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Uddhav skips event to unveil father’s portrait

A portrait of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was unveiled in the central hall of the state legislature on Monday, January 23, the birth anniversary of the leader. Despite a formal invitation by Speaker Rahul Narwekar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his family skipped the function

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Published on Jan 24, 2023 01:11 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

State-of-the-art submarine, INS Vagir, commissioned into Indian Navy

The ship was delivered to the navy on December 20, 2022, by Mazgaon Dock Limited, which has earlier delivered four submarines, viz Kalvari, Khanderi, Karanj and Vela.

The state-of-the-art technology utilised in the Scorpene has ensured superior stealth features (such as advanced acoustic absorption techniques, low radiated noise levels and hydro-dynamically optimised shape) and the ability to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision-guided weapons. The attack can be launched with both torpedoes and tube-launched anti-ship missiles whilst underwater or on the surface. (REUTERS)

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Published on Jan 23, 2023 11:55 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Punjab CM in Mumbai to seek investments, plans film city

Mumbai: Days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a roadshow in Mumbai to attract investment for his state, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will also do the same

The CM is scheduled to meet industrialists, corporate czars and captains of industry for investments in the spheres of agriculture, IT, infrastructure, education, health and entertainment. Like Yogi, who sought help from Bollywood to set up a film city, Mann too asked for assistance on the same. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 23, 2023 12:46 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

BMC proposes elevated road from freeway to Grant Road

Mumbai: In a move that is expected to reduce travel time between northern areas of South Mumbai and Eastern Freeway from 30-50 minutes to five to seven minutes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is finalising an elevated road from the freeway to Grant Road

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Published on Jan 21, 2023 12:42 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

BSS wants to take over Sena, but where are the shakhas?

Mumbai: In over six months since the coup, the split and launch of an independent faction named Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS), chief minister Eknath Shinde’s party, ostensibly formed in the image of the founder of Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray, is yet to achieve the core that fuelled the old party – the Sena shakhas, a much coveted spot for emerging leaders

Mumbai, India - January 16, 2023: An outide view of Balasaheb Bhavan, party office of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) of Eknath Shinde faction, near Mantralaya, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 21, 2023 12:35 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Why BMC’s FDs are making news, and should they be spent?

In his speech on Thursday kicking off multiple projects in the city, but also the BJP’s civic campaign, prime minister Narendra Modi made a reference to the “money that is being kept in banks instead of being used for the city’s development

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Published on Jan 21, 2023 12:26 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha and Yogesh Naik

BMC notice to cut 124 trees in Aarey for Metro Line 3

The notice says that the trees need to be cut as they are blocking the shunting neck work of Metro Line 3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) being carried out by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL).

Mumbai, India - October 7, 2019: Chopped down trees are seen at Metro car shed in Aarey Colony in Mumbai, India, on Monday, October 7, 2019. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/Hindustan Times) (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 20, 2023 12:45 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

State seeks Centre nod for slum rehabilitation near Juhu airport

Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has written a letter to union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia seeking no objection certificate (NOC) for implementing slum rehabilitation scheme near Juhu airport in Mumbai

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Published on Jan 19, 2023 12:28 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

From MF Husain to Salvador Dali: Air India’s art collection opens next week

New Delhi/MumbaiIn a heavily guarded climate-controlled hall on the first floor of the 23-storey Air India building at Nariman Point, dehumidifiers and air-conditioners hum round-the-clock, keeping one India’s finest public art collections in good condition

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Updated on Jan 19, 2023 12:28 PM IST

ByNeha LM Tripathi, Deeksha Bhardwaj and Yogesh Naik

Tehsildar restrains four Jet aircraft

Ashish Chawria, the resolution officer for Jet Airways denied receiving such a notice, while the airline’s CEO designate, Sanjiv Kapoor, did not respond to calls made by this correspondent.

Speaking about the development, Nidhi Chaudhari, Mumbai suburban collector, said, “The labour court had passed certain orders about pending dues of Jet Airways. The employees had earlier moved court. We are only implementing the court’s orders. Since Jet Airways does not have any office in Mumbai, we have restrained sale of their aircraft. Either they can pay the employees, or else we auction the planes and recover the money.” (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 18, 2023 12:58 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

IAF asks civic body to restore Madh Fort, want 80-feet high tricolour

The Indian Air Force (IAF), which is in possession of the Madh Fort in the western suburb of Mumbai, has written to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to restore the fort after which the IAF wants an 80-feet high national flag installed on its periphery.

