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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.

Only 1 of Mumbai’s 24 wards gets round-the-clock water supply—Praja Foundation report

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.

With a ‘13-storey’ mountain of waste, why Deonar dumping ground closure is a challenging task

The BMC has set in motion a plan to close the site. On Wednesday, it floated a Rs 2,368-crore tender to close the site in three years.

Vestiges of British-era infra, 10 Mumbai rail overbridges to make way for newer, swankier ones

Nine bridges are currently at various stages of construction. On Monday, stakeholders will take a call on the demolition date for the Elphinstone Bridge.

MMRDA adopts new compensation policy for key Mumbai infra projects to cut time, cost overruns

Under new compensation policy for project-affected persons, similar to what BMC adopted in July 2023, MMRDA will provide a minimum compensation amount of Rs 25 lakh.

On Camera

Stop telling South Indians to learn Hindi. In Hyderabad, languages coexist without imposition

I was surprised when Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan advocated for Hindi—at a time when states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are opposing its imposition.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.