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Mumbai Ward Watch: Pollution, traffic, congestion plague eastern suburbs of the city

January 04, 2026 7:30 pm

Massive redevelopment work has contributed to the dust and construction debris in the M West ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

Maharashtra civic polls: Walkover for many BJP-Sena nominees, SEC seeks reports

January 04, 2026 7:57 am

Once the report is submitted to the Commission, a final announcement is made, the official said, adding that a candidate is declared victorious once it is established that no foul play took place.

BMC polls | Why Mumbai urgently needs a parking policy

January 03, 2026 9:12 pm

Mumbai has the highest vehicle density among metro cities, and a road length which is the lowest among metro cities.

BMC to construct 7 km underground tunnel to supply water to western suburbs from proposed desalination plant

January 02, 2026 3:04 pm

The tunnel will pass underneath the Gorai Creek and will be excavated by using two Tunnel Boring Machines simultaneously.

Why talk of a North Indian mayor touches a raw nerve in Mumbai politics

January 01, 2026 2:19 pm

Ahead of BMC polls, a statement by BJP's Kripashankar Singh about electing a North Indian mayor has reignited Mumbai’s oldest political fault line: Marathi vs North Indian.

High-revenue K-East ward grapples with water cuts, traffic jams, dust pollution, hawkers' encroachment and subway flooding

December 31, 2025 12:55 pm

While deliberations were made to carve out new K-North ward consisting of Marol, SEEPZ and Jogeshwari (East) area by splitting K-East ward into two for administrative convenience, the same is not finalised yet.

Urgent hearing at Chief Justice’s residence: Bombay HC restrains BMC chief from calling court staff for election duty

December 31, 2025 10:58 am

The Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar-led bench noted that the high court exercises complete control over the subordinate courts, including the staff, under Article 235 of the Constitution.

Few former corporators rebel on the final day of nomination filing

December 31, 2025 12:31 am

Although the deadline for filing nomination was 5 pm, candidates who had entered the premises earlier were allowed to submit their papers even later due to a token system.

Seat-sharing done, nominations due: BJP–Sena finalise BMC battle lines

December 30, 2025 4:04 pm

The BJP and Shiv Sena on Monday night announced a seat-sharing agreement for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections, with the BJP contesting 137 seats and the Sena 90.

401 candidates filed papers so far: A day before deadline, 357 nominations filed for BMC polls

December 30, 2025 9:27 am

As the deadline for filing nominations approaches, Mumbai witnessed a surge in civic poll aspirants with 357 nomination papers submitted on Monday across wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

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With plea and protests, Save Aarey campaign gathers momentum

September 11, 2019 7:10 am

Apart from the car shed for Metro line 3, a part of the Aarey Milk Colony -- which adjoins Sanjay Gandhi National Park -- will also be used to create Metro Bhavan, the nerve-centre for the 337-km network which is under construction.

PHOTOS | BMC budget: Here are the Brihan plans for you, Mumbaikars

February 04, 2016 11:44 am

The BMC, Asia richest municipal council, announced its budget allocations on Wednesday. We take a look at how much money is going where.

Mumbai trees infected by Mealybugs

November 05, 2014 3:05 pm

Mumbai has approximately 3,000- 4,000 rain trees in the city, of which 500 are infected by Mealybugs mainly in Dadar, Bandra, Andheri and Kandivali areas.

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Make in India fire: BMC blames organisers of 'gross negligence'

February 24, 2016 3:34 pm

Mumbai, Feb 24 (ANI): The Mumbai Fire Brigade on Wednesday submitted an investigation report on a fire which occurred during the 'Make in India' programme last week to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in which it has accused the organizers of the event of 'gross negligence'. Pratap Rahangdale, Chief Fire Officer of Mumbai Fire Brigade, said that report was prepared by analyzing accounts of several witnesses and circumstantial evidence. He said that they have opened the report for the public. We studied circumstantial evidence and witness accounts. Rahangdale added that he was also one of the witnesses, as I was the first one to use extinguisher there. By studying all that we arrived at the chain of events leading to fire and prepared a final report.

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