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4,446 manholes still lack safety nets: Cong MLC demands debate

MUMBAI, July 4 -- The death of 55-year-old Aslam Isak Shaikh, who fell into an unguarded manhole during heavy rain on Thursday, echoed in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on Friday, with Congress M... Read More


Construction worker dies of electrocution

NAVI MUMBAI, July 4 -- A 45-year-old construction worker was electrocuted at an under-construction residential building in Ulwe after allegedly coming into contact with a live electric wire that had b... Read More


BMC orders city-wide audit of trees amid concretisation work

MUMBAI, July 4 -- After two people died, one of them a child, when trees collapsed on them in the last three days, the civic administration has ordered a week-long audit of trees across Mumbai to iden... Read More


After Chembur tree-fall tragedy, RTI reveals backlog of 537 disciplinary inquiries in BMC

Mumbai, July 4 -- Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) swiftly suspended officials following the death of an 11-year-old boy in a tree-fall incident in Chembur, its disciplinary mechan... Read More


35-yr-old man dies a day after coconut tree fell on him

MUMBAI, July 4 -- A day after a coconut tree crashed onto him while he was riding home in Bhayandar West, 35-year-old Rahul Patil succumbed to his injuries on Friday morning. Patil, who worked for a p... Read More


Contractor, 3 workers booked after man fell in open manhole

MUMBAI, July 4 -- A day after 55-year-old Aslam Shaikh was swept into an unguarded, 30-foot-deep open manhole and died in Sakinaka, the Sakinaka police on Friday registered an FIR against a civic cont... Read More


BMC officials, minister skip civic discussion

Mumbai, July 4 -- The legislative assembly witnessed repeated disruptions and adjournments on Friday over the absence of ministers and senior officials during a crucial discussion on civic administrat... Read More


IMD issues 2-day red alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar

Mumbai, July 4 -- After Friday's heavy showers left several roads waterlogged across the city, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar for Saturd... Read More


BMC gave tree-care contracts to builders as they made low bids

MUMBAI, July 4 -- The recent spate of tree collapses leading to deaths soon after the onset of monsoons has jolted civic authorities and the state's ruling dispensation into action. However, amid cros... Read More


Asiatic SOc polls today after 8-month delay

Mumbai, July 4 -- After an eight-month delay triggered by legal disputes, the Asiatic Society of Mumbai will elect its new governing body on Saturday, with 2,530 members eligible to vote and 45 candid... Read More