A population spurt in the Mumbra-Kalwa belt in Thane district has led to a booming illegal construction business with an estimated 2 lakh unauthorized flats. Former BMC commissioner GR Khairnar spoke out after the building collapse and said that the municipal commissioners are as much culpable as the builders and must be punished for allowing the illegal construction. He said, "Just like we are prosecuting the builders, we should prosecute ...
08:34 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Amitabh Bachchan launched The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation's virtual classroom facility and cleanliness drive. After inaugurating the expansion of the virtual classroom facility aimed at providing education to over 400 civic schools in Mumbai and distributing iron tablets as a part of an anti-malnutrition campaign, Amitabh Bachchan pledged his support to the cause of a clean Mumbai through BMC's latest clean up drive. ...
10:42 AM, Jan 24, 2013
After filmmaker Yash Chopra's death put the focus on dengue in Mumbai, the BMC has asked Lilavati Hospital for a report on Chopra's death. The BMC says this would help in identifying measures to counter outbreak of dengue. The BMC also says they had found mosquitoes breeding at the offices of Yash Raj films which could have been where the filmmaker caught the virus. So far 650 cases of dengue ...
11:12 AM, Oct 23, 2012
It is the last day of Ganesh Utsav on Saturday and people across India, especially Mumbai, are all set for the immersion of Ganesh idols. Several street processions will be taken out in Mumbai on Saturday, with the police saying that over 90,000 idols will be immersed at 84 different spots. Security has been tightened and 25,000 policemen have been deployed across Mumbai. The BSF and SRPF have also stepped ...
02:16 PM, Sep 29, 2012
With the Brihan Mumbai Corporation (BMC) not ruling out flooding in Mumbai, 213 flooding spots have been identified of which 40 are chronic flooding spots. ...
10:53 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Cyrus Broacha also talks about Salman Khurshid's quota issue, Iran nuclear row, Pak PM's contempt of court controversy and much more. ...
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
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:48 PM, Feb 17, 2012
The Shiv Sena-BJP combine retain Thane and Nagpur as well; NCP emerges as the single largest party in Pune. ...
11:31 PM, Feb 17, 2012
In Pune, the NCP is likely to emerge as the single largest party, but will be able to take the control of the civic body only with the help of the Congress. ...
11:18 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that the alliance with RPI has helped the party in the Maharashtra civic polls. ...
06:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that the Congress contested in 70 per cent of the seats in Mumbai. ...
05:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Only 46 per cent of Mumbaikars turned out to elect the people to run the maximum city. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Catch the day's top stories on India at 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai. ...
11:51 PM, Feb 16, 2012
All eyes are on Raj Thackeray with the MNS expected to emerge as the kingmaker in the BMC elections. ...
10:08 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Right before Mumbai civic polls, Bal Thackeray has extended an olive branch to Raj Thackeray. ...
10:57 PM, Feb 14, 2012
If you go by the results of last time, if we contest together we will win the BMC polls, said Prithviraj Chavan. ...
08:28 AM, Jan 11, 2012
The NCP will be contesting from 58 of the 227 seats while the Congress will contest from the remaining 169 seats. ...
08:08 AM, Jan 11, 2012
