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A cement block from Metro 9 at Kashimira left a 23-year-old in surgery, two days after a Metro 4 death. MMRDA fines now top Rs 20 crore in five weeks.

BMC will act against 39,111 slum structures taller than 14 feet from October 1 to December 31. Eight in ten are in the eastern suburbs. What residents should know.

Maharashtra has ordered districts to list scarcity-hit villages by October. Marathwada is 30% short of rain and a Dharashiv dam is already empty.

Police arrested six men, including an ad agency owner, for felling 55 median trees on Nashik's Gangapur Road so hoardings would show. What the tree law says.

PMC's standing committee cleared Rs 17.09 crore for 500 traffic wardens at 250 Pune junctions for one year, bypassing a tender. What the deal covers and costs.

Maharashtra's FDA suspended licences of Café Mondegar and three other Mumbai outlets. What inspectors found, and what diners should check before Navratri.

Maharashtra's cabinet cleared soft loans for cooperative sugar mills to pay cane arrears. But 99.37% of 2025-26 FRP is already paid. What the money is for.

Nagpur's Shivaji Gymnastics Club won eight apparatus medals and a team bronze at a state-level grade-wise gymnastics meet at Balewadi, Pune, Sept 11-13.

Lasalgaon's average onion rate rose from ₹2,180 to ₹4,500 a quintal in a month. Many Nashik farmers sold early, and retail relief may wait till November.

The Bombay HC's Nagpur bench has ordered police to seize DJ and Dolby rigs across Vidarbha till Nov 1. What mandals and residents need to know this Ganeshotsav.

Manoj Jarange plans a fast at Azad Maidan from 10 am on Sept 19, Gauri-Ganpati visarjan day. The state hasn't given permission. What commuters should know.

Pune cut its Ganeshotsav liquor ban to two days after the Bombay HC asked why Pune alone was targeted: Sept 14 till 4 pm and all of Sept 25. The new rules.

Thane allows loudspeakers till midnight on Sept 15, 18, 19 and 25, bars DJs and curbs heavy vehicles on five immersion days. The dates residents need.

Maharashtra Medical Council wants every doctor to show a Know Your Doctor QR plate by Oct 31. Only about 14,000 had one in May. What patients should check.

Over 300 NMC teams begin a 10-day door-to-door health survey in Nashik. Dengue is down on last year, but swine flu has killed five since January.

BMC has 281 artificial ponds ready and a High Court order behind it: Ganesh idols under six feet cannot be immersed in Mumbai's sea or lakes this year.

Maharashtra has waived toll for Konkan-bound vehicles from September 11 to 27 for Ganeshotsav. The exemption only works if you carry the official pass.

Sambhajinagar's commissioner is hearing 37 disqualification complaints against 25 corporators. Nine were heard on September 7, 11 more on September 15.

Central Railway will block the Pune-Hadapsar section from September 19 to October 4 to commission a third line. 42 trains stand cancelled, 25 diverted.

Maharashtra insured 1.6 lakh Govindas for Dahi Handi 2026. The two people who died were a seven-year-old and a bystander, outside every safety rule.