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200 city slums, 10 lakh people, not one toilet

Friday 6 November '09

Over 200 of the city’s 1,435 slums have no toilet facilities on their premises, a survey by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has found.
Hero cop died capturing Kasab, daughter joins the force

Wednesday 4 November '09

Before he died a hero, his final act of courage leading to the arrest of gunman Ajmal Kasab on 26/11, Assistant Sub-Inspector Tukaram Omble...
Civic cars, long drives, 11 lakh unpaid

Monday 2 November '09

Mumbai's corporators have used their official cars for what can only be described as personal use, their destinations ranging from tourist spots like Goa, Mahableshwar and Ganpatipule to pilgrimage centres like Shirdi and Tuljapur.
Had opponents in polls, expect none at work, says this MLA

Friday 30 October '09

The Congress may be officially at loggerheads with the Shiv Sena or the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, but newly-elected Congress corporator from Dindoshi Rajhans Singh wants to join hands with his Sena and MNS rivals for the development of the area.
10% dip in collection for Octroi dept

Thursday 29 October '09

Even as the economy shows signs of recovery, the highest revenue generating department of the country’s richest municipal corporation still seems to be in shambles...
City’s ‘vulnerable locations’ come under NSG scanner

Wednesday 28 October '09

With less than a month to go for the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks, the newly-formed Mumbai unit of the National Security Guards has initiated a security review across “vulnerable locations” in the city...
‘I want to work for the development of Muslims’

Wednesday 28 October '09

Shiv Sena leader and newly elected MLA Ravindra Waikar, who was named in the Srikrishna Commission report for inciting a mob and shouting communal slogans against the Muslims during the height of Hindu-Muslim riots in the sensitive Jogeshwari area, now wants to bury the past.
Water for city to dip by 320 mld

Thursday 22 October '09

Water shortage in Mumbai is about to turn worse. Following the poor rainfall in Maharashtra, the state government has decided to cut down annual supply of water to the city from two dams, Bhatsa and Upper Vaitarna.
Recycled sewer water to turn city greener

Wednesday 21 October '09

Amid continuing water crisis in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is all set to use recycled sewer water to turn the city greener.
At under 36 pc, Colaba lives up to lowest turnout tag

Thursday 15 October '09

From the swanky homes of Colaba and Cuffe Parade, only a handful shrugged off their political lethargy on Tuesday.
1 family, 3 generations Cub cuts teeth with Tiger

Wednesday 14 October '09

In a rare outing, three generations of the Thackeray family came out to vote on Tuesday. After having skipped the 2004 assembly elections and the Lok Sabha polls this April, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray appeared visibly upbeat and excited as he cast his vote along with son Uddhav and grandson Aditya.
‘I don’t use mother’s name, just want enough votes’

Friday 9 October '09

Dressed in a crisp white shirt and beige trousers, Rajendra Raosaheb Shekhawat hits the dusty streets of this Vidarbha town in a blue Santro...
In Kalavati’s wake, out of Kalavati’s shadow

Thursday 8 October '09

Dressed in a pale green sari, her head neatly covered, her feet bare, 45-year-old Babytai Bais is out campaigning for the second day in her small...
The other widow, Shashikala, wears loyalty to Rahul on her wall

Thursday 8 October '09

She is the other woman who shot into the spotlight after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited her shack in Vidarbha...
After game show, TV actor hopes to script victory for Sena

Monday 5 October '09

Knocking at strangers’ homes with a wide smile, small-screen anchor Aadesh Bandekar would yell, “Vahini daar ughad (sister-in law open the door)” for his popular game show for housewives of Maharashtra called Home Minister....
Pamphlet message: a vote to MNS is a vote to Cong-NCP

Thursday 1 October '09

Shiv Sena activists are circulating a pamphlet cautioning the Marathi-speaking population against voting for the rival MNS, as “Voting MNS will mean helping Congress-NCP”.
Dindoshi candidate is a North Indian and a Thackeray

Tuesday 29 September '09

Raj Thackeray’s MNS, whose politics is based on targeting North Indians while promoting the Marathi case, has fielded an election candidate with roots in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
17 corporators in race to Assembly

Monday 28 September '09

Of the 60-odd corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation who had hoped to contest the Assembly elections...
Exit Kirtikar, enter Prabhu in Dindoshi

Friday 25 September '09

The Shiv Sena has sidelined four-time MLA Gajanan Kirtikar and instead fielded his one-time protégé Sunil Prabhu from Dindoshi.
On opposite sides, teacher and student sum each other up

Thursday 24 September '09

A student and a teacher have become rivals in the Assembly elections, though in neighbouring constituencies rather than a direct contest.
Sena’s show of loyalty: A saffron band

Tuesday 22 September '09

There’s a new election cool tool in Mumbai, and it’s coming from the party that has until now sworn by saffron flags and orange tilaks.
Corporators eye big ticket but MLAs, heirs in the way

Thursday 17 September '09

Corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation have set out to upgrade their political career, banking on their established network in wards and development work as they vie for a ticket to the Assembly polls.
After getting own corporator, residents set eye on Assembly poll

Wednesday 16 September '09

Two years after they fielded their own candidate and got him elected as a corporator, the residents of Juhu are now gearing up to take a lead over political bigwigs in the Assembly elections with a citizens’ consensus candidate in Andheri (West).
Brace for more such craters on roads, specialty radar is not coming

Tuesday 15 September '09

Roads in the island city continue to cave in every few months — last week’s Peddar Road collapse was the seventh in two years — but the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...
Stop spreading malaria: cases filed against Wankhede, BHA

Friday 11 September '09

Civic authorities have started proceedings against managers and contractors at Wankhede Stadium, being redone for the 2011 World Cup...
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