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MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) celebrated the first anniversary of the "Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Aapla Dawakhana Yojana" by launching a radio jingle. This jingle will be broadcast on local trains, buses, and other high-traffic areas, as stated by the BMC.The Aapla Dawakhana initiative, designed to provide medical facilities to the public, was inaugurated in October...

MUMBAI: The Income Tax (I-T) investigation wing is conducting searches on several premises in Mumbai and other locations in connection with BMC’s Covid scam during the pandemic, mainly supply of oxygen at inflated rates.I-T officials included the premises of the contractors in the search.It was alleged that BMC had paid Rs 140 crore to a contractor for oxygen procurement and supply during the pandemic...

MUMBAI: Money laundering accused Sujit Patkar had used the reference of his friend and Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut to meet additional municipal commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal during the pandemic for Dahisar and Worli Covid jumbo hospital tender discussion, Enforcement Directorate (ED) said in its chargesheet filed in a special court recently. ED said Patkar had submitted a letter on the letterhead of...

MUMBAI: As part of the nationwide 'Swachhata Hi Seva' initiative, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) held a mass cleanliness drive across 178 locations spanning all 24 civic wards in Mumbai on Sunday morning. The drive witnessed prominent figures like politicians, bureaucrats, film actors join hands with civic laborers devoting their morning to cleaning the city.Speaking at Girgaon Chowpatty,...

MUMBAI: Developers here pay an average of Rs 5,400 per sqft as approval cost through various premiums exacted by the municipal corporation and other government authorities, said a report by a body representing top builders. It argued that the high premiums are ending up affecting Mumbai's growth trajectory as the country's premier economic hub. Cities such as Delhi NCR, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad...

MUMBAI: As the 10-day-long Ganeshotsav concluded on Thursday, thousands of idols of the elephant-headed god were immersed in various water bodies, including artificial ponds, across Mumbai, with a sea of devotees in attendance.Mumbai's famous Lalbaugcha Raja idol, whose procession started at 11.30am on Thursday, was immersed around 9.15am on Friday, said officials.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

MUMBAI: The city witnessed an 88% increase in the total number of Ganpati idols immersed on the fifth day of visarjan compared to the previous year.According to official data from the BMC, last year 43,385 idols were immersed while at the same time this year, 81,570 idols were immersed on the fifth day. Mumbai: Meet the Muslim Police Constable who is celebrating Ganeshotsav in Mumbai to promote...

KOLKATA: The city has recorded 1,100 dengue cases in the past one week, taking the total numbers to 3,800 till the third week of September. Dengue surge in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area, too, continues with another 373 fresh cases being reported last week, taking the total figures of dengue affected this year to 1,764 till the third week of September. The BMC areas recorded 300+ cases for...

MUMBAI: The state has confirmed 16 cases of scrub typhus, a bacterial disease spread by infected mite bites, in three districts: Aurangabad, Jalna, and Buldhana. With several states in India grappling with an outbreak of this disease, the Maharashtra public health department has alerted all districts to increase surveillance.Officials say most cases have been identified and treated at Dr Hedgewar...

MUMBAI: With a controversy surrounding the cutting and transplantation of 389 trees in Malabar Hill area for the repair of the century-old water tank, a meeting of local residents along with BMC officials and local MLA and guardian minister MP Lodha was held at the civic headquarters on Monday. Citizens and local activists opposing the chopping of trees joined the meeting virtually. There are 906 trees...