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TopicAshwini Bhide

Topic: Ashwini Bhide

How ‘metro woman’ Ashwini Bhide’s appointment as Fadnavis’ principal secy signals his continued infra push

The IAS officer & Maharashtra CM Fadnavis have made unconventional decisions together, advancing Mumbai's 1st underground metro line. Bhide has also worked closely with Thackeray regime.

Iqbal Chahal replaces Pravin Pardeshi as BMC commissioner

Pardeshi was transferred and has now been posted in the Urban Development Department. Ashwini Bhide & Sanjeev Jaiswal have been appointed additional commissioners in BMC.

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

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Fearless, efficient IAS officer Ashwini Bhide moved out of Mumbai Metro in ‘routine’ change

Ashwini Bhide had vehemently fought to implement Aarey shed project, which pitted her against green activists & Aaditya Thackeray. Ranjit Singh Deol is new MMRC MD.

This IAS officer is trying to change the perception that Mumbai Metro 3 is a ‘demonic’ plan

Ashwini Bhide is head of the Mumbai Metro, and has had to work hard to build political consensus and prove that the project will not destroy the city’s lungs.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.