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Mumbai's new mayor vows crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi hawkers

India, Feb. 12 -- Mumbai's new mayor, Ritu Tawde, 52, says high on her list of priorities is clearing the city's footpaths of illegal Bangladeshi hawkers, restoring pavements to pedestrians and senior... Read More


BJP's Ritu Tawde elected Mumbai's mayor unopposed

India, Feb. 12 -- Ritu Tawde, 52, was elected Mumbai's 78th mayor on Wednesday, fulfilling the BJP's promise that the city's first citizen would be a Marathi, while the Shiv Sena's Sanjay Ghadi was el... Read More


Jai ho! Coastal Road gains a musical stretch

MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- Soon, motorists driving through a section of the north-bound arm of the Coastal Road from Nariman Point to Worli will be treated to the tune of 'Jai ho'. The engineering innovation ... Read More


Tawde vows crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi hawkers

MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- Mumbai's new mayor, Ritu Tawde, 52, says high on her list of priorities is clearing the city's footpaths of illegal Bangladeshi hawkers, restoring pavements to pedestrians and senio... Read More


BJP's Ritu Tawde elected unopposed

MUMBAI, Feb. 12 -- Ritu Tawde, 52, was elected Mumbai's 78th mayor on Wednesday, fulfilling the BJP's promise that the city's first citizen would be a Marathi, while the Shiv Sena's Sanjay Ghadi was e... Read More


Citizens cry foul over 35 LED hoardings plan for Carter Road promenade

India, Feb. 11 -- Bandra's iconic seafront promenade at Carter Road could soon turn into a corridor of flashing LED lights, driving motorists to distraction. Outraged residents say it will also destro... Read More


Jai ho! Coastal Road gets a musical stretch

India, Feb. 11 -- Soon, motorists driving through a section of the north-bound arm of the Coastal Road from Nariman Point to Worli will be treated to the tune of 'Jai ho'. The engineering innovation ... Read More


10 yrs after demolition, Hancock Bridge hangs mid-air

MUMBAI, Feb. 11 -- Straddling the railway tracks near Sandhurst Road, one arm of Hancock Bridge is open to traffic, the other incomplete and suspended mid-air with no landing ramp. Meant to replace a ... Read More


Carter Rd hoardings plan draws outrage

MUMBAI, Feb. 11 -- Bandra's iconic seafront promenade at Carter Road could soon turn into a corridor of flashing LED lights, driving motorists to distraction. Outraged residents say it will also destr... Read More


Jai ho! Coastal Road gains a musical stretch

MUMBAI, Feb. 11 -- Soon, motorists driving through a section of the north-bound arm of the Coastal Road from Nariman Point to Worli will be treated to the tune of 'Jai ho'. The engineering innovation ... Read More