Mumbai Civic Body

Fire In Mumbai Building, 8 Fire Engines Rushed To Spot

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 5, 2020

A fire broke out on Wednesday evening at one of the 15 floors of a residential building in posh Malabar Hill area in south Mumbai, officials said. So far, there is no report of any casualty.

Mumbai Civic Body Officer Arrested For Accepting Rs 1.5 Lakh As Bribe

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 21, 2020

A sanitary inspector of Mumbai's civic body was arrested on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh for issuing a food license, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said.

4 Mumbai Civic Body Officials Jailed After Bridge Collapse Granted Bail

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 18, 2019

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to structural auditor Neeraj Desai and three former officials of the Mumbai civic body, arrested in connection with the collapse of a foot-over bridge at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in March this year.

Auditor, 3 Others Get Bail In Mumbai's Himalaya Bridge Collapse Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 19, 2019

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to structural auditor Neeraj Desai and three former officials of the Mumbai civic body, arrested in the case of collapse of a foot-over bridge at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in March this year.

BJP To Contest 2022 Mumbai Civic Body Polls Without Shiv Sena

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 8, 2019

Days after the Shiv Sena snapped ties with the BJP, the latter on Sunday decided to contest the 2022 Mumbai civic body elections on its own.

Sena's Kishori Pednekar Elected Unopposed As Mayor Of Mumbai Civic Body

Mumbai News | ANI | Friday November 22, 2019

Shiv Sena corporator Kishori Pednekar on Friday officially elected as Mayor of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Another Shiv Sena corporator Suhas Waadkarand was elected as Deputy Mayor.

Amid BJP-Sena Row, Tax Raids On Mumbai Civic Body Contractors

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday November 14, 2019

A series of Income Tax raids were conducted in Mumbai on contractors who were working with the city's civic body, sources in the IT department told NDTV. There were reports that certain contractors had taken entries in the form of loans etc. from entry providers and also inflated expenses in the account books to suppress income, an official said.

"Use Human Not Artificial Intelligence For...": Court To Mumbai Civic Body

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 3, 2019

The Bombay High Court on Thursday told the Maharashtra government and civic authorities to make use of "human intelligence instead of artificial intelligence' to keep a tab on illegal constructions.

Unknown Odour Reported In Mumbai, Fire Engines Dispatched To Find Source

Mumbai News | Reported by Sohit Mishra, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Friday September 20, 2019

Many citizens in Mumbai's western and eastern suburbs late on Thursday night reported an unknown odour, which sparked rumours of a gas leak at the Rashtriya Chemical Fertiliser's plant in the Chembur suburb

What Mumbai Civic Body Chief Said On Cutting 2,700 Trees For Metro

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 9, 2019

Mumbai civic body chief Praveen Pardeshi today defended the decision to cut over 2600 trees to build a metro car shed in the suburban Aarey Colony, a prominent green lung in the metropolis , saying that it has more trees than London, Tokyo or New York.

After Flak, Mumbai Civic Body Seeks To Rope In Citizens In Filling Potholes

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 27, 2019

After facing widespread criticism for advising citizens not to fill craters on roads on their own, the Mumbai civic body on Tuesday "acknowledged" the "good intent" and sought to rope in people for doing the job.

Mumbai Civic Body Has 58,000 Crores, But City Gets Flooded: Nitin Gadkari

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 16, 2019

In a swipe at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Union minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said on Friday that the civic body is sitting on a huge cash pile, but the mega city's rain troubles persist.

Very Heavy Rain Predicted In Mumbai Today, Disaster Management On Alert

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 28, 2019

The India Meteorological Department on Saturday evening predicted "heavy to very heavy" rains in Mumbai, including "extremely heavy" rain in isolated places, for Sunday.

Father Of Toddler Who Fell In Drain Accuses Mumbai Civic Body Of Apathy

Mumbai News | ANI | Friday July 12, 2019

Days after an 18-month old boy fell into a gutter in Ambedkar Nagar area of Mumbai's Goregaon, the father of the victim Suraj Singh accused the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other forces of negligence in the search operation.

Akshay Kumar Praises Mumbai Civic Body, Trolled For Canada Citizenship

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Sunday July 7, 2019

Twitter users and online trolls raked up Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar's Canadian citizenship after he tweeted today saying Mumbai's municipal body would accept suggestions and grievances on the micro-blogging site.