Mumbai: Bombay HC granted limited protection against demolition by BMC to a three-storey school building in Govandi. Justices Makarand Karnik and Shriram Modak on Tuesday posted for July 20 the hearing of a petition by a trust that runs the school and directed BMC not to demolish it until then. BMC later told TOI that…
Based on the RTI findings, Kirit Somaiya has alleged that the corrections in the birth certificates were carried out illegally and has demanded that the BMC register an police complaint to investigate the matter and identify those responsible Mumbai: The M-East ward office in Govandi accounted for 3,132 birth certificate corrections that were made without…
This is the third time in two months that a corporator from the Opposition has lost membership Mumbai: In another setback for the Opposition in the BMC, AIMIM corporator Roshan Shaikh has been disqualified after her Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificate was declared invalid by the District Caste Certificate Verification Committee. This is the third…
BJP’s Kirit Somaiya said M-East ward has 289 schools declared illegal in the last four years Mumbai: Former MP Kirit Somaiya from BJP has claimed that 34% of the 849 schools declared unauthorised in the city by BMC’s education department in the past four academic years fall in M-East ward, comprising Govandi, Mankhurd and parts…
Mumbai: A retired Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) scientist has allegedly been duped of Rs 1.3 crore in a sophisticated online stock trading fraud scheme operated through a WhatsApp group. The fraudsters showed him virtual profits of several crores, and when he tried to withdraw, was informed that his account was blocked, and he was…
Mumbai: A Reliance-led consortium emerged as the highest bidder for 101-acre Juhu Galli slum cluster redevelopment project last week. Reliance 4IR Realty Development Ltd made the bid in a consortium with Mahadev Realtors Juhu Pvt Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Aspect Reality. This consortium offered to pay the highest 35.1% premium to Slum Rehabilitation…
Yasin Shaikh’s family continues to stay near the site and takes turns staying awake through the night to guard what remains of their belongings Mumbai: Almost a week after railway authorities demolished nearly 500 structures in Garib Nagar, hundreds of displaced residents are now squatting around the edges of the cleared settlement itself. Staying put…
Somit Sen & Nitasha NatuMumbai: The Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition that sought to halt the ongoing anti-encroachment drive at Garib Nagar in Bandra East, underlining that the railways are acting within the law to remove illegal structures, said Western Railway chief public relations officer Vineet Abhishek while speaking to the media…
