Over 60% of Indian cities are left ‘orphaned’ without elected urban governments. Citizen groups, civic influencers, and informal ‘nagarsevaks’ are filling the gaps in Mumbai and Nagpur.
Thackeray cousins met at Raj’s residence, weeks after joint rally to declare victory after ruling Mahayuti withdrew GRs which introduced 3-language policy in state-run primary schools.
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.
South Mumbai's drainage system, built by the British over 140 years ago, has a capacity of 50 mm rainfall per hour, compared to the 25 mm rainfall per hour across the rest of Mumbai.
The 6.6-km lake, which runs from Sanjay Gandhi National Park to IIT-Bombay, has for years been covered by weeds & seen steady flow of untreated sewage into its waters.
The Maharashtra minister has since said that his letter to BMC, seeking a handover of land reclaimed for coastal road project, has been 'misinterpreted'.
BMC is now building the Coastal Road's north leg & Goregaon-Mulund Link Road, among others. The budget also focussed on education & proposed a 'Mumbai Eye', on the lines of 'London Eye'.
BMC gets Mahalaxmi Racecourse land to develop the park, which, it says, will expand Mumbai's green space. Aaditya Thackeray questions 'BJP-mindhe regime', terms of land transfer.
Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the ‘Global Times’, described Takaichi’s behaviour as political sleepwalking and said that Japanese leaders must become more self-aware.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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