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Alliance talk gains momentum as Thackeray-Ambedkar share dais

Mumbai: Speculations of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar forming an alliance gave wind to the sails as two leaders shared a stage on Sunday

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Published on Nov 21, 2022 12:33 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

19th-century Bhoot Bangla, water treatment plant to get a facelift

he Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) has given a go-ahead to restore a deserted inspection bungalow – also officially known as Bhoot Bangla – constructed in 1860 and the water treatment plant at Tulsi lake constructed in 1879. Both structures are located in the core zone of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park

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Published on Nov 20, 2022 10:13 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Report all property sales above ₹50 lakh: Centre to registration authority

The letter, sent by P K Mishra – a director in the ministry of finance – on November 1, states that the IGR which heads the stamps and registration department is designated as a ‘Reporting Entity’ (RE) under the prevention of money laundering act (PMLA).

Pramod Deokar, the deputy inspector general of the IGR department said, “At present, we send a record of all transactions above <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>30 lakh once a year to the Income Tax department. This new letter by the finance ministry has not been sent so far to the Mumbai office.’’ (HT Photo)

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Published on Nov 19, 2022 11:41 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Cessed MHADA buildings to be redeveloped; owners to get more FSI incentives

Mumbai: Chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday asked the urban development department to offer more benefits for the redevelopment of cessed MHADA buildings, old and dilapidated structures, which were redeveloped with repair funds by the Mumbai Repairs and Reconstruction Board in the 1980s and 90s

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Published on Nov 19, 2022 12:44 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Property tax to not increase in Mumbai

The previous Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government had decided to waive off property tax for houses up to 500 square feet area. It has also not increased the property tax for bigger residences for the past two years.

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Published on Nov 18, 2022 01:06 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

In space-deprived city, Shinde has 3 official homes

This has put officials of the state’s public works department (PWD) in a dilemma: where will the department find homes for new ministers when they are sworn-in, in the next expansion of state cabinet?

Mumbai, India - Nov 15, 2022: A view of CM Eknath Shinde's government bungalow Varsha, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 17, 2022 01:17 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik and Surendra Gangan

Rane loses plea in SC, will demolish illegal parts of Juhu bungalow

Speaking to the Hindustan Times on Wednesday, the BJP MP said, “We will comply with the SC order and we are making changes in the bungalow accordingly. We have given a letter to the BMC.” Rane’s bungalow, ‘Aadish’, is located on the sea front at Juhu

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Updated on Nov 17, 2022 01:04 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Two leopards captured in Aarey

Mumbai: The forest department on Tuesday morning captured two leopards in Aarey Colony

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Published on Nov 16, 2022 01:01 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Govt receives three bids for Dharavi redevelopment

The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) had floated the tender for the redevelopment of the area, known for its large slum clusters, on October 1.

In 2016, when the global tender was floated, no bids were received despite five extensions to the deadline. In 2018, only one bid was received, from the Dubai-based Seclink Consortium, forcing the government to extend the deadline before another bid came in from the Adani group. In January 2019, the Seclink Consortium emerged as the highest bidder, but the bid process was eventually scrapped. A fresh tender was floated by the Shiv Sena (BSS) government with several changes in the financial and technical eligibility. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Nov 16, 2022 12:29 AM IST

BySatish Nandgaonkar & Yogesh Naik

Anil Desai to now head Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti Mahasangh

Anil Desai has been elevated to lead the organisation from his current post of general secretary. Desai said, “I will strive hard to build the SLSM and work for the Marathi manoos to get them more jobs and protect their rights

Nagpur, India - July 5, 2018: Shiv Sena candidates Manisha Kayande (C) along with party MP Anil Desai and Maharashtra Industries Minister Subhash Desai after files nomination papers for Member of Legislative Council (MLC) elections outside the Vidhan Bhawan during the second day of Monsoon session of Maharashtra Assembly in Nagpur on Thursday. Photo by Sunny Shende

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Published on Nov 14, 2022 01:18 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

“Aaditya Thackeray joining Bharat Jodo Yatra was the last straw”

Gajanan Kirtikar, veteran Shiv Sena leader who was with the party since its inception and subsequently in Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), crossed over to the Eknath Shinde-led Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) on Friday

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Published on Nov 13, 2022 12:35 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Effluents, sewage pose a serious threat to waterbird species across Maha wetlands

The birds found in these six wetlands are near-threatened Black-tailed godwit, Greater Flamingo, Ferruginous Duck, Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint

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Published on Nov 13, 2022 12:28 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Gajanan Kirtikar joins Shinde faction

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) received yet another jolt on Friday after their MP Gajanan Kirtikar joined the rival Eknath Shinde camp

Kiritikar was a four-term MLA and two-term MP and was also a minister during the first Sena-BJP alliance government from 1995 to 99. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 12, 2022 01:00 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Lokayukta Justice Kanade satisfied with action taken in Bhandara fire

Mumbai Maharashtra’s Lokayukta Justice V M Kanade has partially accepted the report of the fact-finding committee in the Bhandara Hospital fire where 10 newborn infants died in the care unit on January 9, 2021

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Published on Nov 11, 2022 12:45 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Fire brigade short of 1,200 men; recruitment to begin

Mumbai: The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) is facing a massive shortage of firemen and it will take the department at least 10 months to be fully operational

This mini fire station at Vikhroli on Eastern Express highway has not been opened due to shortage of firemen and drivers. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 09, 2022 12:57 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Largest shake-ups of DCP rank officers: ADG stays transfer of 9 officers

Earlier, in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, there were disagreements on the postings of five officers of additional commissioner rank and these were stayed by the home department and not the state police headquarters.

