The two western states, already battling a raging pandemic, which has put their health infrastructure under severe strain, opened new fronts to tackle the fallout of the storm which is expected to make a landfall close to Mumbai on Wednesday. They are likely to be impacted most by the cyclone.
Some of India's biggest employers are testing for antibodies to either comply with regulatory norms or gauge the effectiveness of precautionary measures.
The major milk-producing districts of Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Ahmednagar and Nashik supply bulk of the stock to Mumbai and Pune.
PropEquity, the real estate data analytics and research firm, attributed the fall in absorption in these markets to lack of demand from investors.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday said it has initiated an enquiry into Thursday night's mishap where two girders of an under-construction bridge on Eastern Freeway collapsed leading to the death of one person and injuring eight others.
Why do Mumbai's civic authorities only ensure pothole-free roads only during the Ganapati season and not the year around, asks Mahesh Vijapurkar.
A committee headed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay professor K V K Rao would probe the incident and suggest safety measures to avoid such instances in the future.
With just three days left for Anna Hazare's fast to commence, members of India Against Corruption are running from pillar to post to secure requisite clearances, reports Toral Varia Deshpande
Bollywood veteran actor Anupam Kher visited Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to express his support to Team Anna and passage of Jan Lokpal Bill. Toral Varia Deshpande speaks to Anupam Kher.
At least seven persons were injured as a part of monorail bridge collapsed in Wadala area in central Mumbai on Thursday.
The Maharashtra Health Minister said that the rise in the number of patients is a major cause of concern and people's cooperation is needed to fight out the outbreak.
Many government departments, including Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Revenue and Forest, Brihanmumbai Municipal Commission, Home, Environment Ministry, Public Works Department and Uran Land department, were issued summons directing them to produce before the commission, all documents pertaining to the scam-hit Adarsh Society on Monday. However, except BMC, all the departments sought one week's time to submit all the files along with an index.
Blackstone has bought A Wing and some part of B Wing of the building, which has three wings with a total area of 1.5 million square feet.
Hazare, who reached Mumbai on Monday night from his village Ralegan Siddhi, paid respects at Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Juhu before proceeding to the fast venue, MMRDA ground, in suburban Bandra in a rally.
The security at the ground of Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex will comprise 2,000 constables, 200 sub-inspectors of police, six platoons of state reserve police force, three teams of Quick Response Team and two Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads.
Coming down heavily on Team Anna's agitation, the Bombay high court on Friday said it can't allow "parallel canvassing" when Parliament is seized with debate on Lokpal Bill and questioned its decision to seek exemption from charges to use MMRDA grounds for Anna Hazare's proposed fast.
Anna Hazare, who is suffering from fever, on Tuesday refused to give up his fast despite requests from close aides.
The MMRDA ground in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai awaits the arrival of Anna Hazare, who is expected to reach here on December 26 for his three-day protest fast against government's "weak" Lokpal Bill.
The opposition has been critical of the Centre's handling of the situation, accusing it of not doing enough to ease the hardships of the migrant workers, many of whom have lost their jobs during the lockdown which started on March 25.
MMRDA official said that it was already in talks with the World Bank to get funding for the MTHL project.
Mumbai Metro One to continue with discounted fares till Nov 30.
Amid the continuing stand-off with the Bharatiya Janata Party over the proposal to appoint a Chief Executive Officer for Mumbai, the Shiv Sena on Monday warned its former ally to consult it before taking any such decision for the megapolis.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which is implementing the project, said that it was in talks with the World Bank for funding the project.
In a development that is bound to bring cheer for Mumbai's weary commuters and overburdened transportation facilities, authorities for the Mumbai Metro 1 project estimate that the Metro will be fully functional by next year.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is exploring the possibility of constructing metro rail routes along the Western and Eastern Express highways to further ease traffic congestion in the metropolis.
The finance ministry also said the maximum funding will be Rs 400 crore for any single project that will be seeking assistance from the 'special window' for completion of the 1,508 projects comprising about 4.58 lakh units.
Members of the controversial Adarsh Housing Society on Monday approached the Bombay high court, challenging the cancellation of the Occupation Certificate and the cut in electricity and water supply. The Society's occupation certificate was cancelled by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and its power and water supplies were cut by the civic body on November 3 after it was revealed that the building was constructed in alleged violation of civic rules.
The project, titled New Cuffe Parade, will come up at Wadala and is spread across 23 acres over the next five to seven years.
The rail link is considered necessary as it will help decongest the growing traffic once the proposed airport comes up in Navi Mumbai.
Shiv Sena has so far expressed concerns over car shed for the city's planned metro network, the bullet train and the West Coast refinery projects.
The Mumbai town planning agency has said it can't spare land in the commercial BKC area for a terminal due to demand from private firms
Mumbai's Metro rail system, which is scheduled to take off by next year, will have a Geographic Information System for mapping the entire rail tracks and nearby areas to enhance safety, maintenance and traffic regulation.
Several on-site labourers in the city want to take special trains being run to transport workers back home. The rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city has caused anxiety among them.
Mumbai's property markets, where prices earlier crossed Rs 1 lakh per sq. ft in South Mumbai, are seeing a 20-25 per cent markdown from last year's levels.
The Rs 2,460-crore project, an initiative of the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, is a modern urban transport where cars move on a single beam in an elevated corridor.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, the nodal agency for the city's makeover, has upped the estimated investment target needed for infrastructure development by over 50 per cent.
Housing market in Mumbai Metropolitan Region recording worst half-yearly performance since global financial crisis in 2008 has worsened the situation for them
The man who showed that Electronic Voting Machines could be tampered with will be in police custody for another two days in the EVM theft case even as a demand was made in Parliament for an all-party meeting to discuss in depth their "vulnerability" in elections.
A day after reporting 4,092 COVID-19 cases, highest single-day tally in more than a month, Maharashtra saw the daily count fall on Monday but it remained above 3,000 for the sixth straight day as the state government termed the situation as 'alarming' and warned of 'harsh decisions' after the recent spike.
These cities are -- Mumbai Metropolitan Region (including Navi Mumbai & Thane), Pune, Noida (including Greater Noida & Yamuna Expressway), Gurugram (including Bhiwadi, Dharuhera & Sohna), Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
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