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How Large Is Mumbai's Budget?

Mumbai's municipal elections will be held on January 15. Often cited as the richest civic body in Asia, the city's annual municipal budget, presented February 4, 2025, is comparable in size to some......

BMC polls: Mumbai voters voice views on what they want: Clean city

As Mumbaikars voted in the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation elections on January 15, voters in tony Breach Candy in South Mumbai, many of them in their 50s, 60s and 70s, turned up with decades of......

'You Failed India On Stopping Infiltration'

'Imagine, for the last 12 years the prime minister belongs to the BJP, the home minister belongs to the BJP... If that is the case, you have waited for 12 years to remove infiltrators. Which means......

India Will Never Forget Tukaram Omble

Seventeen years since 26/11. Ahead of the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in Mumbai, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation workers clean the statue of Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble,......

'Uddhav Has Emerged As Mumbai's Tiger'

'Marathi-speaking people of Mumbai have now emerged as a consolidated vote bank standing firmly behind the Thackerays.''That would be the biggest strength of the Thackerays in the days to come and......

Shiv Sena wants Mumbai to stop soaring for a while

The city unit of the Shiv Sena, better known for its Marathi-first campaigns, has raised an interesting issue with the state government, of checking the boom in high-rise buildings. The Sena......

What would happen if Mumbai faces Chennai's fate?

The state government, BMC and the town planning body Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority had commissioned several impressive studies but the implementation of their recommendations is......

Major shake-up in state bureaucracy on the cards

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan appointed Subodh Kumar, a 1977 batch IAS officer, as the commissioner of India's richest civic body - the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Kumar replaces......

What the UPA govt can learn from B.E.S.T

Bad economics does not always mean good politics. Its time UPA woke up to that. "Ek bandra station," I told the conductor of the B.E.S.T (BrihanMumbai Electric Supply and Transport) bus number 83,......

India's metros see a major water scarcity!

This is the first in a Business Standard series on water woes faced by the country's biggest cities and the lack of strategy to deal with the crisis that bothers every household. This week the......

Bollywood Memories: Mumbai's Double-Deckers Ride Into The Sunset

Thousands of movie buffs remember the double deckers of Mumbai, associating them with stars and blockbuster songs of yesteryear, recalls Debarghya Sanyal. IMAGE: A scene from Taare Zameen Par. In......

Why is Rakhi Sawant dancing on the street?

Which stars caught Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar's eye on Tuesday? Rakhi Sawant gives the paps a glimpse of her wild side. Poonam, Sonakshi, Shatrughan Sinha step......

Who is Alia visiting?

Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar's cameras captured these stars on Thursday. Alia Bhatt has a busy schedule, but she squeezes in a visit to the Dharma Productions office.......

Want to meet Pran?

We tip our hats to Bollywood's beloved villain.Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Movie legends never die. They live on in their movies, in our memories, even on the streets. Five years......

Sonam, Arjun, Jahnavi at Surinder Kapoor Chowk

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonam Kapoor/Instagram The Kapoors gathered at the inauguration of the Surinder Kapoor Chowk on Thursday, February 6. The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation names roads......

Mumbai police's unique birthday wish for Dhoni

As Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates his 39th birthday on Tuesday, the Mumbai police's official handle came up with a unique way to wish the cricketing great who owns a home in the city. The......