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City's cultural hub: Revamped Ravindra Natya Mandir, PL Deshpande Academy reopen

India, March 3 -- The city witnessed a landmark moment in its cultural landscape on Sunday as the PL Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy Complex and Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi reopened after e... Read More


BMC starts 'junction to junction' road concreting to ease traffic

India, March 1 -- The BMC will now avoid random road digging for concreting and will instead use a 'junction to junction' approach to ease traffic congestion. The decision comes after the BMC acknowle... Read More


BMC starts junction-to-junction road concreting to ease traffic

MUMBAI, March 1 -- The BMC will now avoid random road digging for concreting and will instead use a 'junction to junction' approach to ease traffic congestion. The decision comes after the BMC acknowl... Read More


800 commercial units in slums get notices to clear property tax dues

India, Feb. 28 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has, for the first time, served attachment notices to around 800 commercial establishments in slums across Mumbai in a bid to recover pro... Read More


Commercial units in slums get tax notice

Mumbai, Feb. 28 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has, for the first time, served attachment notices to around 800 commercial establishments in slums across Mumbai in a bid to recover pr... Read More


BMC asks Navy to show go-ahead for trees felled at INS Trata

India, Feb. 25 -- The civic administration has asked the Indian Navy if it had sought the approval of the BMC's Tree Authority before it uprooted a large number of trees on defence land, at INS Trata,... Read More


Navy asked to show go-ahead for trees felled at INS Trata

MUMBAI, Feb. 25 -- The civic administration has asked the Indian Navy if it had sought the approval of the BMC's Tree Authority before it uprooted a large number of trees on defence land, at INS Trata... Read More


Mumbai's Ganesha artisans struggle to transition from POP idols

India, Feb. 24 -- Following the recent Bombay high court ban on Plaster of Paris (POP) Ganesh idols, the BMC has expedited the shift to shadu or organic clay. However, the sculptors of the normally hu... Read More


POP culture: Ganesha artisans struggle to transition to clay idols

MUMBAI, Feb. 24 -- Following the recent Bombay high court ban on Plaster of Paris (POP) Ganesha idols, the BMC has expedited the shift to shadu or organic clay. However, the sculptors of the normally ... Read More


'If Delhi can use charcoal as fuel, why not us?' Charcoal traders move HC against ban

India, Feb. 21 -- If Delhi-NCR, despite its notoriously high levels of pollution, can use charcoal to fire tandoors, why not Mumbai? This is one of the arguments put forth by charcoal merchants, who h... Read More