City teeming with ‘illegal’ towers
A recent survey carried out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has concluded that out of 4,776 mobile towers in Mumbai, as many as 3,631 have been erected without the municipality’s permission.
Google set to remove ‘objectionable’ apps
Acting on letters from Delhi-based Centre for Social Welfare (CSR) asking them to pull down sexually explicit content on its Android platform Playstore, Google is acting upon the request to remove obj
‘No clear link between radiation & cancer’
With the Department of Telecommuni-cation’s (DoT) new advisory guideline for state governments about issuance of clearance for installation of mobile towers, it is going to be a relatively free run fo
Court quashes externment order, calls it ‘absolutely illegal’
The Bombay high court recently quashed an order relating to externment that was passed by Kolhapur SP and confirmed by Maharashtra home department, calling them “absolutely illegal”.
Submarine mishap: Death of 5 Navy men due to burns, drowning
The autopsy conducted on five navy men, whose bodies were extricated from submarine INS Sindhurakshak, has found that they died due to severe burns and drowning, even as divers Saturday continued search operations for other personnel who were on board.
Sensex crashes 769 points in market mayhem
It was bloodbath in markets Friday with Sensex crashing 769.41 points, the biggest fall in four years, to end at 18,598 on fresh concerns about US stimulus withdrawal and rupee plunging to record low of 62, draining investor wealth by Rs two lakh crore.
Duo held for smuggling drugs worth `15cr
In a major drug bust at the international airport, Customs officers caught two female African nationals from Mozambique with narcotics worth `15 crore as they were attempting to smuggle out the contra
MU likely to see more foreign students
The University of Mumbai is set to break all previous records of foreign student enrolment this year.
Files post 1991 recovered: BMC
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday claimed that most of the missing files from the years after 1991 have been recovered.
No transfers even after 3 yrs?
In the backdrop of the missing files controversy in the BMC, it has come to light that nearly 150 officials and employees in the Development Plan (DP) and the Building Proposal (BP) have not been tran