The Battle To Save Malabar Hill

'If the authorities go about completing this project the way they have proposed, this is going to cause a HUGE environmental impact not only on Malabar Hill but also on the rest of the city.'......

1 dead, 400 rescued as heavy rains flood several parts of Nagpur

Heavy rains over a span of few hours flooded many parts of Nagpur city, following which more than 400 people, including 70 students from a school for the speech and hearing-impaired, were rescued,......

Shah, Adhir, Azad on 8-member simultaneous poll panel led by ex-Prez Kovind

The government on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state......

Maha hospital reports 18 deaths in 24 hrs, govt orders probe

Eighteen patients have died in the last 24 hours at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa in Thane, civic commissioner Abhijit Bangar said on Sunday. IMAGE: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj......

Longer night life in Mumbai to boost state tax kitty

The proposal will become reality only when the state government amends the Shops and Establishments Act and the Police Act The Maharashtra government hopes to collect Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion)......

Waste pickers in Pune teach municipality cleanliness lesson

Waste pickers in Pune force corporates and the municipality to address safe disposal of sanitary napkins, notes Soma BasuFor two years, a waste pickers’ cooperative in Pune had been trying to......

Cloud seeding: BMC to rope in Israel firm

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation would rope in Israel's national water company, Mekorot, to carry out cloud seeding operations in the areas where major water reservoirs of the city are......

Mumbai housing prices may rise up to 30%!

Mumbai municipal commissioner Subodh Kumar's proposal to charge additional premium on construction of certain sections in a building, could push up property prices in the city by 20 to 30 per cent,......

COVID-19: BMC to use Wankhede Stadium as quarantine facility

IMAGE: Kishori Pednekar, second from right, at the Wankhede stadium on Saturday, May 16, to discuss logistics, as the stadium will be used as a COVID-19 quarantine centre. Photograph: Sahil Salvi......