

Monday 30 March '09
They are a motley bunch of senior citizens fighting for a cause dear to their heart-to give a fresh lease of life to the over-a-century old Powai lake.Monday 30 March '09
Bringing cheer to citizens’ groups who are fighting illegal political hoardings defacing the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said it has removed 84,000 illegal hoardings in Mumbai since January.Friday
27 March '09With the city reeling under the threat of an acute water shortage in the coming months, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is appealing Mumbaikers to bank on the ancient technique of rainwater harvesting.Thursday
26 March '09Almost a week after a major fire broke out in the commercial cum residential hub of Zaveri Bazaar killing two people and injuring six...Sunday
22 March '09The 26/11 terror attacks on the city, it seems, have brought a positive change in the people’s mentality here.Thursday
19 March '09He was the first person to get into the IAS through competitive examinations. He was cabinet secretary under Rajiv Gandhi and also the principal secretary to three prime ministers-Rajiv Gandhi, VP Singh and Chandrashekhar.Thursday
19 March '09Mahatma Gandhi and the Gen-Y may not be having anything in common, but that is exactly what civil rights activist and Professor Sudarshan Kapur from the University of Denver has been trying to solve.Wednesday
18 March '09She is 57-year-old and counting, but age has not deterred her from carrying on with the work that means the most to her.Sunday
8 March '09One look at 21-year-old Sanobar and you might think she's just another zestful college girl. But don’t take this feisty girl lightly.Sunday
8 March '09The Urban Development Department’s decision to shift reserved recreation grounds in Bandra Kurla Complex to the banks of the Mithi River has horrified environmentalists and community groups across the city.Sunday
1 March '09In an attempt to give a fresh lease of life to the dying green cover in the area...Friday
27 February '09The preventive oncology department of the Tata Memorial Trust carried out a survey on the BPO population in the city to see if there has been a major shift in their smoking habits in the past one-and-a-half years.Wednesday
25 February '09The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will soon undertake a structural audit of the city’s three oldest dams—Tulsi, Powai and Vihar — to study about their long-term sustainability.Tuesday
24 February '09In the time of global economic slowdown and number crunching, it’s not only the corporate houses and common man who are reeling under its impact.Sunday
22 February '09A 4,800-sq-ft walking track with a small chess-board ground, a large gazebo, a vermicompost bed and solar and wind energy being harnessed in your neighbourhood.Friday
20 February '09Demystifying the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the times of terror attacks, violence and discrimination of the marginalised, Martin Luther King III...Wednesday
18 February '09A month after it was floated, the Mithi Sansad, has started the first leg of its work to revive the beleaguered Mithi river.Monday
16 February '09The wind is blowing through your hair, your trusty bike that’s also your best friend zipping ahead and worries melting into the air.Friday
6 February '09In a befitting tribute to the heroes of 26/11, a city-based NGO, I Love Mumbai, on Tuesday felicitated the victims of the attacks and presented cheques worth Rs 70 lakh to them.Thursday
5 February '09A day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation presented its budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year, its announcement of strengthening of the Disaster management cell seems to have found favour with the citizen groups.Tuesday
3 February '09Global terrorism and women’s issue may apparently have nothing in common. But with an international women’s group coming forward to unite...Monday
2 February '09It is a Saturday afternoon and the world is busy making weekend plans. But in a tiny, nondescript structure a stone’s throw away from St Xavier’s College and Metro Cinema at Dhobi Talao...Friday
30 January '09One of the city’s beleaguered parks, the Gandhi Maidan in Kurla, which has seen landmark events like the Sayunkta Maharashtra movement in 1960, is set to get a fresh lease of life.Thursday
29 January '09Forty three-year- old Nirmala Pawar of the BIT Chawl at Chandanwadi was in a state of shock when news about the death of her husband reached her.Wednesday
28 January '09A delegation of NGOs and citizens’ group on Tuesday met state Home Minister, Jayant Patil, to condemn ‘political hooliganism’.