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Published on Nov 09, 2022 12:50 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

In race to claim iconic Air India building, state ahead of JNPA, LIC

The 23-storey commercial tower, one of Mumbai’s early high-rises, which forms an unwitting backdrop for jolly selfie-lovers on Marine Drive, is owned by Air India Asset Holding Limited, which was created by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation in in 2018, to manage all Air India-owned properties

Air India building in Mumbai, photographed on July 20, 2009. Photograph: ABHIJIT BHATLEKAR/MINT

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Published on Nov 08, 2022 12:39 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Maha govt rejects Sanjay Pandey’s inquiry report on Deven Bharti

The state government has rejected an inquiry report by IPS officer Sanjay Pandey (while he was DG Home Guards) into the allegations made by criminal Vijay Palande against IPS officer Deven Bharti

Mumbai, India - 27 Nov 2015: Mumbai Police arrested 5 accused in Kidnapping and Extortion case with weapons, Joint CP (Law and Order) Deven Bharti, addressing to Media at CP office, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Nov 27, 2015. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande)

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Published on Nov 07, 2022 12:17 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Raj, Fadnavis and Shinde meet again, this time for Damle

Mumbai Call it a stray coincidence or a well thought political ploy

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Updated on Nov 07, 2022 07:19 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

BJP’s Ashish Shelar accuses Uddhav Thackeray of religious appeasement

With BMC polls approaching, the BJP organised a rally at PWD maidan in Bandra- the backyard of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s house – Matoshree

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Published on Nov 06, 2022 11:57 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

SoBo citizens reclaim their open space after nine years

A citizens’ initiative to reclaim an open space in south Bombay has borne fruit – resultantly, a well-designed garden at the Jawaharlal Nehru Garden, opposite the Life India Corporation of India, will be built soon

Mumbai, India - November 04, 2022: Renovation of Jawaharlal Nehru Garden underway, at Nariman Point, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, November 04, 2022. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 05, 2022 12:10 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Deposits for MHADA flats to go up

Typically, once projects are ready, MHADA calls for applications and allots flats by a lottery system.

Sources in MHADA said when lottery results are declared, agents call up winners and ask them to sell the flats at a profit. They also take away all the papers, including allotment and possession letters, from the seller and after the five-year moratorium, the flat is legally transferred in the new buyer’s name. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Nov 04, 2022 12:20 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Decommissioned naval vessel to be put on display at Durgadi sea fort, Kalyan

Mumbai: Kalyan Dombivali – the constituency of chief minister Eknath Shinde’s son Shrikant will soon become a tourist attraction

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Published on Nov 03, 2022 07:23 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

New jail manual on the cards

The Jail Manual or Prison Rules is being amended by the state home department

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Published on Nov 03, 2022 12:54 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Response to vaccination low, BMC mulls reducing centers or days for operating these centers

Mumbai With the response to the Covid vaccination reducing drastically, the BMC will soon take a review and either curtail the number of vaccination centres or reduce the number of days per week

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Updated on Oct 31, 2022 11:30 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Shinde govt to probe alleged corruption in Shiv Sena ruled Mumbai civic body

The ruling dispensation has alleged corruption in contracts allotted for Covid Care Centres of BMC and the purchases done during the pandemic

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. (File Photo)

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Updated on Oct 31, 2022 03:40 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik

State to build two residential towers in Mazgaon for lower court judges

Mumbai: Faced with a housing shortage for lower court judges, the state government will soon construct two residential high rises of 34 storeys with 128 flats

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Published on Oct 30, 2022 12:39 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Mangroves to be chopped for proposed cycle track at Palm Beach Road

The NMMC has approached the Bombay high court for permission to cut the mangroves. The proposal has already received clearance from the state forest department.

