Friday, Nov 27, 2020 | Last Update : 05:18 PM IST
Kate Duguid
MMRDA nixes rent waiver to Coldplay concert organisers
Bowing down to pressure from activists and opposition parties over the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) granting 75 per cent rent waiver to Global Citizen organiser of British
06 Nov 2016 1:01 AM
State halts bid to build PMAY homes
Looks like it is election over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, for even after the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) floated a bid for construction of homes under t
06 Nov 2016 12:47 AM
DMRC recommends metro cess on petrol and diesel
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has recommended to the state government to levy a separate metro cess on the sale of petrol and diesel in the state to fund metro projects.
05 Nov 2016 1:44 AM
MMRDA told to audit work given to tainted firms
The city civic body has suggested to state infrastructure agency Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) that it should appoint a third party consultant if contract for the extension
02 Nov 2016 2:24 AM
IIT-B orders a ‘clean’ cut in hostel budget
At a time when the central government has intensified its Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan to promote cleanliness, the Centre-run Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), has allegedly reduced the budget
30 Oct 2016 5:26 AM
LMV toll waiver hinges on Centre
The Summit Mullick Committee set up by the state, said the state will have to take approval from the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
30 Oct 2016 5:22 AM
Rail expert ‘signals’ pitfalls for running high-speed trains
The Railways is upbeat about running high-speed trains like the Spanish Talgo and Rajdhani between Mumbai and Delhi at a speed of 160 kilometres per hour (kmph), but Chandrika Prasad, a former Railway
29 Oct 2016 1:03 AM
MMRDA wants Coastal Road extended to Virar
To improve north-south connectivity, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has suggested to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) that the proposed 33.5km long Coastal Road betwe
28 Oct 2016 12:48 AM
MMR will need 10,000 hectares to build 21 lakh homes: MMRDA
While the government has identified around 800 hectares of land parcel in satellite cities near Mumbai to build 1.1 lakh affordable homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), the Mumbai Metrop
24 Oct 2016 2:03 AM
E-way to Nagpur may get rainwater harvesting system
The next monsoon could well turn out different for villages and districts along the proposed Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, what with the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) having propo
23 Oct 2016 12:28 AM
Builders ask state to relax escrow clause
With the state government planning to release a draft of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) by end-October, builders with projects under construction or delayed are a worried lot.
21 Oct 2016 12:48 AM
Maharashtra gives Coldplay 75 per cent rent waiver
To pay only Rs 2 crore instead of Rs 8 crore for using BKC venue.
20 Oct 2016 7:08 AM
Pay Rs 20,000 for soft copy: MMRDA
Believe it or not but the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) wants Rs 20,000 to provide a soft copy of a single blue print — detailed project report (DPR) of its proposed Metro c
17 Oct 2016 1:11 AM
Will MMRDA let ‘Cold-play’ freely at BKC
Global Citizen, the organisers of British rock band Coldplay’s upcoming concert in the city, and the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) want the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development
15 Oct 2016 1:40 AM
MMRDA against salt pan development
The state government is banking heavily on developing salt pan land for the construction of affordable homes, but the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) believes it is important
14 Oct 2016 2:26 AM
Mumbai to have 1.8 million fewer people by 2041: MMRDA
Mumbai’s burgeoning population will be reduced by 1.8 million by 2041, as people will move to neighbouring satellite townships like Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar and Kalyan Dombivali.
13 Oct 2016 7:00 AM
SRA’s free housing led to city slums: MMRDA
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA’s) draft Regional Plan 2016-2036 has alleged that an increase in the number of slums in the city is a result of limitations in the Slum Re
13 Oct 2016 1:11 AM
IIT-B may withdraw invite to Pak students
In the backdrop of rising tensions between India and Pakistan, students and the management at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) have been reconsidering the decision to accommodate Pakista
10 Oct 2016 3:42 AM
GAIL in talks to lay natural gas pipeline from Mumbai to Nagpur
The Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), India’s largest government-owned natural gas processing and distribution company, has shown interest in laying a natural gas pipeline between Mumbai and Nagp
10 Oct 2016 1:15 AM
MMRDA fears backlash of BMC’s potholes
Fearing backlash from the motorists, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and the traffic department has told the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Public Work D
09 Oct 2016 12:52 AM
Columns
Many will ask whether judges need to accept satire and criticism with good gracerather than seek protection of the law of contempt
Though the Indian government never wanted to be politically involved with Tibet, the age-old ties have remained alive
What India has done about the RCEP is perfect. It couldn’t be otherwise
It is indeed rare for the political executive to haul up the bureaucracy in the manner that Gadkari did