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IAS officer Iqbal Chahal, BMC chief & Mumbai’s Covid hero, was once shunted out by Modi govt

Chahal was serving in the Union home ministry when in 2015 he was moved to the WCD ministry, before he was unceremoniously ‘compelled’ to leave the central government.

Off The Cuff with Iqbal Singh Chahal

Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal was our guest at ThePrint’s latest Off The Cuff. In a conversation with Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Chahal spoke...

Mumbai civic body plans 16 oxygen plants at 12 hospitals, likely to be functional in a month

The BMC hopes to generate 43 metric tonne oxygen a day through the new plants. They will have a minimum life of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years.

BMC gears up to fight Mumbai Covid surge with more tests & more beds, says worst yet to come

Mumbai has been reporting 5,000-6,000 cases a day for the last 6 days and BMC is preparing with the assumption that numbers could touch 10,000 a day.

Mumbai records 823 new Covid cases, highest daily rise since December

According to BMC data, the number of coronavirus cases in the city has risen to 3,17,310, while the death toll has reached 11,435.

Sonu Sood withdraws plea from SC against Bombay HC order on ‘illegal’ construction

According to BMC, Sood had carried out structural changes in his six-storey residential building & allegedly converted it into a hotel without requisite permissions.

How BMC will make a difference to Mumbai’s healthcare with 2021 budget after surviving Covid

Mumbai civic body allocated Rs 4,728.53 crore, 12% of budget, to the health sector, with a focus on building and upgrading infrastructure such as hospitals.

How IISc & TIFR scientists helped Mumbai civic body anticipate Covid spread, make strategy

Over the past week, Mumbai has seen 400 to 600 new Covid cases, down from over 2,000 in October last year. Similarly, daily Covid fatalities are now down to single digits.

BMC urges Bombay HC to dismiss Sonu Sood’s plea against demolition of his building in Juhu

The civic body alleged that Sood converted six floors of a residential building into a hotel without permission and he had no license to run a hotel.

Bombay HC extends relief to Sonu Sood till 13 January in ‘illegal’ construction case

Sood approached the HC, challenging a notice issued against him by BMC in October last year and an order passed by a civil court in December dismissing his suit against BMC's action.

On Camera

Punjab to Andhra to Telangana—state govts’ spending on freebies harming India’s growth story

It’s unfortunate that the increase in the overall debt due to irresponsible freebies is causing the downgrade in ratings by international agencies.

Indian airports currently lag behind global ones in a key revenue stream, but change is in the air

India’s major airports earned average of $4.3/customer in 2023-24 from non-aeronautical sources, much lesser than $7.2-15.9 of global ones, according to rating agency ICRA.

Indian Coast Guard conducts pollution response seminar and mock drill in West Bengal

The event was organized by the ICG at its headquarters coast guard district.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?