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Lokhandwala Lake to be cleaned after six years; residents say battle half-won

India, May 16 -- After six long years of waiting and petitioning, finally, success. The semi-wild Lokhandwala Lake, which has lately been draped in invasive species and algae and littered waste, is fi... Read More


Lokhandwala Lake to be cleaned after six years

MUMBAI, May 16 -- After six long years of waiting and petitioning, finally, success. The semi-wild Lokhandwala Lake, which has lately been draped in invasive species and algae and littered waste, is f... Read More


Shame those who spit, say residents at BMC town hall

India, May 15 -- It was a small group that assembled for the town hall organised by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday, but those who did make it had some interesting suggestion... Read More


Residents say no to user fee for garbage collection

MUMBAI, May 15 -- It was a small group that assembled for the town hall organised by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday, to discuss the suggestions and objections to its draft b... Read More


2 weeks after fire, anxious Link Square Mall shopkeepers attempt to rise from the ashes

MUMBAI, May 14 -- They have been meeting at Patwardhan Park, Bandra, regularly over the last couple of weeks since fire engulfed the three-storeyed Link Square Mall, in Linking Road, reducing their pl... Read More


City under yellow alert for rains and thunderstorms

India, May 13 -- The city will witness more rains this week due to favourable conditions for pre-monsoon showers. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a fresh yellow alert for th... Read More


Garbage blaze sparks alarm at TMC site near Vasai Creek and mangroves

India, May 13 -- A fire at a temporary garbage dump set up by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) near Vasai Creek - within a designated Coastal Regulatory Zone - has triggered alarm over environmen... Read More


yellow alert in city for rains, thunderstorms

MUMBAI, May 13 -- The city will witness more rains this week as conditions remain favourable for pre-monsoon showers. The India Meteorological Department on Monday issued a fresh yellow alert for the ... Read More


Geopolitics upends summer travel, many stranded

India, May 12 -- Geopolitical alignments are influencing where some Indians will spend their summer holidays - Turkey, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are off the list for now, while 'neutral' destinations ... Read More


Mumbai road work gets stay order from 2 courts

MUMBAI, May 12 -- In a temporary relief to residents of Mamlatdarwadi in Malad West, the Bombay high court and the city civil court, in two separate cases filed by residents, have ordered a one-month ... Read More