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BMC engineers in the dock for falsifying road width to benefit projects

MUMBAI, Oct. 29 -- The BMC is set to issue a show cause notice to road engineers from H west ward regarding alleged large-scale manipulation of road status records to facilitate private redevelopment ... Read More


Gen-Z professionals rub shoulders with original residents in Worli's gentrified BDD Chawls

MUMBAI, Oct. 29 -- Fiza Shaikh, 25, an assistant professor at the M H Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, never envisioned sharing a view of the Arabian Sea with affluent Mumbaikars residing at Worli... Read More


After filming incident at IIT-B, students seek stronger security

Mumbai, Oct. 29 -- The student community at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has raised serious concerns over campus security in the wake of an alumnus being booked for filming video... Read More


SC rap for Maha over 649 pending cases

MUMBAI, Oct. 29 -- The Supreme Court has expressed deep concern over the pendency of cases before various courts in Maharashtra after learning that trials had not commenced in at least 649 criminal ca... Read More


'Metro poses huge opportunity for buses, shared bikes'

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- Not many in Mumbai would equate urban mobility with "livability". And yet this thought-provoking perspective comes from a 49-year-old Dutchman, an expert on urban mobility in cities... Read More


HC relief for cement plant sealed after boy's death

Mumbai, Oct. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has set aside an order of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) directing the closure of a ready mix concrete (RMC) plant, saying the decision was "c... Read More


Mhada to grant NOC for redvpt of unsafe bldg

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the redevelopment of a dilapidated bu... Read More


Foundation stone for new state BJP HQ laid

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday laid the foundation for the new state BJP headquarters, a 10-storey building to be constructed on a 1,378-square-metre plot at Marine Lines. ... Read More


Satara doc had fight with accused over Diwali pics hours before death

PUNE, Oct. 28 -- The investigation into the death by suicide of a 29-year-old woman doctor posted at the Phaltan Sub-District Hospital has revealed a dispute between her and Prashant Bankar, one of th... Read More


Need triple-engine govt in state, HM says ahead of civic polls

MUMBAI, Oct. 28 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah told BJP workers on Monday to ensure a "triple engine government" in the state by winning the upcoming local body polls. During his two-day visit to Mu... Read More