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Published on Jan 18, 2023 12:57 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Now, an MNS-backed play shows Raj as a true Thackeray

he play, Balasahebancha Raj (Balasaheb’s Raj), spins a tale of politics and power, family ties and rebellion.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, the author of the play Anikmet Bandarkar said, “We are portraying Raj as the real heir of Balasaheb. He has inherited several of his traits. Like Balasaheb, Raj is a good cartoonist and has great oratorial skills, he has also taken forth Balasaheb’s agenda of the Marathi manoos and his style of politics. Due to unfortunate events, Raj had to part ways with the Shiv Sena, but even after that he often spoke to Balasaheb over phone.” (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 18, 2023 12:55 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

State zeroes in on land for Metro 4 depot in Thane

Mumbai: State government has zeroed in on a plot for building Metro 4 (Wadala to Kasarvadavli) depot in Thane

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Updated on Jan 15, 2023 12:14 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

SGNP to get battery-operated mini train

Mumbai: The mini train at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), which was damaged by cyclone Tauktae in May, 2021, will be replaced by a battery-operated train by 2024

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Updated on Jan 14, 2023 12:23 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

MHADA house lottery rules changed to eliminate rigging

In the first post-pandemic lottery, which will be drawn in February or March, MHADA has thousands of flats for all categories, including 50 high-income group (HIG) flats in upscale Bandra. The pricing has yet to be decided.

The reason for the change in MHADA’s rules is the corruption that the lottery system has been mired in for years. To eliminate the rigging that took place in the ’90s when the lottery was drawn manually, CIDCO introduced a mechanised system with zero human interference. However, when the papers went for verification to MHADA, its officers would indulge in malpractices while clearing them. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 13, 2023 12:52 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Vidyavihar bridge: Mari Aai temple committee, BMC arrive at solution

Mumbai: The impasse over the construction of Vidyavihar bridge between the committee of 100-year-old Mari Aai temple and the municipal authorities has been resolved and the construction of the bridge will continue, said a BJP parliamentarian on Wednesday

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Published on Jan 12, 2023 01:01 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Underground tunnel from Eastern Freeway to Marine Drive planned in Metro 11

The 12.77-km line was earlier to be fully elevated, but now nearly eight km on the southern side, from CST to Sewri metro station, will be underground. The reason for the change in decision, according to sources, is that MMRDA has plans to build an underground tunnel from the southern end of the eastern freeway to Marine Drive

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Updated on Jan 12, 2023 01:14 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Sena UBT counters BSS over ‘validity’ of Uddhav’s election as party chief

The BSS is trying to show that Thackeray’s appointments as chief whip in assembly and Lok Sabha were not legal. Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders said they would counter the same when they argue in favour of the ECI

Mumbai, India - December 15, 2022: Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders Ajit Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Prithviraj Chavan with other leaders during a press conference, at Ajit Pawar's offical bungalow, Devgiri, at Malabar Hill, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, Dec 15, 2022. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 12, 2023 01:01 AM IST

BySaurabha Kulshreshtha and Yogesh Naik

Modi to visit city next week, BJP ready to sound poll bugle

Prime minister Narendra Modi will visit the city next week to inaugurate a host of infrastructure projects

New Delhi, India - Dec. 13, 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Senior leader Sonia Gandhi, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and others during a tribute ceremony to pay homage to martyrs who lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack on its 21st anniversary, at Parliament House complex in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. (Photo by Ajay Aggarwal/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jan 11, 2023 12:33 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Mumbai

Bal Thackeray’s portrait to be unveiled at Vidhan Bhavan

Mumbai: The portrait of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, commissioned by chief minister Eknath Shinde soon after he came to power, is ready and will be unveiled in the central hall of Vidhan Bhavan on January 23, the founder’s birth anniversary

It will be the first time since they parted ways that the heads of the two Sena factions – Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray -- are likely face each other as they pay their respects to the late leader. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 11, 2023 12:33 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

New JJ Hospital building only 20 per cent complete in three years

JJ’s new wing will also house a VVIP ward and cardiovascular, neurosurgery, paediatric, urology, gastroenterology, surgical oncology, neurology, endocrinology, paediatrics, nephrology, chest and pulmonary diseases, pharmacology, haematology, rheumatology, medical oncology and other departments

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Published on Jan 10, 2023 12:41 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Samruddhi Mahamarg could endanger Mumbai’s water sources

Radheshyam Mopalwar, managing director of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation said that this was the last patch of forest land to be diverted.

