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Mumbai: In a major administrative reshuffle, Maharashtra government on Tuesday initiated transfers of 10 senior IAS officers. Lokesh Chandra, who was Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in the Chief Minister's Office, replacing Ashwini Bhide, who has been posted as BMC commissioner.Vikas Chandra Rastogi, who was ACS (Agriculture), has been posted as ACS (Financial Reforms) in the Finance Departm ...Read More >
Mumbai, Mar 31 (PTI) Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tukaram Mundhe was transferred by the Maharashtra government on Tuesday, his 24th posting in 21 years of career in bureaucracy. Considered an upright civil servant, Mundhe was among several IAS officers who were transferred by the government. These included Ashwini Bhide, Vikas Chandra Rastogi and Lokesh Chandra, officials said. Mundhe, currently Secretary in the Divyang Kalyan Department at Mantralaya, Mumbai, was transfe ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major administrative reshuffle, the Maharashtra government, on Tuesday, transferred 10 bureaucrats, government officials said. Lokesh Chandra, an IAS officer of the 1993 batch and Chairman as well as Managing Director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, has been posted as the Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister in Mumbai. Ashwini Bhide, an IAS officer of 1995 batch and Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister, h ...Read More >
Virar, Dec 05: In the tragic incident where a part of the Ramabai Apartment building in the Naringi area of Virar East collapsed, resulting in the deaths of 17 people and serious injuries to 9 others, a significant development has occurred in the ongoing investigation. Gilson Gonsalves, the Assistant Commissioner of the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation's Ward Committee 'C', was arrested by the Crime Branch Unit 3 team late Thursday night (December 04). Details of Incident and Arrest Proceedin ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 71 crore in connection with a major scam linked to illegal construction in the Vasai-Virar belt, part of which, Rs 44 crore, belongs to IAS officer Anil Pawar, reported TOI. The investigation revolves around 41 unauthorised buildings, which the Bombay High Court had ordered demolished. Central to the case is Bharti Pawar, wife of Anil Pawar, who has been named by the ED for allegedly fronting a portion of the scam worth Rs 169.6 ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court, while terming the arrest of former Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) chief Anilkumar Pawar as "illegal", has held that there is no prima facie case against him and that the Directorate of Enforcement's (ED) stand is "speculative and based on hazy facts". Lack of Tangible Evidence A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, on Wednesday, set aside Pawar's arrest, observing that the ED lacked "tangible material" to justify his de ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state's police chief over the collapse of a four-storey apartment building in Palghar district last month, in which 17 people died. Reportedly, the building was unauthorised and constructed more than a decade ago, it said. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in a statement, said it has "taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that 17 people died and eight were injured when ...Read More >
Mumbai: A tragic incident in Maharashtra's Palghar district has left an entire community devastated after a portion of a four-storey building collapsed in Virar, killing 15 people, including a mother and her young daughter who had just finished celebrating birthday. The collapse occurred shortly after midnight on August 27, when the rear section of the 13-year-old Ramabai Apartment in Vijay Nagar crumbled without warning. Among the victims were 24-year-old Aarohi Joyal and her one-year-old daug ...Read More >
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has announced the rollout of its first made-in-India electric vehicle - the e-Vitara SUV - in a major boost to the green segment from its upgraded Gujarat plant, which is now set to become one of the world's largest automotive manufacturing hubs with a projected annual capacity of one million units. Crucially, this facility will serve as Suzuki's global production base for electric vehicles (EVs), exporting to over 100 countries, including ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll in the Virar building collapse in Maharashtra has risen to 17, officials confirmed on Thursday, as search and rescue efforts entered the second day. The tragic incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday when the rear portion of the Ramabai Apartment building suddenly caved in at around 12.05 A.M., trapping several residents under the rubble. President Droupadi Murmu expressed sorrow over the loss of lives, stating, "The collapse of a buildi ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 28 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday expressed grief over the death of 17 persons in a building collapse at Virar in Palghar district and announced an assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the deceased. The building, which was allegedly unauthorised and housed nearly 50 flats, collapsed on an adjacent vacant tenement at Vijay Nagar in Virar area of Palghar, adjoining Mumbai, at 12.05 am on Wednesday, according to officials. A one-year-old girl's birthda ...Read More >
