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.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...Monday
2 November '09Mumbai'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.Friday
30 October '09The 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.Thursday
29 October '09Even 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...Wednesday
28 October '09With 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...Wednesday
28 October '09Shiv 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.Thursday
22 October '09Water 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.Wednesday
21 October '09Amid continuing water crisis in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is all set to use recycled sewer water to turn the city greener.Thursday
15 October '09From the swanky homes of Colaba and Cuffe Parade, only a handful shrugged off their political lethargy on Tuesday.Wednesday
14 October '09In 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.Friday
9 October '09Dressed in a crisp white shirt and beige trousers, Rajendra Raosaheb Shekhawat hits the dusty streets of this Vidarbha town in a blue Santro...Thursday
8 October '09Dressed 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...Thursday
8 October '09She is the other woman who shot into the spotlight after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited her shack in Vidarbha...Monday
5 October '09Knocking 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....Thursday
1 October '09Shiv 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”.Tuesday
29 September '09Raj 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.Monday
28 September '09Of the 60-odd corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation who had hoped to contest the Assembly elections...Friday
25 September '09The Shiv Sena has sidelined four-time MLA Gajanan Kirtikar and instead fielded his one-time protégé Sunil Prabhu from Dindoshi.Thursday
24 September '09A student and a teacher have become rivals in the Assembly elections, though in neighbouring constituencies rather than a direct contest.Tuesday
22 September '09There’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.Thursday
17 September '09Corporators 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.Wednesday
16 September '09Two 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).Tuesday
15 September '09Roads 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...Friday
11 September '09Civic authorities have started proceedings against managers and contractors at Wankhede Stadium, being redone for the 2011 World Cup...
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