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Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan

Pranab covers Navi Mumbai for the Hindustan Times.

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No guards yet in women compartments on Uran railway corridor

Three years after the Nerul-Belapur-Kharkopar line – the first phase of the Uran railway corridor – is operational, there are still no guards in the women compartment of these trains

The Government Railway Police cited insufficient manpower as the main hurdle in providing guards women compartments on the Uran railway corridor. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 25, 2021 08:16 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Questions aplenty asked on safety of railway commuters in Navi Mumbai

There are concerns about safety of passengers in Navi Mumbai railway stations including insufficient GRP officials, guards provided only in two of the four women compartments, an ambulance stationed only at Vashi and Nerul stations

Staircases leading to a platform in Navi Mumbai railway stations do not have CCTV cameras, complain officials and commuters, raising passenger safety concerns. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 25, 2021 06:27 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

After inauguration last December, indoor sports complex in Vashi lying unused

The indoor sports complex in Vashi was developed mainly for promoting games such as billiards, table tennis, carrom and chess; NMMC official says they are in the process of hiring a billiards coach and will open the facility after that

The indoor sports complex at Sector 10 in Vashi. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 20, 2021 06:30 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Tata Centre asks for NMMT bus services between Parel and Kharghar

Tata Memorial Centre’s Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer authorities have sought the bus service as the distance between both the hospitals is around 35km and there is no smooth public transport between the two points; moreover, around 200 patients travel to their centre from the hospital in Parel almost daily

NMMT has responded positively to Tata Centre’s request for bus services between Parel and Kharghar. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 20, 2021 06:29 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Man loses Rs2.83L to online fraud while buying mobile phone

In an online fraud, Nhava Sheva police say the complainant purchased a mobile phone from an e-commerce site last month; while making payment from his credit card, it was declined on the first attempt but the transaction was successful on the second try

In an online fraud in which a man loses Rs2.83L while buying a mobile phone through an e-commerce site, the fraudster transferred Rs2,17,783 from the complainant’s bank account and Rs63,325 from the credit card. (HT FILE)

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Published on Nov 19, 2021 05:41 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Traffic congestion on Mumbai-Pune Expressway due to long weekend

Thousands of residents of these cities packed their bags and left for places like Pune, Alibaug, Lonavala, and Mahabaleshwar to enjoy the long weekend

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Published on Nov 19, 2021 02:24 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan

Digha in Navi Mumbai to get sewage treatment plant in 2 years

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to lay a 26km-long sewage line across all the 21 slums of Digha; NMMC is now done with the tendering of the project and the work at the site will start next week

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is to lay a 26km-long sewage line across all the 21 slums of Digha. (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 18, 2021 05:37 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Panvel City Municipal Corporation body plans mother-and-child, civic hospitals in New Panvel

CIDCO is in the process of transferring a plot of land measuring two acres at Sector 17 for these hospitals; the Panvel City Municipal Corporation officials are conducting surveys in that area and a detailed project report of the mother-and-child hospital will be presented before the general body next month

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Published on Nov 13, 2021 05:43 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

21-year-old robber arrested by Vashi GRP in Mankhurd

The accused, a resident of Koparkhairane, would roam around on the platforms and snatch wallets and mobile phones among others from commuters who stood near the doors; the robber was arrested by Vashi GRP on Friday

A 21-year-old robber, who’d snatch wallets and mobile phones from railway commuters, was arrested by the Vashi GRP on Friday. (HT FILE)

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Updated on Nov 13, 2021 05:04 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Flamingo boat rides by Coastal and Marine Biodiversity in Airoli resumes to overwhelming response

Flamingo boat rides conducted by the Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre in Airoli have received overwhelming responses ever since it was restarted on October 15 after the second lockdown; more than 750 birdwatchers from across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai enjoy the rides in the first 25 days

Flamingo as seen during a boat ride by the Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre, Airoli. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 12, 2021 04:30 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport operates 30 extra buses as MSRTC strikes

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport is operating 30 extra buses due to the strike by the MSRTC employees that started on Oct 28

Commuters line up to board one of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport buses in Vashi as MSRTC employees go on strike. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 11, 2021 05:35 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

A large number of fish found dead in Krushnale Lake in Panvel

Local residents spotted the dead fish floating on Krushnale Lake in Panvel on Wednesday afternoon and informed the civic officials; residents suspect that the polluted water of the lake as the cause for this

Some dead fish found floating amidst debris on Krushnale Lake in Panvel on Wednesday. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 11, 2021 04:56 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

CCTV cameras protecting mangroves in Navi Mumbai uprooted for road widening project in Vashi

In an effort to protect the mangroves, the Navi Mumbai forest department had installed two CCTV cameras along the Sion-Panvel Highway in Vashi in 2018; both the cameras were recently removed as the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has started widening the highway in that area

A CCTV camera meant for protecting mangroves in Navi Mumbai is uprooted by MSRDC for its road widening project in Vashi. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 06, 2021 06:46 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai civic body starts concretising roads in MIDC area

In an effort to give a boost to the infrastructure in the areas under MIDC, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation recently started concretising some of the roads in this area