Phase 1 of the expressway from Shirdi to Nagpur was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 11, and the second phase will be completed by 2024. The project is the brainchild of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who hails from Nagpur and wanted to connect the orange city with Mumbai. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 09, 2023 12:39 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

State lists Mucormycosis as emergency disease

The listing will help the patients to get free medical aid from the state government and claim their insurance.

Principal Secretary of the Public Health Department Sanjay Khandhare said, “Cases of Mucormycosis have increased because of Covid-19 treatment. This was never included in earlier categories of diseases. As medical experts are predicting a fourth wave, hence, we listed it now.” (Image for representation)

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Published on Jan 09, 2023 12:38 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Following protests, BMC backs off from acquiring Catholic cemetery land

Mumbai: Following protests from the Catholic community, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stayed the circular that was issued to take over part of the Catholic cemetery at Kadeshwari Mata Mandir Marg in Bandra West for road expansion

Mumbai, India - January 05, 2023: BMC serves notice to take possession of part of the premises of St. Peters Church Seaside Cemetery and Bandra Jewish Cemetery lying within the regular line of the public street off Kadeshwari Mata Mandir Road, near Mount Mary Church, Bandra (West), in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, January 05, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 07, 2023 12:29 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Air India drunk passenger case: Accused yet to be arrested; US firm fires him over ‘disturbing allegations’

Shankar Mishra, who flew on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi on November 26 and allegedly urinated on a co-passenger while being drunk, was fired by US multinational Wells Fargo over the “disturbing allegations” that have now sparked a manhunt with Delhi Police on the lookout for him

Police said that statements of four Air India crew members of the flight have been recorded, while five more have been asked to join the probe and give their statement. (HT Archive)

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Published on Jan 06, 2023 11:56 PM IST

ByKarn Pratap Singh, Hemani Bhandari and Yogesh Naik, New Delhi/mumbai:

Deven Bharti named first special commissioner of police

Mumbai: IPS officer Deven Bharti was appointed special commissioner of police, Mumbai, by the state government on Wednesday

Fifty-four-year-old Bharti is from the 1994 batch of IPS. He hails from Darbhanga, Bihar. He did his matriculation from Jharkhand and graduated from Delhi School of Economics. He worked in Mumbai as DCP, Zone 7 (Bandra to Andheri) and as DCP, Crime Branch. He was additional commissioner of police, crime branch, and subsequently joint commissioner (Law and order) when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in power. He was also the inspector general of police (Law and order) in the state and headed the ATS. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 04, 2023 11:56 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Mumbai-Pune expressway widening to start this year

MSRDC’s joint MD Anil Gaikwad said it had a right to collect toll till 2035 for constructing the missing link section. “The widening of the expressway will cost us between ₹800 crore and ₹900 crore. So, we may have to extend the toll collection by one or two years beyond 2035,” he said

Pune, India – June 21, 2020: A view of the Mumbai-Pune expressway after the Amrutanjan bridge was pulled down, in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Sunday, June 21, 2020. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 04, 2023 12:08 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Mumbai

After 40 accidents, MSRDC to take measures to make Mumbai-Nagpur expressway safer

Radheshyam Mopalwar, managing director of MSRDC, said, “We had meetings with the state transport commissioner and his men and have planned several measures. We will give them speed guns and ten interceptor vehicles

The Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway officially known as Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg (Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jan 03, 2023 12:28 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

The Senas can reunite if Uddhav introspects, says BSS chief spokesperson

Kesarkar said when he was leaving the party last year, he had “expressed gratitude towards him and told him that he needs to put his house in order”. “He should have done some soul searching then. If he does that even today, the party can come together,” said Kesarkar

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra Minister Deepak Kesarkar during the foundation stone laying ceremony of various development works in eastern and western suburbs under the Mumbai beautification project, in Mumbai, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (PTI Photo) (PTI12_10_2022_000129B) (PTI)

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Published on Jan 02, 2023 11:47 PM IST

BySurendra P Gangan and Yogesh Naik

MMRDA to connect Coastal Road, Eastern Freeway with tunnel

The tunnel, approximately around 3.5 kms long, is also expected to connect Southern Mumbai traffic to Transharbour link, which is a quick gateway to Navi Mumbai International Airport.

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Updated on Jan 01, 2023 12:01 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

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A portrait of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was unveiled in the central hall of the state legislature on Monday, January 23, the birth anniversary of the leader. Despite a formal invitation by Speaker Rahul Narwekar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his family skipped the function

The ship was delivered to the navy on December 20, 2022, by Mazgaon Dock Limited, which has earlier delivered four submarines, viz Kalvari, Khanderi, Karanj and Vela.

