among others. The Western Railway (WR) spokesperson confirmed that the incident had taken place, but ...
Read more: Scuffle in outstation train to Bandra Terminus affects services on Mumbai's western...
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

ACB registers case against three for petrol pump allotment

Inspector Anil Honrao of the Thane unit of the ACB said that a case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code was taken against YS Reddy, former deputy director, town planning of the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation, petrol pump owner Girish Kamdar and ...
Read more: ACB registers case against three for petrol pump allotment
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Speeding vehicle hits leopard on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, leaves him severely injured

A leopard trying to cross the Mumbai - Ahmedabad Highway (NH8) was hit by an unidentified vehicle during the wee hours of Monday. The leopard, aged five years old, met with the accident near Uplat village in Talasari, Palghar. In pain, the injured leopard went roaring into the villages near Talasari.
Read more: Speeding vehicle hits leopard on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway, leaves him severely injured
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Leopard, injured by unidentified vehicle near Mumbai, attacks rescue team

A five-year-old male leopard was injured in its right leg after being knocked down by an unidentified vehicle at Talasai in Palghar district, near the Maharashtra-Gujarat border early on Monday. In February 2017, a six-year-old male leopard, believed to have strayed from Tungareshwar Bird Sanctuary in ...
Read more: Leopard, injured by unidentified vehicle near Mumbai, attacks rescue team
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Leopard, injured by unidentified vehicle near Mumbai, attacks rescue team

In February 2017, a six-year-old male leopard, believed to have strayed from Tungareshwar Bird Sanctuary in Vasai, was run over by a speeding vehicle near Sativali on the same national highway. Nanasaheb Ladkat, deputy conservator of forest (DCF), Dahanu, said that the leopard may have strayed ...
Read more: Leopard, injured by unidentified vehicle near Mumbai, attacks rescue team
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Vegetable vendor arrested for repeatedly raping neighbour

Palghar, Jan 29 (PTI) A vegetable vendor from Nalla Sopara near Vasai was yesterday arrested for allegedly raping his 18-year-old neighbour on multiple occasions, police said today. Senior Inspector Sanjay Hazare of Valiv Police Station said the victim, in her complaint filed yesterday, has stated that ...
Read more: Vegetable vendor arrested for repeatedly raping neighbour
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Bordi Beach, Dahanu hosts 6th Annual Chikoo Festival

The 6th Annual Chikoo Festival at the S. R. Save Camping Grounds, Bordi Beach, Dahanu in Maharashtra was a two-day event held from January 27-28. The festival initiated by MTDC in 2013 in order to promote tourism in the area has received support from the State Agricultural Department and other ...
Read more: Bordi Beach, Dahanu hosts 6th Annual Chikoo Festival
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

/ Vegetable vendor arrested for repeatedly raping neighbour

Palghar, Jan 29 (PTI) A vegetable vendor from Nalla Sopara near Vasai was yesterday arrested for allegedly raping his 18-year-old neighbour on multiple occasions, police said today. Senior Inspector Sanjay Hazare of Valiv Police Station said the victim, in her complaint filed yesterday, has stated that ...
Read more: / Vegetable vendor arrested for repeatedly raping neighbour
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Scuffle in outstation train to Bandra Terminus affects services on Mumbai's western...

The Bhuj-Bandra express was delayed by 1.35 hours at Boisar, affecting other Mumbai-bound outstation and shuttle trains such as Duronto Express, Karnavati Express and Dahanu-Virar shuttle, among others. The Western Railway (WR) spokesperson confirmed that the incident had taken place, but ...
Read more: Scuffle in outstation train to Bandra Terminus affects services on Mumbai's western...
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Leopard, injured by unidentified vehicle near Mumbai, attacks rescue team

The leopard, which was being taken to the Sanjay Gandhi National park (SGNP) in Borivli, attacked six members of the rescue team, which comprised forest department officials and volunteers from the Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare Association (WCAWA), Dahanu. Officials and volunteers ...
Read more: Leopard, injured by unidentified vehicle near Mumbai, attacks rescue team
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)

Unidentified vehicle runs over leopard near Mumbai

Last year in February, a 6-year-old male leopard, believed to have strayed from the Tungareshwar Bird Sanctuary in Vasai, was run over by a speeding vehicle near Sativali on the same national highway. Nanasaheb Ladkat, Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCF), Dahanu, said that the leopard may have ...
Read more: Unidentified vehicle runs over leopard near Mumbai
(This story has been auto-generated from a syndicated feed)