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TopicAarey Colony

Topic: Aarey Colony

After SC rap, Maharashtra brings compensatory afforestation policy—12-ft saplings, geo-tagging

Maharashtra govt comes with new policy on compensatory plantation weeks after SC deferred permission for felling of more than 1,000 trees for Goregaon Mulund Link Road project.

How to horse-trade your way to a $30 trillion economy & ‘ED probe’ into Aarey forest’s denizens

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Plight of fact-checkers in ‘fact-free’ world & Shinde’s journey from auto-rickshaw to bulldozer

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Among Shinde’s 1st moves as CM — scrapping Aarey Metro shed relocation he backed as Uddhav mantri

As minister in Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde had said that moving Metro car shed out of Aarey would benefit crores of Mumbaikars.

In 2 yrs, Aaditya Thackeray brought glamour to low-key departments, but remains in dad’s shadow

Political observers say Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray is caught up with conferences, consulates & celebrities, but is silent on critical issues, won’t mingle with masses.

Under creaky buildings & rail lines, near the sea — how Mumbai underground Metro is taking shape

Nearly 3 years after the first breakthrough at Terminal 2, 16 more TBMs have finished creating almost 53 km of tunnels under Mumbai for the underground Colaba-Bandra-Seepz route.

Uddhav urges truce in metro car depot row, says Modi govt should act for Mumbai’s welfare

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says it's unfortunate that central govt has gone to court against his govt's decision to build the depot at Kanjurmarg.

Now, Uddhav govt targets Modi’s bullet train project land for Mumbai Metro shed

Bombay HC stayed Maharashtra govt’s move to shift controversial car shed from Aarey Colony to Kanjurmarg, so now it’s considering alternative plots of land.

‘Aarey saved’ — CM Uddhav Thackeray moves controversial metro car depot to Kanjurmarg

CM Uddhav Thackeray says land owned by the state government in the Kanjurmarg area will be allotted free of cost for the metro car depot.

Transfer of IAS officer Ashwini Bhide who stood up to Mumbai’s Aarey protests is vindictive

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Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.