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BMC school closures make students walk 40 mins daily

MUMBAI, Dec. 19 -- It is not uncommon to find a group of schoolkids, chaperoned by their parents, waiting to cross the railway tracks between Mankhurd and Govandi at 6:45 am on school days. Clutching ... Read More


High Court, 3 magistrate courts receive bomb threats

MUMBAI, Dec. 19 -- The Bombay High Court and three magistrate courts in the city were evacuated on Thursday after authorities received emails claiming that powerful bombs had been planted in the premi... Read More


Five-fold hike in penalty for pollution at construction sites

Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a fivefold hike in penalties for violating air pollution norms, raising the minimum fine from Rs.10,000 to Rs.50,000. "We h... Read More


Stir over Marathi school closures

Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- More than 60 people, including teachers and students of schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), mobilised outside the BMC headquarters on Thursday morning to pr... Read More


BJP, Sena agree on 150 seats for BMC polls, tussle over 77 looms

MUMBAI, Dec. 19 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena have worked out seat-sharing details for 150 of the 227 seats in elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). They will ... Read More


Fractured mandates, broken politics muddying BMC polls

India, Dec. 19 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is not just another urban local body. It is Asia's richest municipal corporation, controlling a budget larger than several Indian states ... Read More


Developer can't decide type of flat buyers' body, says HC

MUMBAI, Dec. 19 -- Developers cannot unilaterally declare their intention to form a condominium of flat buyers under the Maharashtra Apartment Owners (MAO) Act based on the consent of selective flat o... Read More


Gaothan body issues 10-point action plan for BMC election

Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election on January 15, the Mobai Gaothan Panchayat (MGP), an initiative to bring all gaothans or designated villages within Mu... Read More


Parth writes to EOW, claims signatures forged

Pune, Dec. 19 -- Parth Pawar, son of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, has approached the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Pune police, alleging that his sig... Read More


Seniors ask leaders for safety, comfort

Mumbai, Dec. 19 -- With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections less than a month away, around 28 senior citizens' organisations on Thursday released a charter of demands, urging politi... Read More