Monday 25 May '09
Did you know that Cadbury’s came in 11 different flavours including Orange, Rose, Candy nuts, Caramello, Snack nut and Whole nut, when the chocolate company was manufacturing in ‘Bombay’ in the 1960’s?Sunday 24 May '09
The promises made by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to Mumbaikars for a better management of the 2009 monsoon...Saturday
23 May '09Two years after work began on the BMC’s BRIMSTOWAD, or Brihanmumbai Strom Water Drainage project, not one pumping station will be ready to provide relief this monsoon.Thursday
21 May '09Mumbai will have to wait till 2021 to meet its water requirement, according to the a projection by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.Tuesday
19 May '09When the Mumbai coast braves its highest tide in 100 years in July, as experts have predicted, a promised flood modelling system won’t be in place.Saturday
16 May '09Taking the controversy over the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan a step further, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has said the garden has only 10-12 rare trees.Wednesday
13 May '09Giving a blow to environmentalists opposing the proposed makeover of the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, which houses the city's only zoo, the BMC has claimed that the 53-acre plot was never a botanical garden.Saturday
9 May '09Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation continues to live in denial over employing child labourers for replacing sewer lines on the Peddar Road...Thursday
7 May '09Beyond the airconditioning and soundproof windows shutting out the din of the crucial sewer replacement project along Pedder Road is an uneasy reality...Wednesday
6 May '09Over 3,000 trees are facing the axe across the city to make way for public and private infrastructure projects.Tuesday
5 May '09A day after work by MMRDA damaged the main water pipeline at Lalbaug— the pipe burst and flooded the area— the BMC has proposed that agencies would deposit cash before carrying out excavation work on roads.Saturday
2 May '09“Is it necessary that we should vote just because it is our basic right? Shouldn’t voting be about choosing the candidate? I chose not to vote for want of worthy candidates.Friday
1 May '09Divya Salaskar (21), daughter of 26/11 victim, former crime branch cop Vijay Salaskar, cast her vote for the first time on Thursday.Tuesday
28 April '09Four years after the worst ever deluge that submerged Mumbai, the city’s wait for an advanced Doppler radar which can give real time predictions...Monday
27 April '09This Shiv Sena is set to miss its second deadline, May 1, the Maharashtra Day, it had set to launch the Shiv Vada Pav or the common man’s burger, in a grand new standardised scheme across the city.Saturday
25 April '09They are the finest of projects that promised to change the lives of citizens for better: the first phase of 11.4 km of Metro rail from Versova to Ghatkopar...Friday
24 April '09The fear of communal tension, riots and gang rivalry continues to cast its shadow on this Lok Sabha elections also with the Election Commission identifying 71 critical polling stations across the six Mumbai constituencies.Wednesday
22 April '09Two weeks from now, when Mumbaikars will cast their votes in the 15th Lok Sabha polls, five of the six city’s parliamentary constituencies will have two ballot machines in all the polling booths instead of one.Monday
20 April '09People from 10 fishing villages on the Dharavi Islands, located along the Uttan-Gorai belt on the city outskirts, have chosen the apt time to vent their disillusionment with politicians.Sunday
19 April '09In a first for an Indian city outside insurgency-hit regions, Mumbai is all set to get Armoured Personnel Carriers....Friday
10 April '09The ‘public-parking lot initiative’ is picking up with more developers willing to hand over land and avail themselves of the 50 per cent additional FSI.Monday
6 April '09Despite 80 per cent of Mumbaikars being mobile phones users, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s much-touted “payment of tax through SMS” seems to have been largely snubbed.Friday
3 April '09Though the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has claimed that it has not been hit by the global economic slowdown and has, in fact, seen a rise in the octroi and property tax collections...Wednesday
1 April '09Govinda pulling out of the Lok Sabha race has not come as a blow for his childhood neighbour, R Sheikh. In fact for Sheikh, who had grown up with Govinda in Sheikh Mastar Chawl, it is welcome news.Tuesday
31 March '09The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will, for the first time, carry out a third party quality audit on desiliting of nullahs, following complaints from corporators about inadequate de-silting work, resulting in frequent flooding and wastage of funds.
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