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Topic: BMC

How Raj Thackeray and his MNS are planning to resurrect themselves in ‘do-or-die’ BMC polls

Fifteen years since it contested its first BMC election, Raj Thackeray's MNS has been reduced to having just one seat each in the Mumbai civic body and Maharashtra assembly.

Shiv Sena-led BMC unveils record budget in poll year, with an ‘Aaditya Thackeray’ imprint

BMC’s budget of Rs 45,949 crore for FY23 is 17.7% more than FY22. Allocations have been increased for a number of projects and sectors personally pushed by Aaditya Thackeray.

Why delimitation of civic wards in Mumbai ahead of BMC polls is likely to benefit Shiv Sena

The state Election Commission last week accepted the BMC's draft proposal for delimitation that revises ward boundaries and adds nine seats.

Mumbai Covid cases up over 6 times, BMC to test all infections for Omicron till 31 December

BMC to keep ready Covid care centres, hospital beds, and ward-wise war rooms. CM Uddhav Thackeray holds cabinet meeting as cases rise across Maharashtra too.

High-risk contacts of Kareena, Amrita Arora test negative for Covid, BMC unseals buildings

BMC had gone on a tracking and testing drive after actors Kareena Kapoor Khan and Amrita Arora, and designer Seema Khan tested Covid positive Monday.

12 of Mumbai’s British-era bridges are being replaced, beginning with iconic Tilak bridge

Tilak bridge will be replaced with 2 new cable-stayed bridges, which will be constructed on either side of the existing structure. They are expected to be completed by 2023.

90% fully or partially vaccinated citizens in Mumbai have Covid antibodies, sero survey shows

BMC survey says among the unvaccinated citizens, 79.86% have antibodies. Overall, 65% of the subjects of the study had received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine.

India’s Covid hotspot Mumbai sees rise in cases, BMC ‘vigilant’ ahead of Ganpati festival

From 25 August, the number of new daily Covid positive cases in Mumbai has been consistently crossing the 300-mark, and breached 400 on 1 September.

Public gardens, playgrounds, beaches to remain open in Mumbai from 6 am to 10 pm

The BMC Sunday issued fresh guidelines under 'Break the Chain' programme, using powers conferred by the Maharashtra government to decide the timings.

QR code-based passes to be issued to fully vaccinated people in 65 train stations in Mumbai

CM Uddhav Thackeray said that fully vaccinated citizens can travel in local trains from 15 August, but a gap of 14 days from second dose of vaccine is necessary to avail the facility.

On Camera

Pakistani accomplices, shootouts, sealed chargesheet—how the 7/11 blasts case fell apart

After 19 years, the Bombay High Court finally held what governments and intelligence services have long known: The men sentenced for their role in the bombings had nothing to do with it.

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.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.