The incident occurred in the SGNP's Chena beat in the Yeoor Range, Thane, police said. After being alerted, forest department personnel along with police teams rushed to the spot for inspection
BMC has granted permission for the event subject to 24 conditions, including compliance with noise pollution regulations, concluding the programme by 10 p.m. and restoring the ground after the event
The blaze was confined to electrical wiring, installations inside electrical ducts and iron doors on multiple floors of the ground-plus-12-storey building, civic officials said
Students have begun a “Justice Corner 2.0” sit-in near the Ambedkar statue in the institute’s building, a day after police dismantled a protest site near the gate that had stood for a month