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Opposition tears papers, climbs seats as BMC clears ‘Rs 20,000 crore’ land deals

Residents of Rustomjee Crown, the luxury residential project in Prabhadevi, have moved the Bombay High Court against the developer following the demolition of foyer areas in their apartments, by the BMC last week. They ask how hundreds of homeowners could have

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) house witnessed heated exchanges among corporators on Friday after BJP s Priti Satam raised an objection against BMC public relations officer (PRO) Tanaji Kamble, alleging that he threatened an editor agains

In a big blow to the opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), senior Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator and former Mayor Vishakha Raut is likely to lose her seat after the caste verification committee in Palghar invalidated her Other Backward Caste

A sharp discrepancy has emerged in the BMC s recording of malaria and dengue deaths, with civic death records showing substantially higher numbers than those reported through its disease surveillance system, according to data obtained under the Right to Inform

The Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from taking any further steps to alter the reservation of the Neville D Souza football ground at Bandra Reclamation from a playground to an exhibition centre. Miffed with

Travel time between Mumbai s Madh Island and Versova is set to be drastically reduced to just 10 minutes, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) planning a Rs 2,395-crore cable-stayed flyover connecting the two areas. If everything goes as per plans

Does your Mumbai flat not have an Occupation Certificate (OC)? Here s what homeowners should know The Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is set to implement an amnesty scheme to help eligible housing societies obtain long-pending Occu

The BMC general body on Wednesday night cleared a proposal to redevelop 22 of BEST s 27 bus depots under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. Tabled as an urgent business motion, the proposal was cleared at around 12.35 am following more than two hours of

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation s (BMC) Colaba Market School has no CCTV cameras or sanitary pads for female students, volunteers from the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) found on Wednesday during the outfit s first programme in the city under the nationwi

Welcome to The Daily Catch-Up, your three-minute evening briefing from The Indian Express. The Tata group is entering a new phase following N Chandrasekaran s decision to step down as Tata Sons chairman

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation s (BMC) general body on Tuesday night cleared the proposal to change the reservation of the iconic Neville D Souza football ground in Bandra to a convention and exhibition centre. The BMC cleared the proposal amid objecti

Mumbaikars may soon have to spend more on paying taxes the civic body has proposed a sewage tax for those not paying property taxes, and a hike in water tax by 6-7 per cent. From next year, over 50,000 homes in Mumbai are likely to be imposed a sewage charge a

Monsoon maladies have the city in their grip according to figures released by the BMC. While the number of malaria patients has risen steadily, with over 1,142 cases registered in the first half of August as compared to 655 in June and 1,380 in July, the year

Mumbai could soon get its first major underground pedestrian link, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) proposing a 3-km, Rs 702.44-crore walkway connecting the Nehru Science Centre Metro station to the Coastal Road promenade at Haji Ali, with a s

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR against pharma major Mylan Laboratories Ltd over alleged irregularities in the BMC s purchase of Remdesivir injections during the Covid-19 pandemic, observing that the allegations did not disclose a cognizable offence a

MUMBAI: Facing mounting criticism over repeated excavation of roads for laying and repairing utility lines, the BMC has approved a new trenching policy aimed at minimising road digging and making utility agencies more accountable for restoring the roads they d

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed, until further orders, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation s (BMC) move to take possession of YMCA s gymnasium and Willingdon playground, now known as Abdul Rehman Sufi Maidan or Jhoola Maidan, at Agripada area in M

Mumbai is set to get a new sea-viewing deck by July 2027, but unlike the city s existing waterfront promenades, this one will stand atop a sewage treatment plant. The viewing deck, currently under construction at the southern edge of Bandra adjoining the Bandr