Dharavi makeover: Deshmukh won’t wait for slumdwellers’ OK

Friday 13 October '06

Vexed by delays in a slew of projects under the Vision Mumbai plan, the Maharashtra government is likely to skip taking the consent of the 52,000 families eligible for rehabilitation in the Rs 10,000-cr Dharavi redevelopment programme.

Usually rode his bike to work. That day, he took the train

Saturday 5 August '06

When a bomb exploded aboard a public bus in their Mumbai suburb over two years ago, Abhijit Ahiwale had come home sombre.

Constable & athlete, his family awaits eviction

Monday 31 July '06

Little Abhishek and Aditi have not fully understood what changed at home on Tuesday, July 11. They will grasp it better when they move out of the only home they know.

Remember these promises?

Wednesday 26 July '06

This was one of the loudest and earliest promises. So, its poor execution is symptomatic of the slow pace of change.

A marketing manager, known for his kindness to strangers

Tuesday 25 July '06

Those who didn’t know Mohanlal Ratanlal Shrawagi (61) in his lifetime only need to meet his sons, Sumeet (31) and Ameet (27). They’re grieving, but not so much that they can’t offer a stranger reporter stranded in the rain an umbrella

‘1993 destroyed my life, and no govt ever helped’

Monday 17 July '06

This is the last interview Kirti Ajmera says he will ever give. Ajmera (49) nearly became a second-time victim of terror...

Getting back on track on the 5.50 Borivali Fast

Thursday 13 July '06

For a city derailed by terror, nothing would be a more apt metaphor for getting back on the rails than stepping into the 5.50 Borivali Fast at Churchgate station.

In hospital, a happy ending

Wednesday 12 July '06

Love in the time of bombs: A missing husband with a jammed phone, a disconsolate wife and finally, a reunion

Pramod’s Parivar

Sunday 30 April '06

He’s been the biggest export of this town 500 km east of Mumbai. And now Ambejogai is hoping Pramod Mahajan will visit soon, Kavitha Iyer reports

Pravin led a lavish life, often borrowed from Pramod

Sunday 23 April '06

Just past 5.45 am on Saturday, Pravin Venkatesh Mahajan, aged about 45, told his wife Sarangi he was leaving for his morning walk.

Full Frontal

Sunday 26 March '06

Mumbai civic body reveals how every rupee of its Rs 9,865-crore budget is spent