Yogesh Naik is a Deputy Associate Editor with The Indian Express, Mumbai. He covers Mantralaya affairs, Governance, Congress, aviation, defence, energy, environment, and infrastructure. He has been a journalist since 1993.

June 03, 2021 18:37 IST
Relaxation of restrictions as per the situation in different areas is only under consideration and no decision has been taken, a statement from the Chief Minister's Office said.
Fri, Jun 04, 2021
May 31, 2021 01:21 IST
Amravati's Independent MLA Ravi Rana, who has been apparently trying unsuccessfully to meet Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for some time now, last week decided to stick his application on the door of the CM's office on the sixth floor at Mantralaya.
Mon, May 31, 2021
May 30, 2021 22:47 IST
On Monday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will flag off trial runs of Metro 2A that runs from Dahisar to D N Nagar and Metro 7 that will connect Dahisar East to Andheri East.
Sun, May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021 18:15 IST
In the next few months, six big infrastructure projects including four being built by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and two by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are attaining completion and are likely to be thrown open for public use.
Sun, May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021 02:46 IST
The public works department-controlled MSRDC’s tender invites proposals for conservation of eight temples in the first phase.
Sun, May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021 01:16 IST
When Cyclone Tauktae struck earlier this month, the four-deck Gal Constructor anchored offshore near Alibaug started drifting several nautical miles in Palghar and got stranded there. All the 137 crew members were rescued by the Coast Guard.
Sun, May 30, 2021
May 28, 2021 23:55 IST
Water also entered some vehicles and they stopped working leading to jams.
Fri, May 28, 2021
May 27, 2021 22:15 IST
Inputs from various municipal commissioners, police and health department will be taken before declaring relaxations, officials said.
Thu, May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021 02:31 IST
John Lobo and Mohan Katre are the other two officers from the Maharashtra cadre who had headed the agency.
Thu, May 27, 2021
May 26, 2021 03:38 IST
At present, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has four medical colleges located at Nair, KEM, Cooper and Sion hospitals with a capacity of approximately 850 MBBS seats.
Wed, May 26, 2021
May 25, 2021 03:21 IST
With posters of different parties and politicians pasted outside vying for people’s attention, many vaccination centres have got a distinct election feel about them.
Tue, May 25, 2021
May 24, 2021 01:08 IST
So far 15 bodies have been recovered from the shore -- eight in Raigad district of Maharashtra and seven in Valsad in Gujarat.
Mon, May 24, 2021
May 23, 2021 02:54 IST
By May 16, a day before Cyclone Tauktae, 94 of 99 vessels in the Mumbai High area had returned to the shore. Among the vessels, with over 600 men on board, that did not was barge P305. The Sunday Express on what happened next — the SOSs that went out and the leap of faith that kept many going amid one of the biggest offshore rescue operations by the Navy and Coast Guard.
Sun, May 23, 2021
May 22, 2021 01:56 IST
INS Makar is a survey catamaran, which is used to conduct hydrographic surveys by the Navy. It is being brought down from Karwar in Karnataka to assist in the mission.
Sat, May 22, 2021
May 21, 2021 04:00 IST
Awal said ONGC had 99 vessels in the sea, of whom 94 had come back paying heed to weather warnings, but not P305. It said it has an emergency management system and warnings from statutory bodies, including the Coast Guard, had been forwarded to all the vessels.
Fri, May 21, 2021
May 20, 2021 04:08 IST
The missing include around 50 men onboard P305, and at least 11 on another vessel, tug boat Varaprada, which is missing, Navy officials said.
Thu, May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021 04:06 IST
There were 261 men onboard the P305 when the storm hit. On Wednesday, as bodies were fished out, 50 from the barge remained missing. "There was miscalculation on the Captain's behalf and also the company,” the Chief Engineer said.
Thu, May 20, 2021
May 19, 2021 04:15 IST
One oil rig and four vessels servicing ONGC’s off-shore operations, and an unrelated freight ship, were caught in the cyclone as it barrelled its way past Mumbai on Tuesday.
Wed, May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021 03:15 IST
Inspector General Anand Badola, the Commandant General of Coast Guard (West), said they had asked ONGC and FODAG to remove all vessels from the sea. “Why the ONGC did not follow the intimation is a question it has to answer,’’ he added.
Wed, May 19, 2021
May 18, 2021 14:50 IST
A total of four vessels have been affected. They include three construction barges of M/s Afcons, which is working on a project of ONGC in Western Offshore fields in the Arabian Sea.
Thu, May 20, 2021
May 18, 2021 01:19 IST
Sixty persons on board the barge were rescued till 11 pm and the remaining overnight, the official said, adding a Navy helicopter brought three rescuees to INS Shikra this morning
Tue, May 18, 2021
May 17, 2021 17:45 IST
Gusty winds and heavy showers lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring areas as the "very severe cyclonic storm" Tauktae headed towards Gujarat.
Mon, May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021 01:17 IST
The hospital is run by Department of Atomic Energy, which has promised Rs 450 crore, while Tata Trust has promised Rs 145 crore for the proposed new block.
Mon, May 17, 2021
May 16, 2021 23:15 IST
Raigad district collector Nidhi Chaudhari said, "We have moved 2,500 people from the shore to safer places. In June 2020, Cyclone Nisarga hit us. The wind speed was nearly 140 kmph and this one will be maximum 90 kmph, we are told."
Mon, May 17, 2021
May 16, 2021 22:41 IST
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, whose relations with the government have not been exactly warm, tried his own brand of ice breaker with Uddhav Thackeray when the CM paid him a visit as part of a government delegation to talk about the Maratha reservation issue.
Mon, May 17, 2021




