Vinod Mishra

Election results for 79 corporators in the recent BMC elections are facing legal challenges from rivals, including former corporators and relatives of prominent politicians. These petitions, citing grounds like undisclosed FIRs and invalid caste certificates, are currently being heard in court, with one already dismissed. The validity of caste certificates has previously led to disqualifications, making these hearings significant.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against Vinod Mishra for his involvement in reviving the banned CPI (Maoist) in Bihar's Magadh region. Mishra provided shelter and logistical support to Maoist leaders. This action follows the arrest of two top CPI (Maoist) leaders in August 2023, leading to further investigations.

A middle-aged tent house owner Vinod Mishra came across a bunch of Aadhar cards lying outside his shop in the Suraj compound ground, near Sanyogitaganj police station on Monday morning.

With the BMC yet to decide on scrapping the tenders for construction of new animal enclosures at Byculla zoo after cost escalation of Rs 106 crore, the BJP has now filed a complaint with the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) asking it to send a team of experts to probe alleged irregularities in

Former BJP corporator Vinod Mishra said the mandatory domicile certificate rule was in contradiction to the 2014 Street Vending Act since most hawkers are migrants. The state urban development department has now scrapped the condition for hawkers to have a domicile certificate.

A 42-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly posing as a policeman and extorting money from shop owners in the Alpha-1 commercial complex.

Old bridges in the island city will be audited by a private agency twice a year from now on. The BMC has placed a proposal of Rs 5.39 crore to appoint a private consultant to audit bridges twice a year for the next five years before the civic Standing Committee.

A month after dragging its feet on setting up decision committees to clear 123 pending proposals, the BMC has shelved the plan and has given its nod to 21 proposals related to pre-monsoon works like desilting and trenching.

The BJP has accused municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal, additional municipal commissioner P Velarasu and standing committee chairman Yashwant Jadhav of “doing Wazegiri”— in a reference to jailed police officer Sachin Waze—in the BMC.

Burglars fled with jewellery and cash worth several lakhs from the house of a senior assistant manager with the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) in Sector Gamma 1, Greater Noida, on Saturday night.

The BMC’s plan to allot special pothole-filling contracts worth Rs 7 crore for using new technologies to ensure smooth roads before the 10-day Ganeshotsav has hit a roadblock.

Borivli’s proposed flyover in Kora Kendra is in the eye of the storm yet again as project cost has now escalated by 50%, and the stretch has been extended without inviting fresh tenders.

Four months after BMC’s standing committee cleared a Rs 22-crore proposal for construction of a treetop walkway at Malabar Hill that will offer unhindered views of the Arabian Sea and a walk over the green cover of the hills, work on the project is yet to start.

The performance started off with the ritualistic Ganesh Vandana

For the third time in the last four months, a fire erupted in Appapada slum area of Malad East post- Monday midnight.

With a wide open cemented drain along the steps of embankment, one may come across discharge of dirty water directly into Ganga, when one visits Sankatha Ghat located between Manikarnika and Panch Ganga Ghat in the city.

Four months following the BMC's demolition of sections of shops outside the crowded Malad station vicinity, which also included portions of the renowned MM Mithaiwala store being razed, the proposed public road has now been constructed and is ready for public use.

Even as the ruling Shiv Sena welcomed the civic budget, opposition parties slammed it saying there was nothing in it for the common man.“The BMC budget 2022-23 is a budget that is progressive and compassionate... but most importantly, backed by substance and commitments.

Many prominent corporators have lost their wards to reservations and will now have to hunt for new seats for the BMC elections scheduled for September/October.

The total water stock in the seven lakes that supply the city touched 19% on Friday, a 3% rise from a day ago. This is the highest (as of July 7) of three years. The rise was due to over 100 mm of rain received by two big lakes over 24 hours between July 6 and 7.

In a setback for the BMC, a month after it appointed an agency for its ‘reputation management’, the firm has backed out of the job. The municipal corporation will now have to call for fresh tenders and find a new agency to handle its social media accounts, primarily Twitter handles.

Two groups running accessories shop in Lalbagh market clashed with each other on Sunday afternoon. Glass panes of one shop were smashed and groups charged at each other wielding iron bars, tools and sticks.

With nine new BMC constituencies carved out, political observers and analysts said around 70% of the existing electoral wards have been impacted.