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    Adoption policy for open spaces passedMetros
    Adoption policy for open spaces passed

    Despite fierce opposition from civic activists, the controversial recreational ground-playground (RGPG) policy was...

    14 Jan 2016 2:53 AM IST

    Slum dwellers have to pay property taxMetros
    Slum dwellers have to pay property tax

    From April onwards, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start levying property tax on all slums.

    12 Jan 2016 4:48 AM IST

    TREE CUTTING DC_0.jpgMetros
    Tree authority being impeded

    In a move that is likely to incur the environmentalists’ ire, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has...

    5 Jan 2016 4:39 AM IST

    Corporators slam BMC for its inability to punish developersMetros
    Corporators slam BMC for its inability to punish developers

    Some realtors refuse flats to non-vegetarians

    30 Dec 2015 5:47 AM IST

    Shiv Sena joins Opposition against widening of Siri RoadMetros
    Shiv Sena joins Opposition against widening of Siri Road

    In yet another embarrassment for the BJP, its ally Shiv Sena joined hands with the Opposition parties to defeat the...

    30 Dec 2015 5:45 AM IST

    heritage structure: The historic Asiatic Library Town Hall, one of the heritage buildings threatened by loopholes in the draftIndia
    Flashback 2015: Misadventures in planning for city’s long-term...

    For a city like Mumbai, where even a small piece of land is worth crores of rupees at some places, its Development Plan...

    30 Dec 2015 1:16 AM IST

    sensitive issue: Muslims protest against the beef ban by ordered by the authoritiesIndia
    Flashback 2015: A cautionary tale to beware

    The year saw two controversial bans — one of beef, and another, temporary one, of all kinds of meat.

    30 Dec 2015 1:10 AM IST

    Hutatma Chowk to be affected by Metro-IIIMetros
    Hutatma Chowk to be affected by Metro-III

    The city will not lose just open spaces and gardens for the construction of Metro-III project, but it will also affect...

    29 Dec 2015 5:08 AM IST

    No action against errant realtors: BMCMetros
    No action against errant realtors: BMC

    Despite demands from several corporators that the rules be changed for taking action against developers who are...

    6 Dec 2015 1:57 AM IST

    Contractors dupe BMC of Rs 38 crore in desilting scamMetros
    Contractors dupe BMC of Rs 38 crore in desilting scam

    The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s report into the desilting scam has stated that contractors have duped the...

    5 Dec 2015 3:32 AM IST

    Over 70 per cent work bogus: reportMetros
    Over 70 per cent work bogus: report

    According to an inquiry report on Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) pre-monsoon desilting works in the...

    4 Dec 2015 1:34 AM IST

    BMC has spent only 21 per cent of budget funds this yearMetros
    BMC has spent only 21 per cent of budget funds this year

    With barely three months left for the announcement of a new fiscal budget, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)...

    3 Dec 2015 5:16 AM IST

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