Clean up dog poop, stay on Marine Drive

Monday 23 November '09

In a bid to get the ban by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on pet owners from walking their dogs on Marine Drive withdrawn, residents of the area are creating awareness among dog-owners on cleaning up poop left behind by their pets.

Firemen get bulletproof jackets, not hi-tech firefighting equipment

Friday 20 November '09

Mumbai’s fire department recently acquired 100 bulletproof jackets for its men, some of whom came in the line of fire at the Taj on 26/11 while rescuing people and fighting the flames.

A class apart

Sunday 15 November '09

Till a few years ago, attending school was a distant dream for children of the 80 odd families staying in shanties close to the Mulund dumping ground.

Borivali railway station comes first on his priority list

Friday 13 November '09

For Gopal Shetty, BJP Mumbai region president and second-term MLA from Borivali, the development of his constituency should begin with the modernisation of its railway station with world class amenities.

State regulatory body for city: Sagar’s answer to water woes

Thursday 12 November '09

To solve the water problem that plagues large parts of his constituency, BJP MLA Yogesh Sagar has a plan up his sleeve.

Best foot forward

Sunday 8 November '09

CRY to campaign for amendments to Right to Education Act A workshop on card-making to address child rights issues on an overloaded BEST bus may seem bizarre, but that’s how CRY...

Officials back in classroom

Tuesday 3 November '09

The first batch of the Disaster Management course, which will commence in 2010, will have officials from the BMC, fire brigade and policemen going back to the classroom again.

Malad to get city’s second bio-medical waste treatment plant

Monday 26 October '09

To facilitate treatment and disposal of large amounts of biomedical waste generated in the city...

Elevated road humps at busy junctions

Friday 16 October '09

With increasing traffic on roads, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has proposed initiatives to make Mumbai’s roads more pedestrian-friendly.

BMC move works, more buildings with rain harvesting come up

Thursday 8 October '09

In the midst of acute water crisis that Mumbai has been experiencing since 1996, there comes good news for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC).

Fighting on different symbol, Bhagat says he will remain a Congressman

Tuesday 29 September '09

Even after quitting the post of Navi Mumbai Congress chief and filing his nomination as an independent candidate from Belapur Assembly constituency...

Hoping to avenge LS defeat, Chaugule takes on Naik’s brother in Navi Mumbai

Monday 28 September '09

Undeterred by his defeat at the hands of NCP’s Sanjeev Naik during the Lok Sabha elections in Thane constituency...

Regular Rebels

Sunday 27 September '09

Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested last week, was an upper-class, educated young man who took the rebel path in the 1970s. The Sunday Express profiles other such Naxalites who gave up a comfortable life for the sake of their ideology....

Passionate, scholarly, logical: Ghandy friends look back on his student days

Thursday 24 September '09

Former associates in Mumbai have fond memories of the times they spent with Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy and his wife Anuradha before they shifted to Nagpur in the early 1980s, soon after which they went underground.

Cyclathon to show how to beat pollution on two wheels

Friday 18 September '09

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation plans to hold a ‘cyclathon’ soon to promote the bicycle for short-distance commuting.

Finally, Things Are Greener This Side Too

Sunday 13 September '09

In a city starved of open spaces, travelling long distances for a Sunday morning at the ‘Hanging Gardens’ of Malabar Hill or the Borivali National Park may have been the unhappy norm, but not any longer.

Replica of charkha at Cross Maidan

Thursday 10 September '09

The Spinning Wheel, a 30-foot high steel sculpture depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s charkha, will soon adorn the city’s Cross Maidan, which is currently under restoration.

Landslide toll 11, people still cling to danger spots

Sunday 6 September '09

The body of 11-year-old Priya Pathak was removed from the debris of her house in Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar, Saki Naka, over 36 hours after ten shanties were crushed in a landslide on Thursday night.

Family of four narrowly escaped when Yousuf Building collapsed

Thursday 27 August '09

When the five-storey Yousuf Building collapsed on Tuesday, the Motiwalas on the second floor had a miraculous escape.

Mandals refuse to heed norms, dig city roads

Sunday 23 August '09

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s directive to Ganesh mandals not to dig city roads and municipal land for setting up pandals seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

She chose to sit with friends, got critically injured

Friday 21 August '09

For 11-year-old Ria Gupte, Thursday’s bus ride to school would have been like any other.

Coming, 5 lakh electronic meters to ensure careful usage of water

Wednesday 19 August '09

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will soon install electronic water meters for five lakh water consumers across the city to prevent wastage of water.

Costs drown ‘Baywatch’ plan for beach safety

Tuesday 18 August '09

Even as people continue to drown at sea, the latest being four youths off Gorai beach on Sunday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has scrapped its Rs 3-crore ‘Baywatch model’ plan for beach safety due to its “high costs”.

Costs drown ‘Baywatch’ plan for beach safety

Tuesday 18 August '09

Even as people continue to drown at sea, the latest being four youths off Gorai beach on Sunday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has scrapped its Rs 3-crore ‘Baywatch model’ plan for beach safety due to its “high costs”.

Wall unites Mumbaikars in beautification drive

Sunday 16 August '09

In a move to beautify the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation invited citizens to paint graffiti on walls owned by the civic corporation, and on INdependence Day, people responded with enthusiasm.