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Baramati airport set for Rs.100-cr facelift

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- Six months after the fatal air crash of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, the Maharashtra government is on the verge of finalising a Rs.100-crore overhaul of the neglected Baramati a... Read More


Architects' collective urges state, BMC to protect city's green cover

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- In the face of Mumbai's depleting green spaces, the Mumbai Architects Collective (MAC), comprising 127 top urban planning professionals, has urged the state government and BMC to pro... Read More


Local stations elevate commute with plans of new retail decks

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- The Indian Railways (IR) has ratified a policy to monetise vacant elevated decks at local railway stations and areas around foot overbridges for retail, allowing the ever-in-a-hurry ... Read More


HC tells state to Reimburse RTE quota fee dues

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the state government to set a fixed timeline for reimbursing private unaided schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. A division bench... Read More


NCP (SP) MPs to meet Modi on devpt issues

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the Lok Sabha MPs of the opposition NCP (SP) are set to raise a slew of issues concerning Maharashtra, including water short... Read More


FDA to now inspect roadside Chinese food stalls

PUNE, Aug. 9 -- After a series of crackdowns on food adulteration, substandard medicines and illegal gutkha, the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to turn its attention to roadside... Read More


BMC plans ward-wise footpath clean-up

Mumbai, Aug. 9 -- From high vehicle ramps outside buildings to hawker stalls, utility boxes and parked vehicles, the BMC has laid down a ward-wise plan to reclaim the city's footpaths for pedestrians.... Read More


The Bombay I carry smelt of kerosene and wet cotton

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- Sai Paranjpye, 88, occupies a singular space in Indian film history. Neither aligned with mainstream Hindi cinema's spectacle nor entirely enclosed within the austere idiom of parall... Read More


16-yr-old boy held for raping 13-year-old girl

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- A 16-year-old boy was detained for raping a 13-year-old girl at an isolated location in Mahim and threatened to circulate morphed pictures of her on social media if she disclosed the... Read More


127 architects urge state to protect Mumbai's open spaces

MUMBAI, Aug. 9 -- The city is getting denser, but its public spaces are not keeping pace and are running out of breathing space. Now, a collective of 127 architects, urban designers, planners, landsca... Read More