Mumbai: Days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a roadshow in Mumbai to attract investment for his state, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will also do the same

Mumbai: In a move that is expected to reduce travel time between northern areas of South Mumbai and Eastern Freeway from 30-50 minutes to five to seven minutes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is finalising an elevated road from the freeway to Grant Road

In his speech on Thursday kicking off multiple projects in the city, but also the BJP’s civic campaign, prime minister Narendra Modi made a reference to the “money that is being kept in banks instead of being used for the city’s development

The notice says that the trees need to be cut as they are blocking the shunting neck work of Metro Line 3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) being carried out by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL).

Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has written a letter to union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia seeking no objection certificate (NOC) for implementing slum rehabilitation scheme near Juhu airport in Mumbai

New Delhi/MumbaiIn a heavily guarded climate-controlled hall on the first floor of the 23-storey Air India building at Nariman Point, dehumidifiers and air-conditioners hum round-the-clock, keeping one India’s finest public art collections in good condition

Ashish Chawria, the resolution officer for Jet Airways denied receiving such a notice, while the airline’s CEO designate, Sanjiv Kapoor, did not respond to calls made by this correspondent.

The Indian Air Force (IAF), which is in possession of the Madh Fort in the western suburb of Mumbai, has written to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to restore the fort after which the IAF wants an 80-feet high national flag installed on its periphery.

he play, Balasahebancha Raj (Balasaheb’s Raj), spins a tale of politics and power, family ties and rebellion.

Mumbai: State government has zeroed in on a plot for building Metro 4 (Wadala to Kasarvadavli) depot in Thane

Mumbai: The mini train at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), which was damaged by cyclone Tauktae in May, 2021, will be replaced by a battery-operated train by 2024

In the first post-pandemic lottery, which will be drawn in February or March, MHADA has thousands of flats for all categories, including 50 high-income group (HIG) flats in upscale Bandra. The pricing has yet to be decided.

Mumbai: The impasse over the construction of Vidyavihar bridge between the committee of 100-year-old Mari Aai temple and the municipal authorities has been resolved and the construction of the bridge will continue, said a BJP parliamentarian on Wednesday

The BSS is trying to show that Thackeray’s appointments as chief whip in assembly and Lok Sabha were not legal. Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders said they would counter the same when they argue in favour of the ECI

Prime minister Narendra Modi will visit the city next week to inaugurate a host of infrastructure projects

Mumbai: The portrait of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, commissioned by chief minister Eknath Shinde soon after he came to power, is ready and will be unveiled in the central hall of Vidhan Bhavan on January 23, the founder’s birth anniversary

JJ’s new wing will also house a VVIP ward and cardiovascular, neurosurgery, paediatric, urology, gastroenterology, surgical oncology, neurology, endocrinology, paediatrics, nephrology, chest and pulmonary diseases, pharmacology, haematology, rheumatology, medical oncology and other departments

Radheshyam Mopalwar, managing director of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation said that this was the last patch of forest land to be diverted.

The listing will help the patients to get free medical aid from the state government and claim their insurance.

Mumbai: Following protests from the Catholic community, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stayed the circular that was issued to take over part of the Catholic cemetery at Kadeshwari Mata Mandir Marg in Bandra West for road expansion

Shankar Mishra, who flew on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi on November 26 and allegedly urinated on a co-passenger while being drunk, was fired by US multinational Wells Fargo over the “disturbing allegations” that have now sparked a manhunt with Delhi Police on the lookout for him

Mumbai: IPS officer Deven Bharti was appointed special commissioner of police, Mumbai, by the state government on Wednesday

MSRDC’s joint MD Anil Gaikwad said it had a right to collect toll till 2035 for constructing the missing link section. “The widening of the expressway will cost us between ₹800 crore and ₹900 crore. So, we may have to extend the toll collection by one or two years beyond 2035,” he said

Radheshyam Mopalwar, managing director of MSRDC, said, “We had meetings with the state transport commissioner and his men and have planned several measures. We will give them speed guns and ten interceptor vehicles

Kesarkar said when he was leaving the party last year, he had “expressed gratitude towards him and told him that he needs to put his house in order”. “He should have done some soul searching then. If he does that even today, the party can come together,” said Kesarkar

The tunnel, approximately around 3.5 kms long, is also expected to connect Southern Mumbai traffic to Transharbour link, which is a quick gateway to Navi Mumbai International Airport.

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