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This mayor-turned-MLA wants to reserve industrial plots for IT firms

Tuesday 10 November '09

During his stint as Mayor of Thane, Rajan Vichare had staunchly opposed conversion of industrial plots to residential ones.
Thane-Kopri Bridge loses consultant, contractor

Tuesday 10 November '09

The Thane Muncipal Corporation’s problems over the Thane-Kopri Bridge, a girder of which collapsed on a local train last month claiming three lives...
Now, PhD a must for contesting Mumbai University

Monday 2 November '09

An amendment to the Maharashtra Universities Act has altered the eligibility criteria for candidates who wish to contest the university senate elections.
Firefighters can count on him

Sunday 1 November '09

Among those who had come to Thane’s Wagle Estate fire station to share grief of firemen who had lost six colleagues in the recent fire accident was 50-year-old S M Mokashi.
‘Change in design of Kopri bridge led to delay’

Wednesday 28 October '09

The road overbridge, from where a girder fell on a train at Thane killing three and injuring several others would have been completed long ago had it not been for a change in plan by the railways in the drawing stage.
Bridge mishap: Blame game rages as 1 more dies

Sunday 25 October '09

The Central Railway and Thane Municipal Corporation were involved in a blame game on Saturday, a day after a concrete girder of a bridge fell on a local train in Thane.
Bridge under construction from ’02, girder in place since ’06

Saturday 24 October '09

“It was a disaster waiting to happen” — that was how Thane city engineer K D Lala chose to describe Friday’s incident of a concrete girder falling on a moving train, killing two and injuring 12.
Two lives lost, city’s lifeline collapsed

Saturday 24 October '09

A concrete girder collapsed on a moving local train between Mulund and Thane railway stations, killing two Mumbaiites including a railway motorman.
Firemen trained in lift rescue 20 years ago

Wednesday 21 October '09

The last time the fire fighters of Thane were trained in rescue from building lifts was 20 years ago, in 1989.
Diwali invention, a gift-wrapped rangoli

Tuesday 20 October '09

When 37-year-old artist Minal Lele faced the task of devising an environmental-friendly corporate gift this Diwali, she came up with a colourful idea.
Died on the job, months before his retirement

Tuesday 20 October '09

Fifty-year-old Gripin Chhiddha Singh was the leading fireman, and the seniormost, of the six-member team that perished inside the lift.
No one missed firemen as they choked to death in lift

Tuesday 20 October '09

Five teams of firemen had fought the flames at 14-storey Punarvasu Tower in Tarangan Complex in Thane for nearly two hours of Sunday before they began missing some of their colleagues.
Went out for a glimpse of Rahul, brought him home as a guest

Saturday 10 October '09

When Meena Kamble of Valmiki Nagar, Panvel, stepped out of her house on Thursday morning, she told her daughter Kavita that she would get a glimpse of Rahul Gandhi who had passed their neighbourhood and would probably return the same way.
Delimitation could harm Pappu Kalani in Ulhasnagar

Friday 9 October '09

For the last two decades, Ulhasnagar and its MLA Suresh alias Pappu Kalani have been synonymous. In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region...
Went out for a glimpse of Rahul, brought him home as a guest

Friday 9 October '09

When Meena Kamble of Valmiki Nagar, Panvel, stepped out of her house on Thursday morning, she told her daughter Kavita that she would get a glimpse of Rahul Gandhi who had passed their neighbourhood and would probably return the same way.
Work on Thane-Kopri overbridge likely to begin soon

Wednesday 7 October '09

The work on the Thane-Kopri road overbridge will finally commence soon as RITES, the consultant appointed by the Thane Municipal Corporation, is taking up the matter with the Central Railway with renewed vigour.
Virar Co seeks new image with clean nominees

Monday 5 October '09

The Virar Company, as it is known in Vasai, is trying to shed the criminal tag it has been carrying for two decades.
To file nomination, Sarnaik chose to ride an auto to ward office

Thursday 1 October '09

Last week, when 45-year-old Pratap Sarnaik came to file his nomination for the Ovla-Majiwada constituency, people looked at him in awe as he stepped down from an autorickshaw.
MNS may find the going tough in Thane

Tuesday 29 September '09

Traditional supporters of the Shiv Sena, who had switched loyalties to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in Thane during this year's Lok Sabha elections seem to have fallen silent this time around.
Thane: stung once, Sena fields veterans

Monday 28 September '09

Wiser after bitter lessons in the Lok Sabha election to Thane, the Shiv Sena has fielded candidates who are true-blood Sainiks in the traditional party stronghold.
Year after clashes, Rabodi police chowky to be repaired

Tuesday 22 September '09

A year after a police chowky at Rabodi in Thane was damaged during communal clashes, the police are all set to revive it.
Pathbreaking project, in snaps

Sunday 20 September '09

A man is about to sprinkle salt on his meal and the setting appears rudimentary from his attire.
Piggy banking in Dharavi

Sunday 20 September '09

Darshana Mhatre sells fish at Mumbai’s Dharavi. With her husband barely holding on to his job, the 30-year-old mother of three...
Fresh, green & affordable, never mind retail rates

Friday 18 September '09

Cauliflowers at Rs 24 a kilo instead of the market rate of Rs 32, lady’s fingers at Rs 30 instead of Rs 40, vegetables can be bought at rates much lower than those in the retail market...
Plea in HC blames Kalyan-Dombivli civic body for hawkers encroaching roads

Tuesday 15 September '09

A writ petition has been filed before the Bombay High Court against Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation for failing to take action against hawkers who have encroached upon no hawking zones in the city.
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