Mumbai Demolition Drive

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday demolished a dargah in Mumbai's Mahim coastal area after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray claimed it was being built on an encroached land.

Three women had to be rushed to a hospital after they allegedly tried to end their lives by consuming a "poisonous substance" in order to prevent the Slum Rehabilitation Authority from demolishing a house in Mumbai.

An eighteen-year-old Mumbai footballer, who was honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about three years ago, has been living on a pavement in the city with her family after her home was razed in a demolition drive last month. In a tweet, BJP MP and Olympian Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today urged the central government to help her.

The Mumbai civic body said on Friday that it has demolished illegally-built portions at 14 hotels and restaurants and sealed a snack outlet in the last two days.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should not succumb to political pressure while carrying out the demolition of illegal pubs and eateries in Mumbai.

A blame game has erupted between the two pubs that had erected illegal structures at the Kamala Mills Compound in Mumbai leading to a massive fire on Friday that killed 14 people. The police are on the lookout for the management of 1 Above who claim they are being targeted as the owners of the adjacent pub are influential.

Priyanka Borpujari, a Mumbai-based independent journalist who writes for international publications was detained by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday afternoon for allegedly instigating a crowd during a demolition drive which was being carried out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation with police protection.

Undeterred by the opposition from political parties and even death threat letters, the municipal commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad Srikar Pardesi continues with his demolition drive, bringing down illegal structures rampantly built in the NCP stronghold. The 39-year-old IAS officer has razed 244 illegal structures so far, many of them multi-storied ...

For the BMC's massive demolition drive of 4,000-odd illegal structures in Andheri announced two days ago, their choice of the man for the job couldn't be more appropriate.Mahadeo Shinde, currently assistant engineer of BMC's Building and Factory department at the K-West ward, knows well how to tread the tightrope of all that his job encompasses.Shi...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday demolished a dargah in Mumbai's Mahim coastal area after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray claimed it was being built on an encroached land.

Three women had to be rushed to a hospital after they allegedly tried to end their lives by consuming a "poisonous substance" in order to prevent the Slum Rehabilitation Authority from demolishing a house in Mumbai.

An eighteen-year-old Mumbai footballer, who was honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about three years ago, has been living on a pavement in the city with her family after her home was razed in a demolition drive last month. In a tweet, BJP MP and Olympian Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today urged the central government to help her.

The Mumbai civic body said on Friday that it has demolished illegally-built portions at 14 hotels and restaurants and sealed a snack outlet in the last two days.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should not succumb to political pressure while carrying out the demolition of illegal pubs and eateries in Mumbai.

A blame game has erupted between the two pubs that had erected illegal structures at the Kamala Mills Compound in Mumbai leading to a massive fire on Friday that killed 14 people. The police are on the lookout for the management of 1 Above who claim they are being targeted as the owners of the adjacent pub are influential.

Priyanka Borpujari, a Mumbai-based independent journalist who writes for international publications was detained by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday afternoon for allegedly instigating a crowd during a demolition drive which was being carried out by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation with police protection.

Undeterred by the opposition from political parties and even death threat letters, the municipal commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad Srikar Pardesi continues with his demolition drive, bringing down illegal structures rampantly built in the NCP stronghold. The 39-year-old IAS officer has razed 244 illegal structures so far, many of them multi-storied ...

For the BMC's massive demolition drive of 4,000-odd illegal structures in Andheri announced two days ago, their choice of the man for the job couldn't be more appropriate.Mahadeo Shinde, currently assistant engineer of BMC's Building and Factory department at the K-West ward, knows well how to tread the tightrope of all that his job encompasses.Shi...