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Topic: MUMBAI

Mumbai building crash: Crowds in already congested Dongri area hamper rescue efforts

The crowded, narrow lanes in Dongri has slowed down the pace of rescue efforts as civic authorities struggle to access the crash site in Mumbai.

Series of tough measures only hope for Mumbai’s old buildings

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HC order a big blow to Mumbai coastal road plan, could push project back to drawing board

HC has set aside clearances to project as ‘illegal’, but upheld notification amending CRZ norms to allow reclamation for roads in exceptional cases.

Four-storey building collapses in Mumbai’s Dongri, 40-50 people may be trapped

Rescue efforts are underway to pull out the people trapped in the rubble after the building, located on Tandel Street in Dongri south Mumbai, crashed around midday.

Mumbai Police forcibly deporting me to Bengaluru, says Karnataka Congress leader Shivakumar

Karnataka Congress MLA D.K. Shivakumar said that he was still confident that all MLAs will come back to Bengaluru and all will be one once again.

Mumbai mayor’s ‘no water-logging’ comment sparks debate on ‘accountable’ officials

Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar Monday dismissed reports about water-logging and traffic snarls in the city, drawing severe criticism from various quarters.

Mumbai struggles with heaviest monsoon downpour since 2005

Mumbai's civic administration declared a holiday on Tuesday as it recorded the second-heaviest rainfall in the past 24 hours, leading to delays in trains and flights.

In 100-day plan of railways — reducing Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai travel time by 5 hours

The plan is one of the 11 proposals prepared by the railways with instructions to implement them by August 31.

Kolkata doctors protest spreads to Delhi & Mumbai

The Indian Medical Association has declared Friday All India Protest Day, so that the government takes the lack of security doctors face, seriously.

India must shun Nehruvian metropolis bias & turn to small cities for urban economic growth

India’s urban policy attributes the messiness to migrants, slums and poverty, and its preferred antidote is a Chandigarh-like order.

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Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.