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BMC polls on horizon, Congress extends hand to ‘natural ally’. Pawar to convene meeting next week

Congress party has reached out to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) with a proposal for an alliance for the Mumbai municipal elections that are set to take place in January 2026.

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.

Hindi imposition, English preference, Maharashtra’s Marathi schools are vanishing amid a language war

While govt blames closure on parents preferring English medium, educators & activists say that administration is not putting enough efforts to upgrade infra in these schools.

On mission to shut Mumbai’s iconic kabutarkhanas, BMC faces the quiet defiance of city’s bird lovers

Move to shut down pigeon feeding zones has met with stiff resistance from residents, but authorities & health experts warn about the increasing cases of pulmonary illnesses.

First phase of Mumbai’s tree-lined Coastal Road promenade to open 15 July

Equipped with cycling and walking tracks, the upcoming seaside promenade will be among the longest in India, though rough tides remain a concern.

Raj Thackeray keeps Uddhav, BJP guessing as MNS embarks on shakha-level clean-up ahead of BMC polls

As talk of alliances with both Shiv Sena (UBT) and Mahayuti swirl, the MNS chief is focusing on internal clean-up while Uddhav Thackeray has sharpened his campaign on Marathi identity.

‘BMC a centre for corruption’: Cong MP Gaikwad seeks white paper on BMC under Mahayuti govt

Congress MP and Mumbai party unit chief Varsha Gaikwad alleges that BMC funds are being used like party funds and are given to middlemen, contractors.

Decade after City Kinara fire, some closure for victims’ kin as HC makes ‘grossly negligent’ BMC pay

On 16 October 2015, 8 people including 7 students were at the Hotel City Kinara in Mumbai’s Kurla (West), when a blaze engulfed the restaurant that harboured several fire hazards.

Fake MoUs, ghost dumping sites & Kerala firm. What’s Mithi river ‘desilting scam’ & Dino Morea link

Mumbai police have booked 13 including contractors & BMC officials in alleged Mithi river desilting scam. Shiv Sena has sought probe into Aaditya Thackeray’s ‘role’.

How Mumbai civic body is using AI to hold contractors accountable during pre-monsoon desilting

BMC says about 25 different agencies have been roped in, on a two-year contract, to desilt nullahs and rivers across Mumbai, with work orders totalling upwards of Rs 450 crore.

On Camera

Dharmendra’s era judged deeds. Today, the Meat Police judges Ranbir Kapoor’s diet

When Ranbir Kapoor was cast in Ramayana, the PR team said he would give up meat during the filming — a silly thing to do because it put the Meat Police on high alert.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

Asim Munir set to take charge as overall commander of Pakistan military, most powerful Army chief ever

In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.