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Days after a landslide in Kurla killed eight people, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to launch a drive with the Mumbai Collector’s office after the monsoon to remove illegal encroachments…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
The BMC’s improvement committee on Friday cleared the five-year lease of a 15-acre parcel of the city’s former Mulund dumping ground to Navbharat Mega Developers Private Limited (NMDPL) for use in the…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
Facing protests by Scheduled Tribe (ST) students across Maharashtra, the state government has rolled back a controversial provision that barred students staying in government hostels from participating in hunger strikes, protest marches…
By Sohail Khan · 15 Aug
As the August 15 deadline to learn basic Marathi nears, Ola, Uber, Rapido, and other cab and auto drivers, fearing inspection and action, are now lining up outside the Marathi-learning centres. The…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
The Bombay High Court on Friday suggested that the Maharashtra government “aggressively” implement the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Programme for sterilisation, saying stopping the growth of the stray-dog population could resolve the…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
For motorists negotiating Mahalaxmi’s congested roads, a long-awaited missing link could be in place by the end of this year. The BMC has completed the 78.5-metre pylon of its new cable-stayed bridge,…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) had warned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) eight years ago that the Kurla hillside which collapsed on Wednesday, killing eight people, was likely to give way,…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
Eateries across Mumbai can be seen pulling down their shutters — for a few hours, a few days or longer — to carry out repairs, apply a fresh coat of paint, fix…
By Sohail Khan · 14 Aug
Jaspal Singh, the Nihang Sikh who allegedly attacked former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at a Nanded gurudwara today, has told the police that he acted on the ‘spur of…
By Sohail Khan · 13 Aug
A relative of Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan has been arrested in connection with an alleged Rs 2.17 crore fraud involving fake work orders for the 2027 28 Nashik Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela, prompting…
By Sohail Khan · 13 Aug