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  1. ACB starts investigation against suspended IPS officer in Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case

    Mumbai, Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau has started investigation against suspended Indian Police Service officer Qaiser Khalid. An official gave this information on Monday.The ACB officer said the investigation was initiated after receiving a complaint from a person who claimed that the...
  2. Hoarding policy for MMR to be released soon: Maharashtra Minister

    The hoarding policy will be unveiled after the election code of conduct for the Mumbai Legislative Council elections is over after the declaration of the results of graduate and teacher constituencies.However, a verbal duel was witnessed between members of the ruling party and the opposition...
  3. IPS officer Khalid suspended for allowing 'killer' Mumbai hoardings without permission from DGP office

    Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid for allowing a giant fence, whose collapse last month claimed 17 lives, to be put up on railway land without the approval of the DGP office, citing administrative lapses and irregularities on their part in...
  4. Mumbai Crime Branch summons Chief BMC officer in Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], The Mumbai Crime Branch has summoned Gajanan Bellale, the BMC chief of Ghatkopar East area, in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse in Maharashtra.Seventeen people were killed and 74 injured in the incident that occurred on May 13 amid strong winds and...
  5. Mumbai hoarding collapse case: Two people arrested from Goa, number of arrests increases to four

    Mumbai: Two more people were arrested from Goa on Saturday in connection with the May 13 hoarding collapse in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area that left 17 people dead, a police officer said.The crime branch official identified the two arrested persons as Jhanvi Marathe and Sagar Patil, who were...
  6. Mumbai's first metro completes 10 years

    Mumbai's first metro line from Versova to Ghatkopar on Saturday completed 10 years of operation and clocked 11 lakh trips with 99 per cent punctuality.Mumbai Metro One, promoted by Reliance Infrastructure, was flagged off on 8 June 2014, marking the beginning of metro services in the city...
  7. Ensure no untoward incident related to falling hoardings happens: Supreme Court tells Railways and Mumbai civic body

    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Railways and the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to ensure that no untoward incident of hoardings falling down occurs in the city.A vacation bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and PB Varale issued the direction while hearing the civic...
  8. Mumbai receives first pre-monsoon rain of the season

    Mumbai: Many parts of Mumbai received the first pre-monsoon rain of the season on Wednesday morning, providing some respite to residents from the scorching heat and humidity.Mumbaikars woke up to a cloudy morning and later, light rain started lashing parts of the city from around 7 am.Many...
  9. Ghatkopar hoarding incident: Court sent accused engineer to custody till June 5

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], The Special Investigation Team of Mumbai Crime Branch produced accused Manoj Ramakrishna Sanghu in the Esplanade Court on Friday in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case. Mumbai Crime Branch had sought 10 days' custody of the accused. But, the court has sent the...
  10. Mumbai Crime Branch makes second arrest in Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mumbai Crime Branch has made the second arrest in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident, police said on Thursday, adding that the arrested accused had provided structural stability certificate to Easy Media Pvt Ltd for the collapsed hoarding. ...
  11. BMC seeks details of hoardings permitted by Railway Police in Mumbai

    Mumbai, Days after an illegal hoarding crashed and killed one person in the Ghatkopar area, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sought details of all hoardings permitted by the Government Railway Police (GRP) in the city, a civic official said. . Gave this information on Thursday...
  12. Bhinde was fined over 100 times before Ghatkopar hoarding accident: Police

    Mumbai: Bhavesh Bhinde, arrested after the Ghatkopar hoarding accident that took 17 lives, was fined at least 100 times in the past by the civic body for violating norms, police investigation has revealed.He was the director of advertising agency Ego Media, which had put up the huge illegal...
  13. BMC forms expert panel to prepare guidelines for hoardings in Mumbai

    MUMBAI: The Mumbai civic body has constituted an eight-member panel, including experts from IIT Bombay, to develop comprehensive guidelines regarding billboards and outdoor advertising in the city, an official said on Wednesday.A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official, citing a May 8 BMC...
  14. "Yogi Adityanath Ended Gunda Raj in Uttar Pradesh," Ramdas Athawale and Nana Patole's 'Raavan' Remarks

    Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday condemned Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole's remarks calling Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath "Ravan" and said it was not appropriate for Nana Patole to call him that. Is. Yogi Adityanath has ended...
  15. The death toll in the hoarding collapse incident in Ghatkopar has increased to 17.

    Mumbai: The death toll in the hoarding collapse incident that occurred in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area on May 13 has reached 17 with the death of one person at a municipal corporation-run hospital here, officials said on Wednesday.Raju Sonawane (52), who was injured when a hoarding fell on a petrol...
  16. Mumbai Crime Branch forms SIT to investigate Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident.

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], The Mumbai Crime Branch has formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident that left sixteen people dead after a huge billboard collapsed, officials said on Wednesday. and 75 were injured. Bhavesh Bhide, owner...
  17. 29 flamingos found dead in Mumbai

    Mumbai: At least 29 flamingos have been found dead at various places in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area, a representative of a wildlife welfare group said on Tuesday.Pawan Sharma, founder of Rescink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW) and honorary wildlife warden of the forest department, said...
  18. The accused arrested in the case of falling of billboard in Ghatkopar were brought to Mumbai.

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], owner of Ego Media, the company responsible for installing the giant billboard in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area that collapsed due to strong winds and rain earlier this week, killing 16 people A further 75 were injured; Bhavesh Bhide, owner of the company that installed...
  19. "If PM Modi was a little sensitive...": Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on PM's road show in Ghatkopar

    Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for holding a roadshow in Mumbai's Ghatkopar area, where 16 people were recently killed after a hoarding fell on them earlier this week. Death had occurred...
  20. Mumbai institute may submit report on hoarding accident in 7 days; petrol pump under the lens

    MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC officials) on Thursday said a Mumbai-based technical institute has been asked to find out the reason behind the collapse of a huge hoarding in suburban Ghatkopar and is expected to submit its report within seven days. Will give.A hoarding...