Concretising of one of the roads in MIDC area of Navi Mumbai in progress. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 04, 2021 08:24 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

NMMC to conduct surveys of its gardens in Navi Mumbai

Following the footsteps of BMC, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has also decided to conduct surveys and grade its gardens in the satellite city

A garden in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai. The Navi Mumbai civic body will conduct surveys of its gardens in the city and grade them. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 30, 2021 08:30 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Vashi man arrested for raping minor girl

The police booked the 23-year-old Vashi man under Sections 354 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for raping a minor girl from his neighbourhood

A 23-year-old man from Vashi has been arrested for raping a minor girl from him neighbourhood. (HT FILE)

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Published on Oct 30, 2021 07:05 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

PWD plans to develop FOB at Turbhe on Sion-Panvel Highway

From next year, the residents of Turbhe will not have to cross the busy Sion-Panvel Highway risking their lives as the state PWD has planned to develop a FOB in the area

Turbhe residents will not have to risk their lives crossing the busy Sion-Panvel Highway as the PWD plans to develop a FOB in the area. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 29, 2021 09:10 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai crime branch constable accused of rape not arrested yet 40 days on

It’s been 40 days since a 23-year-old woman registered a rape case against constable Rupesh Kohli attached with Navi Mumbai crime branch at Khandeshwar police station; however, the police are unable to arrest the accused till date

Forty days after the rape victim registered a rape case against a constable with Navi Mumbai crime branch, no arrest has been made yet. (HT FILE)

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Published on Oct 29, 2021 04:27 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai police hunting for 23 yr old, accused of raping minor

Police said the rape survivor was too scared to tell her parents about the incident and she mustered the courage only recently

The accused stayed in the same neighbourhood as the survivor and allegedly raped her at his residence on September 6. (Hindustan Times Photo/File/Representative use)

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Published on Oct 28, 2021 01:35 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan

Fire breaks out at Taloja MIDC in Navi Mumbai

According to the Fire Brigade officials, a large number of chemical drums were stored on an open plot at Rehman Nagar in the Taloja MIDC area in Navi Mumbai by a private company

Fire officials douse fire that broke out at a chemical storage unit at Taloja MIDC in Navi Mumbai on Monday. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 25, 2021 08:29 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Gold worth Rs4.70L stolen from 73-year-old woman’s house in Vashi

Police say that the complaint, Shakuntala Jadhav, owns a house at Vashi Sector 2 but stayed with her son in Ulwe and visited her friends in Vashi once or twice a week; during a visit on Tuesday she found her main door lock broken and Gold stolen from her cupboard

Gold jewellery worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4.70L stolen from 73-year-old woman’s house in Vashi. (For representational purposes only) (HT FILE)

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Published on Oct 21, 2021 05:10 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation puts on hold installation of CCTV cameras in civic schools

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has put on hold its plan to install CCTV cameras in civic schools as it was unable to execute another bigger project in the past five years

The plan to install CCTV cameras in Navi Mumbai civic schools has been kept on hold as it has been in the tendering process for the last five years. (For representational purposes only) (HT FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 21, 2021 04:40 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Sanpada police register case after man loses Rs99K to online fraud

According to Sanpada police, the complainant who runs a chemist shop has a house in Ghatkopar and wanted to let it out; a man called to show his interest in taking the house on rent and wanted the victim to transfer ₹1 lakh that would be doubled in return; in this online fraud, the victim lost ₹99,000

A 45-year-old lodged complaint against unidentified person with Sanpada police after losing Rs99,000 to online fraud. (HT FILE)

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Published on Oct 20, 2021 07:52 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

3 dead in road crash on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Two persons travelling in the car and the driver of the poultry truck succumbed to their injuries not long after the accident

Two trucks, two cars, one trailer and two buses were stuck in a pile-up of vehicles that had crashed into each other on the expressway. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Oct 18, 2021 01:55 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan

Panvel City Municipal Corporation plans to develop three urban primary health centres

The new health centres would be developed in Kharghar, New Panvel and Kalundre, near Panvel city along the Mumbai-Goa Highway

In an effort to provide better healthcare facilities to the residents, the Panvel City Municipal Corporation is planning to develop three urban primary health centres in its jurisdiction. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 16, 2021 09:42 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai’s Turbhe residents demand reconstruction of pavements

Residents of Turbhe in Navi Mumbai claim that the pavements in the entire area are in a bad shape and if requisite measures are not taken soon, more people would meet with accidents

One of the pavements in Turbhe, Navi Mumbai, that is in a bad shape. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 15, 2021 09:06 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

41-year-old vehicle thief from Govandi arrested; 9 auto rickshaws recovered

According to the police, the thief, Muslimuddin Shaikh of Bainganvadi in Govandi, Mumbai, would steal the autos parked on the roads and then sold them somewhere out of Mumbai; he was arrested on Wednesday

A 41-year-old vehicle thief from Govandi who operated in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai was arrested by the Crime Branch. (HT FILE)

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Updated on Oct 15, 2021 09:26 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Two killed as truck rams into trailer on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