The minutes of the MCZMA meeting, which were published recently, say that for every mangrove that is chopped, the NMMC will have to replant five mangroves. (HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 30, 2022 12:39 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

In picture perfect wilderness, Wasnik finds new passion

On Friday Mukul Wasnik, 69, Rajya Sabha MP and AICC General secretary opened a solo show of 75 of his wildlife photographs at the Jehangir art gallery. Over the last six years Wasnik made several trips from Tadoba to Tanzania to shoot the big cats but also a profusion of birds

Mumbai, India - October 28, 2022: (L to R) Kenyan High Commissioner Willy Bett, Mukul Wasnik and Yash Birla along with other dignitaries, during the inauguration of a photography exhibition on wildlife, at Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, in Mumbai, India, on Friday, October 28, 2022. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 29, 2022 12:18 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik

Shinde govt scales down security of Oppn leaders

The Eknath Shinde government scaled down the security of several opposition leaders like state Congress chief Nana Patole and state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Jayant Patil, while Uddhav Thackeray’s personal secretary Milind Narvekar’s security was beefed up

Nashik: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde speaks during the inauguration of the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Research, Training and Human Development Institute (SARTHI) office, in Nashik, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI10_21_2022_000229B) (PTI)

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Published on Oct 29, 2022 12:14 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik and Surendra P Gangan

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Mumbai: Speculations of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar forming an alliance gave wind to the sails as two leaders shared a stage on Sunday

The letter, sent by P K Mishra – a director in the ministry of finance – on November 1, states that the IGR which heads the stamps and registration department is designated as a ‘Reporting Entity’ (RE) under the prevention of money laundering act (PMLA).

Mumbai: Chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday asked the urban development department to offer more benefits for the redevelopment of cessed MHADA buildings, old and dilapidated structures, which were redeveloped with repair funds by the Mumbai Repairs and Reconstruction Board in the 1980s and 90s

The previous Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government had decided to waive off property tax for houses up to 500 square feet area. It has also not increased the property tax for bigger residences for the past two years.

This has put officials of the state’s public works department (PWD) in a dilemma: where will the department find homes for new ministers when they are sworn-in, in the next expansion of state cabinet?

Speaking to the Hindustan Times on Wednesday, the BJP MP said, “We will comply with the SC order and we are making changes in the bungalow accordingly. We have given a letter to the BMC.” Rane’s bungalow, ‘Aadish’, is located on the sea front at Juhu

Mumbai: The forest department on Tuesday morning captured two leopards in Aarey Colony

The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) had floated the tender for the redevelopment of the area, known for its large slum clusters, on October 1.

Anil Desai has been elevated to lead the organisation from his current post of general secretary. Desai said, “I will strive hard to build the SLSM and work for the Marathi manoos to get them more jobs and protect their rights

Gajanan Kirtikar, veteran Shiv Sena leader who was with the party since its inception and subsequently in Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), crossed over to the Eknath Shinde-led Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) on Friday

The birds found in these six wetlands are near-threatened Black-tailed godwit, Greater Flamingo, Ferruginous Duck, Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) received yet another jolt on Friday after their MP Gajanan Kirtikar joined the rival Eknath Shinde camp

Mumbai Maharashtra’s Lokayukta Justice V M Kanade has partially accepted the report of the fact-finding committee in the Bhandara Hospital fire where 10 newborn infants died in the care unit on January 9, 2021

Mumbai: The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) is facing a massive shortage of firemen and it will take the department at least 10 months to be fully operational

Earlier, in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, there were disagreements on the postings of five officers of additional commissioner rank and these were stayed by the home department and not the state police headquarters.

The 23-storey commercial tower, one of Mumbai’s early high-rises, which forms an unwitting backdrop for jolly selfie-lovers on Marine Drive, is owned by Air India Asset Holding Limited, which was created by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation in in 2018, to manage all Air India-owned properties

The state government has rejected an inquiry report by IPS officer Sanjay Pandey (while he was DG Home Guards) into the allegations made by criminal Vijay Palande against IPS officer Deven Bharti

Mumbai Call it a stray coincidence or a well thought political ploy

With BMC polls approaching, the BJP organised a rally at PWD maidan in Bandra- the backyard of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s house – Matoshree

A citizens’ initiative to reclaim an open space in south Bombay has borne fruit – resultantly, a well-designed garden at the Jawaharlal Nehru Garden, opposite the Life India Corporation of India, will be built soon

Typically, once projects are ready, MHADA calls for applications and allots flats by a lottery system.

Mumbai: Kalyan Dombivali – the constituency of chief minister Eknath Shinde’s son Shrikant will soon become a tourist attraction

The Jail Manual or Prison Rules is being amended by the state home department

Mumbai With the response to the Covid vaccination reducing drastically, the BMC will soon take a review and either curtail the number of vaccination centres or reduce the number of days per week

The ruling dispensation has alleged corruption in contracts allotted for Covid Care Centres of BMC and the purchases done during the pandemic

Mumbai: Faced with a housing shortage for lower court judges, the state government will soon construct two residential high rises of 34 storeys with 128 flats

The NMMC has approached the Bombay high court for permission to cut the mangroves. The proposal has already received clearance from the state forest department.

On Friday Mukul Wasnik, 69, Rajya Sabha MP and AICC General secretary opened a solo show of 75 of his wildlife photographs at the Jehangir art gallery. Over the last six years Wasnik made several trips from Tadoba to Tanzania to shoot the big cats but also a profusion of birds

The Eknath Shinde government scaled down the security of several opposition leaders like state Congress chief Nana Patole and state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Jayant Patil, while Uddhav Thackeray’s personal secretary Milind Narvekar’s security was beefed up

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