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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
Non-profit Praja Foundation's ‘Report on the Status of Civic Issues in Mumbai’ focused on water, sewerage, solid waste management, toilets and air quality in the city.
In FY 2022–23, Delhi estimated that 1.46 million tonnes of C&D waste from various government departments would be recycled, but achieved only a third of this amount.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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