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Kavitha Iyer
Kavitha Iyer works as Associate Editor with The Indian Express, Mumbai.
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This Week Maharashtra: On trial while a minister,a first in stateSubscriber Only
June 06, 2012 02:49 IST
On trial while a minister,a first in state
Wed, Jun 06, 2012
Drought of new ideas in old crisisSubscriber Only
May 16, 2012 03:30 IST
Maharashtra spends more than ever on tackling a recurring problem,but the measures themselves havent changed
Wed, May 16, 2012
Meet leader of pilots strike,son-in-law of unionist Datta SamantSubscriber Only
May 12, 2012 02:22 IST
NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad says boss Pawar wont interfere in his cause
Sat, May 12, 2012This Week Maharashtra: Called a gimmick,performed by Oppn tooSubscriber Only
May 04, 2012 03:25 IST
Even while Bal Thackeray and Anna Hazare were calling Rahul Gandhis blink-and-youll-miss-it visit to a village in drought-hit Satara a publicity gimmick
Fri, May 04, 2012
Stuck projects: CM meets legislatorsSubscriber Only
May 04, 2012 02:15 IST
Housing challenges in the financial capital dominated a marathon meeting of Mumbais legislators with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday as elected members from all parties raised issues pertaining to the newly-implemented Development Control Rules (DCR),slum rehabilitation projects,non-starter redevelopment projects and capital value-based property tax assessment to be implemented soon.
Fri, May 04, 2012No politics in decision deficit tweet,says MilindSubscriber Only
April 13, 2012 00:47 IST
A day after expressing his angst at the slow pace of decision-making in the state government regarding key infrastructure projects,South Mumbai MP Milind Deora on Thursday rubbished suggestions that his apparent chiding of the Prithviraj Chavan-led government was part of a political wrangling underway in the party. I speak as a Mumbaikar,not a minister, he […]
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
Milind Deora complains of ‘decision deficit’ in MaharashtraSubscriber Only
April 12, 2012 01:37 IST
Union minister of state says he believes in CMs 'sincerity,but questions slow pace.
Thu, Apr 12, 2012Whistling Woods: Govt to take back land in 2-3 daysSubscriber Only
April 06, 2012 01:21 IST
I spoke to CEO of Whistling Woods Ravi Gupta twice on the phone yesterday, said Tagade on Thursday.
Fri, Apr 06, 2012
State to take back land in 2 to 3 daysSubscriber Only
April 06, 2012 00:38 IST
Acting swiftly following the Supreme Court verdict on land allotted to Bollywood director Subhash Ghai by the Vilasrao Deshmukh government in 2000,the state government is set to take back land from Ghais Whistling Woods International as early as in the next two-three working days.
Fri, Apr 06, 2012
Proposed law on matrimonial property for women opposedSubscriber Only
March 19, 2012 11:18 IST
Minorities Department says Bill could hurt Muslim sentiments,contravene existing laws.
Mon, Mar 19, 2012This Week Maharashtra: Congress challenged from within and withoutSubscriber Only
March 13, 2012 00:12 IST
As the state Congress prepares for an organisational overhaul and a cabinet rejig,various factions have got the knives out for everybody from Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and state unit chief Manikrao Thakre
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Tender process for airport stuckSubscriber Only
March 02, 2012 02:48 IST
Well over two months after the state government approved the formal paperwork to be issued to private players interested in bidding for the Navi Mumbai International Airport project,and nine months since the draft masterplan for the proposed greenfield airport was okayed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation,there has been no progress in inviting bids for the crucial infrastructure project.
Fri, Mar 02, 2012
Stuck Dharavi project to blame for Cong rout in areaSubscriber Only
February 21, 2012 04:07 IST
With one of the Congress partys strongest bastions in Mumbai all but completely lost in last weeks civic election results,politicians and community leaders in Dharavi are laying the blame squarely on the long delay in starting the Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project.
Tue, Feb 21, 2012Resting poll hopes on NCP tie-up didnt pay off: CMSubscriber Only
February 18, 2012 02:36 IST
Results in,senior Congress leaders in Mumbai,including Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan,admitted Friday evening that their central strategy of fighting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections in an alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party had backfired.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012Chavan: Resting hope on NCP tie-up didnt pay offSubscriber Only
February 18, 2012 01:21 IST
That,combined with the absence of any active mobilisation of traditional Congress voters in the days before polling,cost the party dear.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012Raj Thackeray may not emerge kingmaker,says surveySubscriber Only
February 15, 2012 03:45 IST
NCP legislator Jayant Patil said a consulting firms report to the party has indicated otherwise.
Wed, Feb 15, 2012Congress will win 95 seats,NCP will take 25Subscriber Only
February 15, 2012 03:37 IST
Guardian minister for Mumbai Jayant Patil says if the NCP was only interested in the 2014 Assembly polls,they would not have formed an alliance.
Wed, Feb 15, 2012Trust in fathers name supports Sena candidate,says Shashank RaoSubscriber Only
February 13, 2012 03:18 IST
You had clarified earlier that you would support the party and the alliance,but you have now given Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray a letter of support. Why did you change your mind?
Mon, Feb 13, 2012If Raj Thackeray is kingmaker,I will be mini-kingmaker: Nitesh RaneSubscriber Only
February 09, 2012 01:00 IST
When Shiv Sena was formed,80% of Mumbaiites were Maharashtrians. The number is 27% now,says Rane.
Thu, Feb 09, 2012In every alliance and election,differences of opinion are naturalSubscriber Only
February 08, 2012 01:24 IST
Mumbai North-West Member of Parliament Gurudas Kamat may have raised the first red flag during seat-sharing talks with the NCP,but he now predicts the alliance will win 140 seats.
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
Leakages in use of BMC funds: ChavanSubscriber Only
February 04, 2012 03:18 IST
Prithviraj Chavan launched an onslaught on the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine that has ruled the countrys most powerful municipal corporation for over 15 years.
Sat, Feb 04, 2012With over a dozen tickets for loyalists,Rane flexes muscleSubscriber Only
February 02, 2012 03:40 IST
His clout somewhat depleted after an embarrassing rout in municipal council polls in his home district of Sindhudurg and with several senior supporters deserting him to return to the Shiv Sena last year,Industries Minister Narayan Rane has still managed to get about a dozen Congress tickets for his supporters to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election.
Thu, Feb 02, 2012To strengthen party in Mumbai,we must win BMC electionsSubscriber Only
January 28, 2012 00:50 IST
The NCP may have emerged as the party with the largest number of elected councillors in the local body elections in small towns in the state,which concluded in December,but in Mumbai it remains a party with a minor,though growing,presence.
Sat, Jan 28, 2012Once a party of Marathas,NCP now inducting diverse leadersSubscriber Only
January 28, 2012 00:47 IST
With Nationalist Congress Party state president Madhukar Pichad announcing in Sangli on Friday that one more Member of Parliament is scheduled to cross over into the party fold,the party continues to show a sudden growth spurt just before crucial elections to 10 municipal corporations and 27 Zilla Parishads.
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
P-North,where slums dwarf suburban pocketsSubscriber Only
January 19, 2012 04:13 IST
A handful of tribal hamlets on hillocks along its eastern boundary of Appapada skirting the Sanjay Gandhi National Park,and fishing villages at Madh and Marve along its western boundary,P-North Ward in Malad,which has massive swathes of some of Mumbais most squalid shanty towns and some pockets of suburban gentrification with malls and multiplexes,brings out the prosperity poverty paradox of the financial capital most sharply.
Thu, Jan 19, 2012Journalism of Courage
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