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Topic: MUMBAI

Mama Musk in Mumbai? Elon sends her flowers as she celebrates 77th birthday

Maye Maye, a supermodel with a career spanning 5 decades, also shared an X post by PM Modi about his conversation with her son, reacting with an emoji depicting the Indian flag.

In a first, Indian Railways installs ATM on a moving train on a trial basis, shutter provided

A trial run was conducted on 10 April, on the 12110 Manmad-CSMT Panchvati Express. The mechanical team converted the mini pantry space into an ATM installation area.

Relief for Mumbai as water tankers’ body ends strike after truce with BMC

Four-day strike by MWTA caused strain among residents in parts of Mumbai who depend largely on private tankers for their water needs. Deal was struck after CM Fadnavis intervened.

MMRDA adopts new compensation policy for key Mumbai infra projects to cut time, cost overruns

Under new compensation policy for project-affected persons, similar to what BMC adopted in July 2023, MMRDA will provide a minimum compensation amount of Rs 25 lakh.

Nitesh Rane’s push for commercial use of reclaimed land reignites Mumbai’s war of open spaces

The Maharashtra minister has since said that his letter to BMC, seeking a handover of land reclaimed for coastal road project, has been 'misinterpreted'.

British-era tanks & jumbled pipelines—this heritage walk explores Mumbai’s ties to water

Documentary filmmaker Akanksha Gupta leads a 3-hour walk through Dhobi Talao and Banganga tank. It’s an exploration of Mumbai's ties with water—historical, economic, and political.

Language row, now in Maharashtra: RSS leader’s Marathi remark puts BJP in spot as Oppn cries treason

‘Mumbai doesn’t have one language…’ Joshi can be heard saying in a video clip circulating on social media. However, he clarified Thursday that his comment was misunderstood.

How Shinde-led Sena went headhunting to fill party posts, even recruiting from rival parties

Shinde-led Shiv Sena revamps organisational structure, attracting members from rival parties through a formal selection process with interviews, scrutiny, and grassroots outreach.

Shinde’s Sena boosts bargaining power before BMC poll, inducts as many ex-corporators as possible

As many as 87 former corporators of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation are said to have joined Shinde-led Shiv Sena, most are from UBT faction, followed by Congress and NCP (SP).

BMC’s road concretisation project has turned Mumbai into a maze of rubble. Why it’s going south

The ambitious project, a flagship initiative of Eknath Shinde when he was Maharashtra chief minister, began in February 2023. In total, 701 km of Mumbai’s roads are to be concretised.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.