The driver somehow lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a trailer that was also moving in the same direction

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Published on Oct 15, 2021 01:40 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan

Turbhe police book unidentified man in Haridwar for cheating

According to Turbhe police, who registered a cheating case, the wife of the complainant has some health issues and has been looking for some natural treatment for her

Turbhe police book an unidentified man for cheating to the tune of Rs90,000 by posing as an official of a renowned Ayurvedic treatment centre in Haridwar. (HT FILE)

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Updated on Oct 14, 2021 05:57 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Raigad district administration gives nod to reopen Elephanta Caves for tourists

Mahendra Kalyankar, collector of Raigad district, says that as the Covid scenario is better now, consent has been given consent to reopen the Elephanta Caves on Elephanta Island

Elephanta Island will no longer wear a deserted look as Raigad district administration gives consent to reopen Elephanta Caves for tourists. (PRANAB JYOTI BHUYAN/HT FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 14, 2021 04:18 PM IST

ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

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Pranab covers Navi Mumbai for the Hindustan Times.

Three years after the Nerul-Belapur-Kharkopar line – the first phase of the Uran railway corridor – is operational, there are still no guards in the women compartment of these trains

There are concerns about safety of passengers in Navi Mumbai railway stations including insufficient GRP officials, guards provided only in two of the four women compartments, an ambulance stationed only at Vashi and Nerul stations

The indoor sports complex in Vashi was developed mainly for promoting games such as billiards, table tennis, carrom and chess; NMMC official says they are in the process of hiring a billiards coach and will open the facility after that

In an online fraud, Nhava Sheva police say the complainant purchased a mobile phone from an e-commerce site last month; while making payment from his credit card, it was declined on the first attempt but the transaction was successful on the second try

Thousands of residents of these cities packed their bags and left for places like Pune, Alibaug, Lonavala, and Mahabaleshwar to enjoy the long weekend

Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to lay a 26km-long sewage line across all the 21 slums of Digha; NMMC is now done with the tendering of the project and the work at the site will start next week

The accused, a resident of Koparkhairane, would roam around on the platforms and snatch wallets and mobile phones among others from commuters who stood near the doors; the robber was arrested by Vashi GRP on Friday

Flamingo boat rides conducted by the Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre in Airoli have received overwhelming responses ever since it was restarted on October 15 after the second lockdown; more than 750 birdwatchers from across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai enjoy the rides in the first 25 days

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport is operating 30 extra buses due to the strike by the MSRTC employees that started on Oct 28

Local residents spotted the dead fish floating on Krushnale Lake in Panvel on Wednesday afternoon and informed the civic officials; residents suspect that the polluted water of the lake as the cause for this

In an effort to protect the mangroves, the Navi Mumbai forest department had installed two CCTV cameras along the Sion-Panvel Highway in Vashi in 2018; both the cameras were recently removed as the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has started widening the highway in that area

In an effort to give a boost to the infrastructure in the areas under MIDC, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation recently started concretising some of the roads in this area

Following the footsteps of BMC, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has also decided to conduct surveys and grade its gardens in the satellite city

The police booked the 23-year-old Vashi man under Sections 354 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for raping a minor girl from his neighbourhood

From next year, the residents of Turbhe will not have to cross the busy Sion-Panvel Highway risking their lives as the state PWD has planned to develop a FOB in the area

It’s been 40 days since a 23-year-old woman registered a rape case against constable Rupesh Kohli attached with Navi Mumbai crime branch at Khandeshwar police station; however, the police are unable to arrest the accused till date

Police said the rape survivor was too scared to tell her parents about the incident and she mustered the courage only recently

According to the Fire Brigade officials, a large number of chemical drums were stored on an open plot at Rehman Nagar in the Taloja MIDC area in Navi Mumbai by a private company

Police say that the complaint, Shakuntala Jadhav, owns a house at Vashi Sector 2 but stayed with her son in Ulwe and visited her friends in Vashi once or twice a week; during a visit on Tuesday she found her main door lock broken and Gold stolen from her cupboard

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has put on hold its plan to install CCTV cameras in civic schools as it was unable to execute another bigger project in the past five years

Two persons travelling in the car and the driver of the poultry truck succumbed to their injuries not long after the accident

The new health centres would be developed in Kharghar, New Panvel and Kalundre, near Panvel city along the Mumbai-Goa Highway

Residents of Turbhe in Navi Mumbai claim that the pavements in the entire area are in a bad shape and if requisite measures are not taken soon, more people would meet with accidents

According to the police, the thief, Muslimuddin Shaikh of Bainganvadi in Govandi, Mumbai, would steal the autos parked on the roads and then sold them somewhere out of Mumbai; he was arrested on Wednesday

The driver somehow lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a trailer that was also moving in the same direction

According to Turbhe police, who registered a cheating case, the wife of the complainant has some health issues and has been looking for some natural treatment for her

Mahendra Kalyankar, collector of Raigad district, says that as the Covid scenario is better now, consent has been given consent to reopen the Elephanta Caves on Elephanta Island

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