April 25, 2011 03:09 IST
With its expensive pothole filling jet-patching machines lying unused for over a year,the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to make some technical modifications in the machines to make them usable.
Mon, Apr 25, 2011April 24, 2011 06:00 IST
After incurring an expense of Rs 72 crore in the purchase and maintenance of jet-patching machines used to fill potholes,the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to invest some more in the imported machines to make them useful.
Sun, Apr 24, 2011April 21, 2011 03:10 IST
As a team of engineers sealed the Sheesh Mahal building in Ulhasnagar,a portion of which collapsed on Tuesday evening killing six children and two adults
Thu, Apr 21, 2011April 20, 2011 03:52 IST
Following a series of reports in Newsline about Mumbai-based architecture student Shreya Sen,who lost her right arm in the Jnaneshwari Express derailment in May last year,
Wed, Apr 20, 2011April 18, 2011 03:33 IST
The ambitious project of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to install electronic water meters for the 3.11 lakh consumers in the city has now been cut by half.
Mon, Apr 18, 2011April 18, 2011 03:25 IST
Almost a year after 22-year-old Shreya Sen lost her right arm in the Jnaneshwari Express derailment in Midnapore,she is yet to receive the compensation promised to her by the Railways for acquiring a robotic prosthetic.
Mon, Apr 18, 2011April 09, 2011 02:50 IST
After two successive years of water cuts through the summer,the city is unlikely to be burdened with any cuts this year,provided the monsoon arrives on time and is a normal one.
Sat, Apr 09, 2011April 08, 2011 03:46 IST
After two successive years of water cuts through the summer,the city is unlikely to be burdened with any cuts this year
Fri, Apr 08, 2011April 06, 2011 01:01 IST
It is the civic bodys first major public-private partnership project in healthcare,but the Seven Hills Hospital in Marol has not inked the crucial Memorandum of Understanding.
Wed, Apr 06, 2011April 05, 2011 02:32 IST
A month after a major blaze gutted over 1,200 shanties at Garib Nagar in Bandra and while the state government and railway authorities remain unclear about the issues of land ownership and rehabilitation of those whose homes were burnt down,over 400 dishoused families have slowly started rebuilding their homes.
Tue, Apr 05, 2011April 04, 2011 03:52 IST
The state government might have assured the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation of financial assistance for the proposed textile mill museum project,but the sharing of land between the civic body and National Textile Corporation remains a hurdle.
Mon, Apr 04, 2011March 25, 2011 02:29 IST
With 2011 being perceived by all political parties as vital,with civic elections coming up in February 2012,the Bharatiya Janata Party,ally of the Shiv Sena in the ruling combine in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation,is now seeking the chairmanship of the all-important Standing Committee,responsible for all major financial allocations and expenses of the countrys richest municipal corporation.
Fri, Mar 25, 2011March 23, 2011 02:45 IST
Terming the ambitious underground car parking project financially unviable,the BMC has cancelled the current tendering process for the same and will soon re-invite tenders for a more feasible option.
Wed, Mar 23, 2011March 21, 2011 03:52 IST
Five months after the Maharashtra State Election Commission announced its ambitious plan to introduce electronic voting in the state
Mon, Mar 21, 2011March 21, 2011 03:37 IST
With less than two weeks to go for the end of the current financial year
Mon, Mar 21, 2011March 21, 2011 03:33 IST
When a dozen Taj employees lost their lives while trying to keep their patrons safe during the terror attacks of 26/11
Mon, Mar 21, 2011March 19, 2011 03:48 IST
After weeks of anxiety and a potential threat to their lives,90 Indians working in Libya and who were brought back on March 7 are now facing a fresh uncertainty the fate of their dues from their employer,ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh each.
Sat, Mar 19, 2011March 18, 2011 02:09 IST
After weeks of anxiety and a potential threat to their lives,90 Indians working in Libya.
Fri, Mar 18, 2011March 17, 2011 23:23 IST
The much-awaited Metropolitan Blood Bank project at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital,Sion,will take off soon.
Thu, Mar 17, 2011March 14, 2011 01:38 IST
After the win of Adolf DSouza,the first-ever citizens consensus candidate,in the 2007 civic polls,the February 2012 municipal elections in Mumbai will take the experiment forward with three citizens candidates likely to contest the polls.
Mon, Mar 14, 2011March 01, 2011 23:19 IST
An IT firm appointed 10 months ago to systematically feed data regarding Mumbais properties into a pre-designed format has been unable to carry out the work.
Tue, Mar 01, 2011March 01, 2011 23:16 IST
The ambitious textile mill museum project in central Mumbai,proposed more than three years ago and repeatedly delayed,will now get financial backing from the state government.
Tue, Mar 01, 2011February 24, 2011 00:27 IST
As BMC officers gears up to count the citys homeless through the intervening night of February 28 and March 1,the enumerators have prepared a list of chronic spots where the homeless gather to spend the night in Mumbai.
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
February 22, 2011 00:19 IST
After charging local bodies for the purchase of electronic voting machines,the Maharashtra State Election Commission will now charge them for their maintenance.
Tue, Feb 22, 2011February 18, 2011 23:49 IST
Citing cash crunch,the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation wants to reduce the sum set aside for development of each of its 227 wards.
Fri, Feb 18, 2011

