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Man jumps onto safety net in Maharashtra's Mantralaya

February 25, 2025 11:40 pm

The safety nets in the main Mantralaya building were set up as a precautionary measure to prevent any potential suicide attempts

Demolition of Asiatic Library-like staircase begins at Mantralaya

May 05, 2019 1:49 am

While the architects, who led the Mantralaya’s revamp, had initially dubbed the staircase — spread over a 30,000 sq ft — as the most striking feature of the makeover, it had invited constant controversy.

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Govt to shut down 62-yr-old central library at Mantralaya

January 26, 2018 6:13 am

The reason for the library’s closure isn’t leaky roof or rising expenses. In the Internet age, the facility, it seems, has almost no visitors.

Three months after renovation, cracks surface in Mantralaya

May 29, 2014 1:56 am

On Tuesday, officials from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) registered a complaint after water began to drip from the ceiling at one place.

Eight-month target set for Mantralaya renovation

August 31, 2012 1:13 am

The Maharashtra government has set an eight-month target for renovating the Mantralaya building,the top three floors of which were were gutted in a massive fire on June 21.

State seeks Rs 80 cr for repairs,relocation

July 10, 2012 3:42 am

The bill for the June 21 fire that ravaged the top three floors of the Mantralaya building is finally in.

31 of 32 fire audit points were complied with: Bhujbal

June 24, 2012 3:28 am

PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said that the department had complied with 31 of the 32 points raised in the 2008 fire audit report following a survey of the Mantralaya building and his department alone was not responsible for the compliance.

CM: Urban development files not lost,will be recovered soon

June 24, 2012 12:53 am

All the secretaries have begun work from different locations.

Building had no insurance cover

June 22, 2012 2:05 am

Even as all prime buildings of institutions such as Reserve Bank of India,Securities and Exchange Board of India and public sector companies have got their establishments insured,the government does not seek an insurance cover in a bid to save on high premium payment for their buildings that run into large numbers.