Mumbai: Sitaram Kunte, the newly-appointed Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on Wednesday informed the Adarsh judicial panel that the high-rise had not obtained Coastal Regulation Zone clearance. The Commissioner on Wednesday deposed before the two-member inquiry commission set up by Maharashtra government. He said Adarsh Society had received no CRZ clearance from Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA). The clearance must be obtained before starting the work, he added....
09:18 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai will face water cuts for two days starting Monday owing to the repairing of pipelines along the Eastern Express Highway, a civic official said. "Work is on for joining two major water pipelines along the Eastern Express Highway, owing to which there will be varying levels of water cuts imposed through the city," an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The pipeline work will be completed...
08:59 PM, May 06, 2012
Mumbai: For the past four months, residents of Kalina, Santacruz (East) were living in constant dread. With the arrest of BMC contract cleaner Raju Jadhav on Sunday night, they can now breathe easy. The 25-year-old, who was nabbed by Vakola police, has allegedly molested at least eight minor girls in the recent past. He was chased down by a victim's relative and others on April 29, and handed over to...
03:02 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: By now it has become common knowledge that the Shiv Sena isn't exactly jumping with joy at the prospect of cricketing maestro Sachin Tendulkar being part of the Upper House of Parliament, that too after being nominated by the Congress. The saffron party's lukewarm attitude to the new milestone may also have something to do with the fact that Tendulkar has decided to side with the Congress after ignoring...
03:02 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Mumbai: It's World Autism Awareness Day on Monday, and over 300 iconic landmarks around the world will be bathed in blue light, to show support for 'Light It Up Blue', a worldwide initiative to help raise awareness about autism. While Rashtrapati Bhavan in the Capital city will change colour to show its true blue support for the campaign, the city's civic body has plunged the hopes of many in darkness,...
11:19 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Mumbai: If you can't fix it, drop it: this could well be the template for the BMC's budget planning strategy for today, if one goes by what the civic body has done in the current fiscal. The corporation coolly decided to eliminate 30 per cent of roads originally marked for repairs when it remembered the city had slums and a lot of construction going on -- facts plainly engraved in...
12:52 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Amravati: An embarrassed Congress legislator and President Pratibha Patil's son Raosaheb Shekhawat Tuesday said a "communication gap" resulted in Rs 1 crore cash being seized by Maharashtra Police only days before the polls to major municipal corporations in the state. "There was some communication gap as the state Congress could not inform when and how the money was being sent. I learnt (of it) only after the police seized the...
08:24 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Mumbai: Fresh from his victory in the Mumbai civic polls, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has hit out at critics for predicting doom for his party saying it has been able to retain power in the civic body because of its strong foundation. "It is only because of the strong base and foundation of social service that my party has been thriving despite vicious attacks from political rivals and the...
07:33 PM, Feb 20, 2012
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12:14 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Bal Thackeray in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN slammed Sharad Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan for saying the Shiv Sena was on the decline. ...
08:04 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Following the victory in Mumbai and Thane, Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray said people liked the work of the party. ...
05:54 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Youva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray said he is elated after the fourth victory of Shiv Sena in Mumbai and Thane civic polls. ...
05:30 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress high command has reportedly sought a report from the Maharashtra Congress after its Brihan Mumbai Corporation (BMC) poll debacle. The Shiv Sena-BJP combine won the polls, managing to retain power in the prestigious civic body, the country's richest. This was the first civic elections in Mumbai where the Congress was contesting in an alliance with the NCP. An honest Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on...
05:17 PM, Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: In what came as a major setback for the Congress and the NCP, the first big electoral battle of 2012 has gone in favour of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine that managed to retain power in the prestigious Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest civic body. An honest Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the defeat in the BMC polls has come as a...
07:31 AM, Feb 18, 2012
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