With the rise in construction debris in the city and mounds of garbage accumulating at Deonar and Mulund dumping grounds, BMC has plans to set up another dumpyard on the outskirts of the city in Taloja.

But there is still no clarity if the proposed dumping ground in Taloja will be used for dumping of solid waste or construction debris.

If the state power utility accepts the proposal submitted by consumer associations to tide over the power crisis, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Pune areas will get uninterrupted electricity on three working days.

Doctors say senior citizens and asthma patients are the most-affected

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NAGPUR: It was a temptation that 65-year-old Daulat Moon could not resist. The deal was too big for him to reject: Rs 40 lakh per acre of land or a little less than Rs100 per sq feet.

The state government has decided to offer Rs 4,868 crore package to 39 lakh farmers who were left out of the centre

Govt plea in SC to end forest land row

Residents of buildings on private forest land in Mumbai and Thane may have won half the battle against the decision to term their buildings illegal.

Government decides to hand over 1,011 acres of surplus land at Pawna to farmers by way of rehabilitation

The government has formed a six-member committee to look into the complaints on misappropriation of land acquired by the state for setting up dams at Pawna, Maval and Mulshi, among others in Pune district.

The first monorail corridor in the country will finally see the light of day, but at a cost higher than what was expected. The executive committee of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) gave the green signal to the of 19.5km corridor from Jacob Circle to Chembur.

The last pulse polio immunisation drive was cancelled; there is no surety that the next one, scheduled for November 9, will be carried out

The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs1,125 crore for the four-km long route

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