Kavitha Iyer works as Associate Editor with The Indian Express, Mumbai.
October 04, 2011 03:55 IST
Three tunnels,including one running under the length of the Juhu beach,as well as a slew of new coastal roads to be built entirely on landfill or reclaimed land
Tue, Oct 04, 2011October 04, 2011 03:10 IST
Three tunnels,including one running under the length of the Juhu beach,as well as a slew of new coastal roads to be built entirely on landfill.
Tue, Oct 04, 2011September 29, 2011 01:32 IST
The long-delayed Dharavi Redevelopment Project could finally get a nudge forward with the government all set to invite tenders for a consultant to advise the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority on planning the redevelopment of Sector 5 of the slum,which is to be undertaken by the authority.
Thu, Sep 29, 2011September 28, 2011 03:45 IST
The Union Ministry of Shipping has reportedly expressed willingness to give up some of its land in Mumbai currently occupied by slums for their rehousing under the Rajiv Awas Yojana.
Wed, Sep 28, 2011September 28, 2011 03:29 IST
A Slum-free Mumbai is necessary to fulfill the dream of a slum-free India,said Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja on Tuesday.
Wed, Sep 28, 2011September 24, 2011 00:12 IST
MMRDA has instead decided to fast-track the Sahar elevated road project,which also includes the rehabilitation of nearly 700 slumdwellers.
Sat, Sep 24, 2011September 23, 2011 00:32 IST
With the proposed rehabilitation of slumdwellers squatting on 276 acres at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport still awaiting a key decision on who is eligible for free rehousing,the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has instead decided to fast-track the Sahar elevated road project,which also includes the rehabilitation of nearly 700 slumdwellers.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011
September 19, 2011 01:04 IST
The technical committee formed on a directive from the Ministry of Environment and Forests to study the feasibility of coastal roads for Mumbai is now split down the middle over a radical suggestion by an expert member regarding land reclamation up to 100 metres off the shore,a move that will comprehensively alter the citys coastline as well as the curbs on real estate development imposed by the Coastal Regulation Zone norms.
Mon, Sep 19, 2011September 06, 2011 00:16 IST
A scathing,no-holds-barred comment on the urban decay in Mumbai and the decline of the financial nerve centre of the country.
Tue, Sep 06, 2011August 30, 2011 02:08 IST
Dr Dinshaw,67,died on Friday in Mumbai.
Tue, Aug 30, 2011
August 28, 2011 03:11 IST
Anna Hazares village of Ralegan Siddhi has received over a lakh visitors.
Sun, Aug 28, 2011August 23, 2011 02:49 IST
* Also prepared a Marathi version of its Lokpal Bill for Hazare.
Tue, Aug 23, 2011
August 19, 2011 00:01 IST
The company threatened to sell the 999-tonne tanker if its dues are not settled.
Fri, Aug 19, 2011August 18, 2011 02:01 IST
Task force set up by state govt gave clean chit to whistleblower Hazare.
Thu, Aug 18, 2011August 12, 2011 04:11 IST
For nearly three days from June 26,as 999-tonne tanker MT Pavit rolled and pitched ominously in stormy seas off the coast of Oman with its engine refusing to fire,the 13-member crew on board were apparently given repeated technical advice and suggestions from the ships Dubai-based operators over satellite phone and e-mail.
Fri, Aug 12, 2011August 10, 2011 01:31 IST
We have requested them to present their views before the committee, said panel chairman Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
Wed, Aug 10, 2011
June 22, 2011 00:08 IST
After nearly five months under water below Berth No 5 in South Breakwater at the Naval Dockyard,warship INS Vindhyagiri was hauled up almost completely by late Tuesday
Wed, Jun 22, 2011May 18, 2011 00:39 IST
Close on the heels of the decision to invite fresh global tenders for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project,the state government is on the verge of announcing a special rehabilitation policy for slumdwellers in Dharavi and those squatting on land belonging to the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
Wed, May 18, 2011
April 29, 2011 03:34 IST
The state governments ambitious claim that the rehabilitation of slumdwellers squatting on airport land will be underway in 2011 is now not only set to keel over
Fri, Apr 29, 2011
March 13, 2011 00:31 IST
How nurses at Mumbais KEM Hospital kept Aruna Shanbaug alive for 37 years.
Mon, May 18, 2015
February 20, 2011 23:19 IST
Susmita Mohanty designs for future space explorers and lunar residents. And dreams of watching earth-rise and earth-set from the moon
Sun, Feb 20, 2011February 11, 2011 03:09 IST
I will be speaking on Islam in the 21st century.
Fri, Feb 11, 2011November 24, 2010 04:48 IST
Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg accused the ultra-orthodox Jewish group of large scale manipulation and falsification of records
Wed, Nov 24, 2010November 19, 2010 02:31 IST
The Nariman House building in South Mumbai,which became one of the symbols of the global span of the 26/11 terror attacks.
Fri, Nov 19, 2010November 19, 2010 01:05 IST
Renovation work stalled as Chabad movement factions battle over rights; matter in court.
Fri, Nov 19, 2010




