Gateway Distriparks outperforms Sensex with 86% gain in 6 months Nov 11, 2009
Gateway Rail Freight operates from its terminals at Gurgaon near Delhi, Ludhiana, Punjab and near Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Navi Mumbai. Its fleet includes container trains and rail-inland container depots, which provide end-to-end logistic solutions for export-import trade in the northern region, coupled with domestic trade in other parts of the country. (India Times)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
They send their millions to cities such as Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nasik and Navi Mumbai in search of bread. These millions of migrants set up slums illegally on grabbed land on a gigantic scale (which is tantamount to thieving the land) and provide the cheapest labor. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
It's gonna be a nutty affair this Diwali Oct 14, 2009
Dry fruits such as almond, raisins, figs and pistachio now come from Afghanistan to Delhi via the Wagah border which takes just two days, said Arun Bhinde, chairman, Navi Mumbai Commodity Brokers and Traders Welfare Association. All this, coupled with a slowdown in mature markets like the US and Europe, has seen dry fruit costs remaining steady over the last one year. (India Times)
Smokers kill bar manager in Mumbai Oct 3, 2009
NAVI MUMBAI: A 45-year-old bar manager in Panvel had to pay with his life for requesting four of his customers to stop smoking inside. Panvel police has arrested the four accused. (India Times, India)
Mumbai: 'Unfaithful' wife pushed to death Sep 18, 2009
"I did it after learning that my wife was having an extra-marital affair with my younger brother. I got all the more angry when I came to know that she was working as a bar girl in Navi Mumbai to make a fast buck,'' he said, matter-of-factly. Both Deepankar and his wife, Tumpa, came to the city from Kolkata. The Powai police received a call on Thursday morning, informing the officers of a woman's body lying on the premises of the building. After finding out that it was the body of Tumpa, the... (India Times, India)
Navi Mumbai: A magnet for commercial realty Sep 10, 2009
"Even India's leading conglomerates have taken up commercial space here. The state administration has already shifted wholesale commodity markets to Navi Mumbai. So, you have endorsements from different segments that Navi Mumbai's commercial real estate is much sought after," he says ... It is the small offices and shops segment that have witnessed the highest demand at Haware Builders' commercial projects in Navi Mumbai, he reveals ... Today, industrial units in Navi Mumbai are relocating to... (India Times)
39-yr-old dies of swine flu in Mumbai Aug 28, 2009
Swine flu death in Navi Mumbai - Mumbai - City - NEWS - The Times of India ... Swine flu death in Navi Mumbai ... MUMBAI: A 39-year-old man suffering from swine flu died at a hospital in neighbouring Navi Mumbai. (India Times, India)
Mumbai: FIR against 17 cops in fake encounter case Aug 21, 2009
MUMBAI: The city police has registered FIR against 17 cops in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Navi Mumbai resident Ramnarayan Gupta following a Bombay High Court directive ... The city police has registered FIR against 17 cops in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Navi Mumbai resident Ramnarayan Gupta following a Bombay High Court directive. (India Times, India)
Mumbai: School bus catches fire, several kids injured Aug 20, 2009
Two seriously injured children were rushed to Mumbai's Masina Hospital, while two were taken to the National Burns Institute in Airoli, Navi Mumbai. The other children were treated at various local hospitals and allowed to go home. (India Times, India)
Flu catches Bollywood off-guard Aug 13, 2009
Though the film will not be released in the theatres of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane, UTV is going ahead with the release of the Rs 35-crore movie as planned with 1,200 prints worldwide. The company has insured itself against such eventualities. (India Times)
Mumbaikars to miss date with 'Kaminey' Aug 13, 2009
Indian Film Company, which made Life Partner, is going ahead with the nationwide release of the film with the exception of Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Navi Mumbai. Sandeep Bhargava of Indian Film Company said, There is no way we can postpone the release. (India Times, India)
Delhi, Mumbai command 50% of top residential markets Jul 6, 2009
Developers also agree that Gurgaon and Indirapuram are attractive markets in Delhi NCR whereas it is Navi Mumbai, Vasai, Virar, and Kandivali in Mumbai which will see increased development ... In Mumbai, it is Navi Mumbai, Vasai, Virar, Kandivali which are likely to witness hectic transactions in the near future. (India Times)
Hi-tech incompetence Jul 1, 2009
Mumbai needs at least one and preferably two ring roads, partly elevated and partly offshore, be linked by a trans-harbour bridge to Navi Mumbai, and have no traffic signals so that traffic can move at high speed, getting off at various exit ramps into different sections of the city. Beijing has seven such ring roads, but India has none. (India Times)
Raheja can withdraw SEZs: Govt Jun 20, 2009
