MMRDA, special planning agency for BKC, has floated tender for consultant who will suggest measures to decongest plush business district & reduce emissions in the area.
Prosecution said the accused used his firm's computer to chat with people about ISIS ideology under fake name & chats showed his preparations to attack American School in Mumbai.
Maharashtra government notified BKC, which falls under MMRDA jurisdiction, as 'International Finance and Business District' in July. Centre is yet to ratify this notification.
Now housing many multinational service firms, high-end restaurants and residential areas as well as foreign consulates, BKC’s development has been particularly rapid in the past decade.
MMRDA looking for consultant to go through politically-powerful MCA’s account books and see if it violated terms of the lease signed between the two in 2004.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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