Exclusive

Publication

Byline

CISF rescues nine from sinking boat

MUMBAI, May 30 -- A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) marine patrolling team on Friday rescued all nine crew members of a tug boat that began taking in water near the Colaba Lighthouse. Accordi... Read More


Critically injured 2-yr-old dies a day after Mulund SUV crash

MUMBAI, May 30 -- A day after a 74-year-old man lost control of his SUV in Mulund, killing a woman and critically injuring a two-year-old boy, the child succumbed to his injuries at Fortis Hospital, t... Read More


AI helps BMC cut vetting time for building proposals

MUMBAI, May 30 -- The civic authorities have begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) to scrutinise proposals for the construction of new buildings, aiming to reduce the time taken to process each pr... Read More


BMC launches pilot to map, assess tree health

Mumbai, May 30 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday launched a pilot project to digitally map and assess the health of trees in H-West ward using LiDAR (Light Detection and Rangin... Read More


Nod to axe, transplant 2k trees for Versova-Dahisar coastal rd

Mumbai, May 30 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Tree Authority on Friday approved six proposals for cutting and transplantation of more than 2,200 trees for the proposed Versova-Dahis... Read More


Rs.2/kg CNG price hike spurs calls for fare revision

Mumbai, May 30 -- Marking the second increase in less than a fortnight, Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) announced a Rs.2 per kg increase in compressed natural gas (CNG) rates. The revised rates will come into... Read More


Will consider demands: state gives written assurance to Jarange-Patil

MUMBAI, May 30 -- A state government delegation late on Friday night gave Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange-Patil a written assurance that they would consider his demands. "He will discuss our prop... Read More


In a first, monsoon rainfall index powers weather derivative trading

MUMBAI, May 30 -- Speculating on rain was popular among citizens of Mumbai in the 1880s. While the practice, akin to betting, was discontinued by then British government in 1887 through an act, it has... Read More


BJP corporator protests school plot handover to private trust

MUMBAI, May 30 -- BJP corporator Rakhi Jadhav on Friday staged a protest in Ghatkopar against the allotment of a BMC school plot to a private educational trust allegedly headed by Shiv Sena (UBT)-back... Read More


mumbai could get 1.3degC hotter, receive 18% more rainfall by 2040

MUMBAI, May 30 -- Mumbai's annual maximum temperature is projected to rise by 1.3degC by 2040, while the city could also witness nearly an additional week of heavy rainfall every monsoon season, accor... Read More