DB Realty Ltd said a civil judge in Thane has dismissed a petition by the central government that disputed the company’s ownership of 244 acres of land next to the Mira Road railway station in Mumbai, one of the fastest growing suburbs of the city. The court “dismissed the suit filed the Uol (Union of […]
Larsen & Toubro said it was awarded a Rs 928-cr contract by a government agency to construct 13,314 flats under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana Scheme. The flats, which will take the shape of 284 towers with four floors each, will be constructed in various locations of Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, it added. “The scope […]
The finance ministry has denied that Life Insurance Corporation of India has appointed any consultant to redevelop the 10 chawls owned by the insurer in Mumbai. Replying to a question by Lok Sabha MP Arvind Sawant, the finance ministry said the insurer has neither conducted a survey on redeveloping its chawls nor has it appointed […]
Godrej Properties reported a sharp 66% fall in its net profit for the third quarter despite strong sales growth, as it was hit by a sharp increase in its input costs. Net profit fell to Rs 25.94 cr for the three months ended December from Rs 77.24 in the same period last year. In Q2, […]
Cochin Shipyard Ltd said it will open a new ship-repair facility at Indira Dock of the Mumbai Port Trust. Cochin Shipyard has been in the ship repair business since 1982 and is one of of India’s leading ship-repair companies. “The signing the MoU with Mumbai Port Trust is in line with the company’s objective to […]
Mumbai Police have denied permission to the Chhatra Bharati, a students’ organization in the city, to hold an event today featuring Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and JNU student Omar Khalid. Police have started rounding up the organizers into vans and taken possession of the hall. Organizers said they will hold the event at an alternate […]
Fire has been reported from the eight floor of Arunachal Bhawan building in Sector 30, Vashi, New Mumbai. No casualties have been reported. However, there are four floors above the floor on which the fire has spread. Smoke can also be seen from the 9th floor, but it is not yet clear whether the floor […]
A massive fire has broken out in Bandra East, near the railway station. Western Railway authorities said both the Western Line and the Harbour line are running normally. They said the tracks have not been impacted by the fire so far, but they are keeping a ‘close watch’ on the developments. “As of now, the […]
Mumbai-based real estate company Godrej Properties said it has signed a joint venture agreement with Nirmal Ventures, also based in Mumbai, for developing a residential project in Thane. The project, located on the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Marg, Thane West, will be developed under a development management agreement, the company said. Spread over 14 acres, […]
Freecharge, owned by Snapdeal, said users of BEST public transport buses in Mumbai can pay for their tickets using its wallet service. This has been achieved by tying up with Ridlr, the official mobile ticketing app partner of BEST. “BEST commuters can now pay for their bus tickets and monthly passes digitally, saving them the […]
InoX Leisure Ltd said it launched the commercial operations at Mumbai’s iconic Metro House cinema. The new multiplex has 6 screens and 1491 seats. The multiplex operator had won the lease for the building a little more than a year ago. Metro House was shut in 2014, 79 years after it was opened. It was […]
Real estate company Kalpataru Ltd said it will support ‘Hamara Station Hamari Shaan’, an initiative to beautify the railway premises in Mumbai. The project includes makeover of 36 Railway stations across Central and Western suburban lines in Mumbai between 2nd to 8th October 2016. It is a joint initiative of ‘Mumbai First’ and ‘Making A Difference’ […]
Indian Railways, along with Google and Railwire, has expanded its free Wifi service in Mumbai to three more stations — Andheri, Borivali and Kurla, taking the total to 16 in all. Railwire Wi – Fi will be available to any user who has a working mobile connection on a smartphone. The project was kicked off […]
Mukta Arts, an Indian production house, announced that they started a two screen cinema theater at Goregaon, Mumbai and three-screen property at Panvel in Raigad district, Maharashtra. It will total the company’s properties to 16 and screen counts to 43. The company, founded by film producer Subhash Ghai, started two theaters last month at Dehradun and […]
Tata Docomo, the telecom brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, launched unlimited calling packs for subscribers in Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa. “With this offer, Mumbai subscribers can call 6 Million Tata Docomo customers without roaming charges while roaming in Rest-of-Maharashtra & Goa. Customers travelling within Mumbai, Rest-of-Maharashtra & Goa can now enjoy seamless connectivity and no […]
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has invited e-tenders for designing and constructing an elevated viaduct and 16 stations on the Andheri East to Dahisar East on the Mumbai Western Line. The phase, called the Metro-7 corridor, will be constructed in three separate packages and would enable a person starting from Dahisar in the north […]
The MMRDA has sanctioned Rs 35,400 crore for a 118-km expansion of Metro network in Mumbai. The new areas for which money has been sanctioned include Dahisar-Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro-2 corridor (Rs 12,000 crore and 40 km), Wadala-Ghatkopar-Thane-Kasarvadavali Metro-4 via Wadala GPO and R.A.Kidwai Marg (Rs 12,000 crore and 40 km), Dahisar-E-Andheri-E-Bandra-E Metro-5 corridor (Rs 8,100 crore […]
With the Centre seen waiving the 150-km rule and certain environment regulations to allow a new airport in Navi Mumbai, bids for residential-cum-commercial plots in Kharghar have through the roof. Builder Bhagwati Group bid Rs 1.84 lakh per sq mtr – the highest price quoted so far for a Kharghar plot. That translates to Rs […]
Mumbai Metro has tied up with Domino’s to offer customers pizza within 3-5 minutes of ordering, starting with the Chakala station. “This is the first such Domino’s Pizza outlet in India, which will bake Pizza in three minutes and offer the same to the customers,” Mumbai Metro said. Turbo ovens and pizza warmers have been […]
