Chopping of trees started on Friday night, hours after the Bombay High Court dismissed petitions challenging Tree Authority's decision to axe trees in Aarey to make way for the rake depot.
The Indian Meteorological Department has said that that there has been a forecast for 'heavy to very heavy' rainfall across Konkan and Goa and it includes Mumbai as well.
The activists argued that an appeal would be filed in the apex court on Monday but by then the MMRCL would have completed cutting all the trees in the colony.
What are the chances of spotting a megastar riding a cycle alongside?
Australia opener David Warner believes India's Rohit Sharma has the firepower to surpass West Indies great Brian Lara's record 400 not out in a Test match.
Rohit Sharma is ready to be flexible about his batting position in the eagerly-anticipated Test series against Australia
The maiden Railway Budget of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government seems to have not gone down well with the suburban commuters as it does not offer anything new to them, commuters associations in Mumbai said.
Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali voted in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections at Bandra.
Sachin Tendulkar, who called it a day from all forms of cricket after playing his 200th Test last November, turns 41 today.
Janmaashtami, popularly known as Gokulashtami or Dahi Handi, is being celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm across the country.
Has NaMo been making mysterious visits to Mumbai?
A teenager painstakingly builds a new life after a freak tragedy that may have befallen any Mumbaikar. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel profiles Monica More who has captured Mumbai's hearts with her extraordinary courage.
Mumbai is the most hard working city in the world. Mumbaikars work for an average of 3,315 hours annually. In comparison, a full-time employee in Beijing works for an average of 2,096 hours a year, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Craze for fast food and growing trend among the youngsters to eat out have led to near stagnation in the customer base of famed Mumbai dabbawalas.
Playgrounds encourage scams like IPL spot-fixing and betting. Instead, we should ensure that everyone plays video games inside their own homes, suggests Neeta Kolhatkar, tongue firmly in cheek
Mumbaikars jumped out of vehicles to take a closer look at the 'aam aadmi' hero. They WhatsApped images of him, requested selfies. Arvind Kejriwal swept Mumbai off its feet on Wednesday, and how! Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on the metropolis's response to the man of the masses.
The new discounted fares are Rs 10 (3 km), Rs 15 (8 km) and Rs 20 (20 km).
Former India cricketer and broadcaster Sanjay Manjrekar finds it "really unfair" that the critics' focus is on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's strike-rate at this stage of his career when younger players like K L Rahul should be held more accountable.
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar was not too happy when he was asked by his then captain Sourav Ganguly to bat at number four in ODIs in 2002-03, according to a book.
Transport projects worth Rs 60,000 crore are languishing due to red tape, while the city continues to struggle against bottlenecks created by many of them.
At a time when onion is being sold at Rs 70-80, surprise, surprise, chicken is being sold at Rs 65.
Namrata Singh travelled to a tiny tribal village a little over 200 km from Mumbai and returned enriched.
'At the risk of upsetting Mumbaikars, I would have to say that New Delhi is leaps ahead of other Indian cities in its sense of fashion and style,' says Kishore Singh.
Rediff.com captures the spirit on the final day of the Ganesha festival in Mumbai.
Waterlogging was reported from areas like Dadar, Wadala, Worli, Kurla, Chembur, Bandra, Andheri, Kandivili, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg and Bhandup, among others.
It is impossible for Mumbaikars not to glimpse themselves or someone they know in Sudhir Patwardhan's paintings.
The festival of 'dahi handi' was celebrated across the metropolis and neighbouring Thane district amid fervour that underscores indomitable spirit of an average Mumbaikar shrugging off the drudgery associated with daily life.
Maharashtra is in the beginning of a second COVID-19 wave, a central team report has said, highlighting that there is very limited active effort to track, test, isolate cases and quarantine contacts, and there is no adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour among people in rural and urban areas in the state.
Experts feel that mall owners anticipate an increase in costs to the tune of 15-20 per cent annually, prompting a mixed response to the '24 hours' initiative. A mall owner said while the policy is good in spirit, implementing it would be a challenge as night shopping or eating out wasn't a habit in Mumbai yet.
Has Mumbai moved on? Have Mumbaikars buried the memories of the ghastly terror attacks by 10 Pakistani terrorists that killed 156 of their fellow citizens and injured several hundred others? Prasanna D Zore visits two of the 26/11 sites to find out.
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By planting 1000 trees, the aim is to spread awareness on green initiatives.
Mehek Prabhu, a woman from Mumbai, displayed a ' Free Kashmir' placard at Gateway of India during protests against JNU attacks, after which the BJP cirtiicsed the Shiv Sena-led govt for 'tolerating anti-national activities'.
But while our politicians are waging war against mannequins and trying to save society from being corrupted, maybe they would like to have a good look at the city's water and electricity problem. After all, thirst and darkness are known to provoke men into doing 'wrong acts', says Paloma Sharma.
The King of Pop had a tryst with this celluloid city 13 years ago, when he mesmerised thousands of Mumbaikars with his performance at a concert.
The centrality of idle office chitchat has only recently come to be acknowledged by executives as they jettison their access cards and work from home in larger numbers, notes Kanika Datta.
Fire brigade, Mumbai Police and civic officials rushed to the site to carry out the rescue operation.
