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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
TopicAshwini Bhide

Topic: Ashwini Bhide

‘Metro woman’ is BMC’s first female chief—Ashwini Bhide, force behind Mumbai’s marquee infra projects

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

Aarey, politics & court battles: 11-year saga of Mumbai’s 1st underground Metro

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 33.5-km underground Aqua Line of Mumbai Metro Wednesday. The project foundation stone was laid in 2014.

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

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Waiver or no waiver, Russian crude remains centrepiece of India’s oil imports strategy

With Washington issuing a third 30-day waiver for Russian crude cargoes at sea, India signals continuity in import strategy while ramping up purchases from Venezuela and other suppliers.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.