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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: BMC

You can bulldoze a building but not Kangana’s voice — Aaj Tak, News 18 on BMC ‘efficiency’

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

14 reasons why BMC has taken a bulldozer to Kangana Ranaut’s office in Mumbai

Kangana Ranaut, who has been engaged in a war of words with the Shiv Sena over comments against Mumbai Police, returned to the city to a partially demolished office Wednesday.

Kangana Ranaut moves Bombay High Court challenging BMC’s ‘illegal construction’ notice

The BMC demolished the 'illegal alterations' at the actor's bungalow at Pali Hill in suburban Bandra Wednesday, a day after putting a stop-work notice on the structure.

BMC serves notice to Kangana Ranaut for ‘illegal alterations’ in her Mumbai bungalow

The notice pointed out over a dozen alterations, like a 'toilet being converted into office cabin' & 'new toilets being constructed alongside the staircase', an official said.

Kangana Ranaut alleges BMC has ‘forcefully taken over’ her Mumbai office to ‘destroy it’

Actor Kangana Ranaut's remark comparing Mumbai to Pakistan- occupied Kashmir (PoK) has drawn ire of the ruling Shiv Sena whose leaders are targeting the BJP for defending her.

Shiv Sena leaders share photo of Maharashtra boat ambulance, but it doesn’t run in India

The boat ambulance, a photo of which was shared by Shiv Sena corporator Amey Ghole and Deputy Leader Priyanka Chaturvedi, was praised for being a unique initiative.

‘Leadership match’ in Congress and BJP’s failure to ‘trap’ Sachin Pilot

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Mumbai’s 5.5% Covid mortality rate a concern, officials say slums better off than high-rises

Mumbai has so far recorded 1,16,451 Covid positive cases and 6,444 deaths, with its mortality rate much higher than Maharashtra’s average of 3.55% and the country’s 2.13%.

BMC refutes allegation of ‘forcibly quarantining’ Bihar officer probing Sushant death case

The BMC said they were following government directives, and that the officer could make a formal request for relaxing the necessary quarantine period.

The ‘thick skinned’ civil engineer behind ‘Dharavi model’ and Mumbai’s footpath challenge

The ‘Dharavi model’ has made international headlines, and perhaps, just as talked about as the model is the face behind it — assistant municipal commissioner Kiran Dighavkar. 

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

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.