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BMC to deploy staff at rly stns to remove hawkers

MUMBAI, Feb. 10 -- Following the Bombay high court hearing on February 7, the BMC is currently reviewing its hawker policy to include 77,000 hawkers, up from the previously eligible 32,415. In additio... Read More


Colaba residents clash with traffic police over pay-n-park

India, Feb. 8 -- Mehroo Kotval, a senior citizen from Colaba, moved to the Dadar Parsi Colony late last year due to a persistent parking problem in her neighbourhood. Kotval shifted from her home of 4... Read More


Colaba residents clash with traffic police over pay-n-park

MUMBAI, Feb. 8 -- Mehroo Kotval, a senior citizen from Colaba, moved to the Dadar Parsi Colony late last year due to a persistent parking problem in her neighbourhood. Kotval shifted from her home of ... Read More


Tax imposed on unauthorised structure in slum does not legalise it: BMC

India, Feb. 7 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday decided to impose property tax on all commercial establishments in slum areas but categorically stated that the imposition of ... Read More


SC gives relief on eviction of Colaba Causeway hawkers

India, Feb. 7 -- The BMC will be unable to evict the Colaba Causeway hawkers for now, as the Supreme Court has granted a stay on their removal. "They shall not be evicted without leave of this court,"... Read More


SC halts BMC from evicting Colaba Causeway hawkers

MUMBAI, Feb. 7 -- The BMC will be unable to evict the Colaba Causeway hawkers for now, as the Supreme Court has granted a stay on their removal. "They shall not be evicted without leave of this court,... Read More


Tax levy will not legalise illegal bldgs in slums: BMC

MUMBAI, Feb. 7 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which decided to impose property tax on all commercial establishments in slum areas, categorically stated on Thursday that the impositio... Read More


'Aga Khan embodied cosmopolitanism and compassion'

India, Feb. 6 -- A wave of sorrow swept through the Shia Ismaili community on Tuesday night as news of the passing of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader) ... Read More


'Aga Khan embodied cosmopolitanism and compassion'

MUMBAI, Feb. 6 -- A wave of sorrow swept through the Shia Ismaili community on Tuesday night as news of the passing of Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, the 49th hereditary Imam (spiritual leader)... Read More


No new projects in 'infra-driven' BMC budget

India, Feb. 5 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) presented a historic budget on Tuesday, its biggest-ever, pegged at Rs.74,427.41 crore for FY 2025-26. It exceeded last year's budget by 1... Read More