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Monday 20 July '09

Arunava Dhar (21), a student of the Smt Chandibai Himmathmal Mansukhani College in Ulhasnagar...

College-civic body initiative in contention for Water Awards

Saturday 18 July '09

A joint initiative by the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation and Smt Chandibai Himmatmal Mansukhani College is being pitched for the National Urban Water Awards.

Corporators vote against new waste project in Kalyan

Friday 17 July '09

The proposed solid waste management project of Kalyan-Dombivli city that would comply with the Municipal Solid Waste Rules...

Rival teachers’ body not to join strike

Thursday 16 July '09

Mumbai University College Teachers’ Association has decided not to participate in the strike by Bombay University College Teachers’ Union.

Stalemate persists between CR, contractor over Thane-Kopri bridge

Tuesday 14 July '09

The stalemate between the Central Railway and the contractor for the Thane-Kopri Road overbridge project —Ajaypal Mangal & Co—continues...

Navi Mumbai has enough but rest of metro region thirsts

Saturday 11 July '09

Suburban cities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, with the exception of Navi Mumbai, are staring at water cuts on the lines of that imposed in Mumbai.

Thane rly project in final stages

Friday 10 July '09

After missing its June deadline, the work at the Thane Station Area Traffic Improvement Scheme is now in final stages.

43 unfit buses ply on Thane roads

Tuesday 30 June '09

At least 43 buses which do not have a fitness certificate from the Regional Transport Authority ply under the nose of Thane Municipal Corporation...

‘Rules bent to appoint controller of exams’

Sunday 28 June '09

More than a year after the appointment of Vilas Shinde as the controller of examinations in the University of Mumbai...

Thane gets a grand art lovers’ hub

Tuesday 23 June '09

Four months after its launch, Thane Kala Bhavan, the art gallery built by the civic body, is fast emerging as a hub for fine arts.

MU posts paper setters, examiners in violation of Mumbai University Act

Sunday 21 June '09

The appointment of two paper setters/examiners by Mumbai University in violation of its bylaws has raised many an eyebrow.

Sorry, no water: ashram schools send tribal kids home till it rains

Saturday 20 June '09

Twenty residential schools in Thane district have sent their students home, the authorities saying they don’t have enough water in the absence of rains.

Soon, Navi Mumbai to get underground power cables

Thursday 18 June '09

Overhead power wires in Navi Mumbai would be a thing of the past as the civic body would be undertaking the task of laying underground cables.

Thane corporation to decide on education panel members soon

Wednesday 17 June '09

After receiving flak from the High Court for the poor educational qualifications of its elected members who were nominated to the civic education committee...

To cut dropout rate, Thane celebrates school reopening

Tuesday 16 June '09

The Rajivali Village in Vasai Taluka of Thane district wore a festive look on Monday, with roads decked up with colourful rangoli and a joyous touch lighting up faces of the villagers.

Professional courses overtake regular degree courses

Sunday 14 June '09

Regular degree courses in arts, commerce and science are being fast overtaken by unaided professional courses.

Now, a multi-storey library for Thane residents

Sunday 14 June '09

A month from now, the first multistoreyed library in Vartaknagar will open to the residents of Thane.

Civic body yet to comply with waste management rules

Thursday 11 June '09

Even as a Public Interest Litigation highlighting Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s apathy towards the Municipal Solid Wastes rules...

Railway bridge work hit by row over cables

Sunday 7 June '09

The work on Thane Kopri bridge has come to a standstill after a stand-off between the divisional railway engineer and the contractor over procurement of cables prior to seeking blocks of the railway traffic.

A windfall from illegal structures

Wednesday 3 June '09

The Ulhasangar Municipal Corporation is earning huge revenue from unauthorised constructions.

Now a nullah, waiting to be a river again

Monday 1 June '09

In 1060, when King Mumwani built a Shiv Temple at Ambernath on the banks of the river Waldhuni, the stone steps of the intricately carved temple were washed by the clean waters of river Waldhuni, local historians say.

470 tribal couples tie the knot, some with kid in tow

Sunday 31 May '09

One-year-old Priyanka cuddles in the arms of her mother who is decked up in the bridal attire. Her father, the groom, is sitting on a plastic chair placed in the opposite row.

Uddhav upset over reports of assault on civic official by Sena men

Friday 29 May '09

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray is reportedly upset over the assault on an official of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation, allegedly by Sena corporators, on Tuesday evening at Dombivli.

Preserving desi arts through fashion

Thursday 28 May '09

With an objective to preserve Indian traditional and folk arts and promote them at an international level, a Mumbai- based fashion institute has decided to introduce a new course in Indian Arts in Fashion from this academic year.

Kalyan-Dombivli civic body to buy laptops for its corporators, others

Monday 25 May '09

The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation which received national recognition for its e-governance initiative is in the process of acquiring laptops for its 112 corporators and 20 officials.