Mumbai: The number of people who died in the building collapse in Virar, located in Maharashtra's Palghar district, has increased to 17 after more bodies were found overnight, officials said on Thursday. Chief Minister Fadnavis announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased. The building, called Ramabai Apartment, was an illegal four-storey structure with around 50 flats. It collapsed on a nearby empty tenement at Vijay Nagar in Virar around 12:05 AM on Wednesday. Accordi ...Read More >
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested four individuals, including senior civic officials and builders, in connection with an illegal construction case linked to the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVCMC). The arrested accused are Anil Powar, IAS, former Municipal Commissioner of VVCMC; Sitaram Gupta, builder and corporator from the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi; Arun Gupta, builder; and YS Reddy, suspended Deputy Town Planner of VVCMC. All were t ...Read More >
The four accused -- others are Deputy Director of Urban Planning (suspended) YS Reddy, former corporator and construction businessman Sitaram Gupta and one Arun Gupta -- will be produced before the PMLA court on Thursday, an official said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested four people, including former Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Anil Kumar Pawar, in connection with a case over illegal constructions. The four accused -- others are Deputy Director of Urba ...Read More >
Bengaluru: For millions of people, the sudden, sharp pain of tooth due to sensitivity can turn a sip of cold water into a jolt. Now, researchers at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with Bengaluru-based deep-tech startup Theranautilus, have engineered "CalBots" - magnetic nanobots that can seal the problem at its source.As per IISc, CalBots are 400-nanometre particles loaded with a calcium silicate-based bioceramic formula, designed to travel 500 micrometres deep inside dentin ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar and former deputy director in the VVCMC town-planning department, YS Reddy, as part of its money laundering investigation into the construction of 41 illegal buildings in Vasai East, which were demolished as per court orders in February this year. Both Pawar and Reddy had been questioned by the agency earlier about alleged irregularities in construction of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Aug 13 that India's electoral system suffers from "serious discrepancies" and he pledged to continue challenging its integrity through public mobilisation and potentially the courts. Mr Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that controls the main opposition Congress party, last week accused authorities of manipulating voter rolls by adding fake names in the 2024 general election and other recent polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bh ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested IAS officer Anil Pawar, former civic commissioner of Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), along with his junior, deputy director of town planning Y S Reddy, and two others, including a former BVA corporator, in a money laundering case linked to the illegal construction of 41 buildings and defrauding flat buyers. The ED will produce the arrested individuals before the court on Thursday. According to the ED, Pawar engaged in extensiv ...Read More >
Palghar, Maharashtra: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office, has intensified its probe into the multi-crore Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) construction scam, conducting a major search operation across 12 locations in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, and Satara on July 29, 2025. The raids were carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with the case involving Jayesh Mehta and others, including senior VVCMC officials. The searches ...Read More >
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde assured the House that stern action will be initiated against officials if they are found shielding illegal constructions. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar Monday directed the state government to submit an action-taken report (ATR) on illegal constructions across various wards of Mumbai before the conclusion of the ongoing Monsoon Session Friday. The directive came in response to a question raised by BJP MLA Parag Alvani, who sought ac ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the money laundering aspect in the illegal construction of 41 residential and commercial buildings on govt and private land under the jurisdiction of the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) has found some electronic evidence in the form of text messages indicating the role of a senior civic official who along with lower rung officials allegedly charged Rs 50 per sq ft for approving building contracts.The ED released a press note on Thur ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its probe into the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) land scam, conducting fresh search operations at 16 locations across Mumbai on July 1 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The searches, linked to the case involving Jayesh Mehta and others, resulted in the freezing of assets worth approximately Rs 12.71 crore in bank accounts, fixed deposits, and mutual funds, along with the seizure ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen Rs 12.71 crore in bank balances, fixed deposits, mutual funds and seized cash amounting to Rs 26 lakh apart from large number of incriminating documents and devices during searches conducted at 16 different locations across Mumbai in Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) scam, the agency said on Thursday. ED's Mumbai zonal office took the action during the raids carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of ...Read More >
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