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Sana Malik Shaikh supports Deonar residents in opposition to animal incinerator

India, Sept. 30 -- MLA Sana Malik Shaikh on Monday wrote to the BMC's municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, objecting to a 500-kg animal incinerator in the Deonar abattoir. Already burdened with the... Read More


MLA Sana malik says deonar's crematory will pose hazards

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- MLA Sana Malik Shaikh on Monday wrote to the BMC's municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, objecting to a 500-kg animal incinerator in the Deonar abattoir. Already burdened with th... Read More


Coconut palm in Vile Parle leaves botanists puzzled

India, Sept. 29 -- A coconut palm, tucked away in a corner of the Saraswati Sadan Housing Society in Vile Parle East has become the talk of the town among botanists. Its aerial roots, typically just a... Read More


Asiatic Society at a crossroads, set for stormy AGM

India, Sept. 27 -- At 3:30pm on Saturday, when members of the 221-year-old Asiatic Society of Mumbai (ASM) take their seats for the annual general meeting (AGM), they will veer off script in a way tha... Read More


Breach Candy residents fume as coastal promenade access shut, parking lot stays closed for 6 months

India, Sept. 26 -- Breach Candy residents are up in arms after police blocked entry to the Akruti pedestrian underpass (PUP), a key access point to the newly opened Coastal Road promenade, citing secu... Read More


Breach Candy residents protest curbs to access coastal promenade, parking lot

MUMBAI, Sept. 26 -- Breach Candy residents are up in arms after police blocked entry to the Akruti pedestrian underpass (PUP), a key access point to the newly opened Coastal Road promenade, citing sec... Read More


Echoes of Silence: Finding connection in a language of hands

India, Sept. 25 -- On Tuesday evening, as visitors streamed into the Artists' Centre in Kala Ghoda, something unusual marked the opening of the exhibition Echoes of Silence. Instead of the familiar bu... Read More


Echoes of Silence: Exhibition in Kala Ghoda gives voice to deaf artists

MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- On Tuesday evening, as visitors streamed into the Artists' Centre in Kala Ghoda, something unusual marked the opening of the exhibition Echoes of Silence. Instead of the familiar b... Read More


BMC to cultivate mangrove nurseries in Eksar for compensatory mangrove plantation for VBSL

India, Sept. 21 -- To compensate for the thousands of mangrove trees that will be axed to accommodate the Versova-Bhayandar Sea Link (VBSL), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to acqu... Read More


BMC's 'affordable homes' still not in the budget of the poor: Experts

India, Sept. 21 -- Come Diwali, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will put on sale 186 "inclusive homes" or apartments developed under the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCP... Read More