Thane, Oct 1: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has advised both Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P. Chidambaram to place all facts related to the 2G Spectrum allocation before the public in the interest of good governance.

"In the interest of good governance, Mukherjee and Chidambaram must project the truth about the 2G telecom spectrum allocation," Pawar told the media.

Thane, Dec 12 : Pravin Mahajan, who is undergoing life imprisonment for murdering his brother and late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, lapsed into coma following a suspected brain haemorrhage.

Pravin was rushed to Jupiter Hospital, Thane, late on Friday night following complaints of high blood pressure.

He had been released by a court on a 14- day parole from the Nasik Central Jail two weeks ago on health grounds.

Thane (Mumbai), Nov 4 : At least twelve persons sustained minor injuries when twelve coaches of the Bangalore bound Gandhidham Express derailed at Bhiwandi in Maharashra''s Thane district this morning.

"Twelve coaches of Gandhidham Express were derailed when the train was approaching Bhiwandi in Thane district. Twelve passengers sustained injuries," said the Central Railways PRO, A K Jain.

Another train has been sent to the accident site to take the passengers of the Gandhidham Express, said Jain.

Thane, Nov 4 - At least 12 passengers sustained minor injuries when 11 coaches of the Gandhidham-Bengaluru Express derailed near Dombivili here early Wednesday, a railway official said.

"The incident occurred around 2 a. m. near Dombivli on the single-line Vasai-Diva section which links the Western Raiwlay and Central Railway," said an official of the railway control room.

Of the 11 coaches that derailed, at least two overturned and got badly damaged in the incident.

Thane, Oct 29 At least three people were killed and 20 others feared trapped when a portion of a five-storey building collapsed in Maharashtra's Ulhasnagar township here Thursday, police said. The rear portion of the 14-year-old building, Sanmukh Sadan, caved in suddenly in the afternoon, trapping the occupants.

Relief and rescue workers managed to extricate seven injured people from the debris by late evening and were searching for more trapped inside the collapsed building, an official from Thane police said.

Hundreds of Adivasis from villages in Maharashtra’s Thane district were “reconverted” to Hinduism at a “purification” ceremony in Thane (west) on Monday.

“Today 795 Adivasi (tribal) families were reconverted to Hinduism. We are not having a religious conversion here — it’s a process of purification,” said Jagatguru Swami Narendracharya Maharaj. “We taught them the precepts of the Hindu religion and they decided to convert to Hinduism on their own after repentance. They were not forced.”

Narendracharya said he was converting people who had originally been Hindus.

A 27-year-old man was arrested for impersonating a policeman and trying to rob a truck driver on Sunday.

Harshad Bhanushali, a resident of Thane, stopped the truck near Kharegaon toll naka and told the driver, Vijaynath Vathe (31), that he was a policeman. “The accused told Vathe that he needed to frisk him as he suspected him of carrying ganja. While frisking Vathe, he took out Rs 5,900 from his pocket. He was about to escape but the driver and cleaner caught him and brought him to the police station,” said Police Inspector (Crime) PD Patil.

“Bhanushali is well educated and used to work with a security agency. He is unemployed and might have been looking for easy money. He had no criminal record,” said Patil.

The first time the firemen reached the burning flat in Samatanagar, Thane, they put it out and left. When the fire restarted, they went there again, and died.

On Sunday, lead fireman GC Singh (56) and his team – Kishore Patil (45), Tanaji Kale (42), Santosh Shinde (42), Suresh Jamadar (41) and Avdhut Thanekar (40) – died of suffocation after they were stuck in the elevator of the 14-storey Punarvasu building in Tarangan Society, Samatanagar.

If a ladder from the outside had been an option, they may possibly have avoided the elevator and survived. It wasn’t – because the Thane Fire Department’s existing ladder can only reach the

Thane (Maharashtra), Oct 18 : At least six firemen working with the Thane fire service died from suffocation after getting stuck in a lift in a housing complex where they had gone to put out a blaze.

According to sources, "Around 11.30 pm last night, the fire brigade received a call about a fire in a house on the 14th floor of Punarvasu building in the complex. The firemen rushed there, put out the blaze and returned only to be called once again at about 3.30 a. m."

Thane, Oct 18 - In a gruesome Diwali tragedy, six firemen suffocated to death after they battled a blaze in a multi-storied building here early Sunday, a senior officer said.

The victims suffocated due to toxic fumes which engulfed the lift of the 14-storey building in which they were returning after dousing fire, Thane Chief Fire Officer Vijay Vaidya said.

After they successfully doused the fire on the terrace of the building, they got trapped in the lift and choked in the fumes that may have accumulated there, he told IANS.

Fifteen years ago, Thane city limits ended at the periphery of Ghodbunder Road at Kapurbavdi Junction. At that time, it was difficult to imagine that the land occupied by a clutch of paddy fields and chemical companies around the highway to Gujarat would become the most sought after address not only in Thane, but also all the eastern suburbs.

Thane-headquartered Emco has notified that it has bagged four orders worth Rs 274 crore for construction of electrical sub-stations in three states including Maharashtra and Haryana.     

The company received the first order, which is valued at Rs 131 crore from Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam to erect sub-stations at Rangla Rajpur, Samain, Rampur Kambaon, Batta and Dadhibana.     

The company secured the second order worth Rs 100 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company to construct one sub-station at Lonikand in Pune district.     

Further, the company has also secured an order worth Rs 43 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for construction of a sub-station at Kotputli in Jaipur district of Rajasthan.

Thane (Maharashtra), June27 : President Pratibha Patil today called for introducing mobile courts in remote areas and alternative dispute settlement mechanism in order to make justice affordable and accessible to weaker sections of society.

Speaking after inaugurating the Maharashtra Judicial Academy at Uttan in Thane District, Patil expressed concern over the increase in court and lawyers fees.

The academy has been established by the Bombay High Court to train members of the higher and lower judicial services.

Thane, May 12: Two workers were killed in a massive blast, which gutted down a chemical factory in Ambernath area of western Thane on Tuesday.

The blast, which took place in the morning hours, caused extensive damage to the chemical factory named Thomas Baker Private Limited.

Eyewitnesses rushed to the floor after hearing the sound of the blast.

Thane, Feb. 23 : The Bhartiya Janata Party will contest together with Maharashtra ally Shiv Sena in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, BJP general secretary Gopinath Munde said.

"The alliance between BJP and Sena is of life long one and the Sena supremo Bal Thackeray will never give up the alliance and desert the Hindutva policy," Munde said.

Munde quashed off all the speculations of Shiv Sena straying away from the National Democratic alliance and trying to join hands with the NCP.

Munde said the Sena will never do the mistake of having a poll alliance with the NCP.

Thane (Maharashtra), Sept 11 : Devotion has many forms. A unique method has been adopted by Pravin Joshi, a devotee who tied 1111 lamps to his body and offered prayers to Lord Ganesha on the occasion of "Ganesh Utsav" at Thane in Maharashtra.

The 1111 lamps tied to his body presented a glorious sight as Pravin Joshi, danced in front of the idol of Lord Ganesha.

The annual ten-day Ganesha festival is celebrated with great ardour across the country. This year the festival began on September 3.

Pravin, who has been performing the act of tying lamps to his body to offer prayers to the god for the past eight years, has performed this act across many states in the country.

Thane, June 4 : A blast in the parking area of Gadkari Rangayatan theatre in Thane today injured five persons.

The blast took place this afternoon in the parking area. The entire place has been cordoned off, said local police.

Thane police officials has informed Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil that a police team has already reached the site to ascertain the nature of the blast, sources in the State Home Department said. (ANI)