Gardens Department slammed at BMC's special meeting

India, July 11 -- Protecting the city's urban forestry and the Gardens Department's laxity in ensuring its health dominated the special general body meeting at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (... Read More

Corporators slam BMC's Gardens Department over tree deaths

MUMBAI, July 11 -- The spate of tree falls in the city, which has claimed three lives and injured many others in the city this monsoon, dominated the discussion at a special general body meeting at th... Read More

corporator from govandi disqualified for invalid OBC cert

MUMBAI, July 10 -- The BMC has terminated the membership of AIMIM corporator Roshan Shaikh from Ward 138 (Govandi) after her caste certificate was declared invalid by a caste scrutiny committee. Accor... Read More

BMC clears OC amnesty scheme for 25k buildings

Mumbai, July 9 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) standing committee on Wednesday approved the long-pending Occupation Certificate (OC) amnesty scheme, paving the way for thousands of h... Read More

13-yr-old boy falls into lift shaft, dies

Mumbai, July 8 -- A 13-year-old boy died after plunging into the lift shaft of a 12-storey Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) building in Kurla's Nehru Nagar on Monday night. Police suspect negligenc... Read More

103 treefall incidents across city, arborist rues BMC garden dept's cluelessness

India, July 5 -- The city witnessed a surge in tree and branch falls on Saturday, with the BMC reporting more than 103 such incidents from Matunga, Khar, Chembur, Churchgate, Dadar, Malabar Hill, Pedd... Read More

As floodwaters creep in, Kurla chawl families watch helplessly as homes turn into sewage-filled traps

India, July 5 -- For the residents of Jivabhai Chawl in Kurla, Saturday's torrential rain brought their worst nightmare to life once again. As the downpour intensified, families watched helplessly as ... Read More

City soaked as red alert continues

MUMBAI, July 5 -- The city witnessed one of the season's heaviest spells of rain on Saturday, with the red alert issued by the IMD set to continue till 8.30 am on Monday. With many locations logging o... Read More

103 tree-fall incidents across city on Sat

MUMBAI, July 5 -- The city witnessed a surge in tree and branch falls on Saturday, with the BMC reporting more than 103 such incidents from Matunga, Khar, Chembur, Churchgate, Dadar, Malabar Hill, Ped... Read More

Monsoon batters Mumbai; no lives lost

MUMBAI, July 5 -- Under a red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai witnessed one of the season's heaviest spells of rain on Saturday, with the red alert set to continue ti... Read More

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