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday allowed realty major K Raheja Universal to withdraw their two special economic zones at Navi Mumbai and allowed the metro passage through DLF SEZ in Gurgaon ... The government on Friday allowed realty major K Raheja Universal to withdraw their two special economic zones at Navi Mumbai and allowed the metro passage through DLF SEZ in Gurgaon. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Govt to consider Raheja's SEZ today Jun 19, 2009
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday will consider the request of realty firm K Raheja Universal's to withdraw its IT/ITeS Special Economic Zone at Navi Mumbai, even as the Centre has allowed 23 developers to delay implementation of their projects in the wake of economic slowdown ... The BoA agenda is loaded with proposals for extension of time, seeking permission for building commercial space and service apartments in non-core SEZ areas and denotification of the Raheja project in Navi Mumbai ...... (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
DLF gets approval to withdraw 4 SEZs Jun 3, 2009
The BoA, headed by commerce secretary G K Pillai, also allowed more time to the K Raheja group to build its tax-free zones in Goa, Hyderabad and Navi Mumbai, it is learnt. A senior official said that the denotification will be issued only after the development commissioners of respective states give the certificate that all the tax benefits that the company had taken, has been refunded. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
DLF, Raheja want to surrender SEZs Jun 2, 2009
Raheja Universal controlled by Suresh Raheja, the youngest of the Raheja brothers who split about two decades ago, has requested the board to denotify its 50-acre IT/ITES SEZ in Navi Mumbai and also sought part denotification of a portion of its 30 acre SEZ in the same area. According to sources, Raheja Universal approached the board with a proposal to surrender its SEZ, citing economic recession in the IT industry. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Mumbai: Rise in minors' passports May 31, 2009
The Thane passport office, which opened in 2001, serves the seven districts of Thane, Navi Mumbai, Nasik, Jalgaon, Raigad, Dhule and Nandurbar. The social profile of these areas is quite different from upscale Mumbai. (India Times, India)
It's a good time to buy property overseas May 28, 2009
There are plenty of projects in Dubai which are selling at a price band of Rs 2,500-5,000 per sq.ft. Land in the UK countryside as in Chesh 00004000 ire is being sold for Rs 1,100 per sq.ft., while that in Helsby at just Rs 370 per sq.ft. By comparison, prices in some major Indian realty hotspots are equally competitive - flats in Gurgaon are priced at Rs 3,000-5,000 per sq.ft, in Kolkatas Rajarhat at Rs 2,800-3,500 per sq.ft. and Navi Mumbai between Rs 1,800 and Rs 6,000 per sq.ft.. In the... (India Times)
Real estate market could recover by Diwali May 23, 2009
After a long time we are witnessing real estate developers taking pride in reducing or slashing rates in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai to encash on the existing demand in the real estate market. The good deals may be offered for a few weeks or for the first ten properties or for a killer deal for a time-bound two days or similar schemes but yes, the writing is clear on the wall that the willingness to connect with the "real" pricing has dawned on the developers to sell at reduced prices to... (India Times)
Mumbai: 28-yr-old kills alcoholic dad May 19, 2009
NAVI MUMBAI: A 28-year-old was arrested on Saturday for hacking his alcoholic f 00004000 ather to death during a domestic tiff at their home in Sector 7, Sanpada. Turbhe police inspector Prakash S More told TOI that the incident took place on Friday night at Gayatri Apartments, when Leeladhar Chandrakant Pange (52) had an argument with his wife, Swati (49). (India Times, India)
Beware of deadly bacteria in mobiles Apr 9, 2009
Doctors from a Navi Mumbai hospital recently completed a study that revealed a virtual colony of microbes living on mobile phones. MGM Hospitals Dr Chitra Pai and Dr Nikhil Tandel, in fact, found the deadly superbug MRSA on some of the 120 mobile phones belonging to healthcare professionals that they tested. (India Times, India)
COMMENT: The Flow Need Not Stop Mar 12, 2009
A few lakes in Thane and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra are being taken up for protection in this manner. Many other lakes in India, both large and small, could be similarly saved. (India Times, India)
I-T search at Anand Jains premises Mar 6, 2009
MUMBAI: Income tax authorities on Thursday conducted what they called search operations at the offices and home of Navi Mumbai SEZ Pvt Ltd chairman Anand Jain. A company official disputed it was a search. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
IM man confession puts ATS in a spot Feb 28, 2009
The crime branch, while investigating the cars stolen from Navi Mumbai which were used in the 2008 blasts in Ahmedabad and planting of bombs in Surat, arrested Sadiq and 20 others last September. DGP A N Roy had then said that Sadiqs claims were part of an al-Qaida ploy to mislead investigators. (India Times, India)
Workshop on HIV/Aids Feb 11, 2009
Such glaring figures were gathered following WWHI mapping of Bhiwandi, Navi Mumbai and Taloja industrial areas and other places where the migrant people from these two districts and some other districts of Bihar are working, she said. Sahaya said that the 25 trainer-trainees are being equipped with the tools and needed training to work at the grassroots to create awareness about HIV and Aids in Sitamarhi and Madhubani districts. (Times of India)
