Metro 3 car shed construction underway in Aarey forest in Mumbai, on July 27, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Observing that the Mumbai Metro has made an attempt to overreach the court’s jurisdiction, the Supreme Court on April 17 directed it to pay ₹10 lakh fine within two weeks for felling of trees in Aarey … Read more
Mumbai: From seeking information about local ward officials or the nearest hospital to make payment and receive receipts, or seek certificates, licenses, and lodge complaints, an omnichannel chatbot solution will soon be launched by BMC, which will engage citizens across platforms ranging from its mobile app to its web portal and extend services through social … Read more
Mumbai: Artificial intelligence has boosted the detection of tuberculosis in the city in the last two years even among those with no outward symptoms of the deadly disease, according to civic doctors. BMC executive health officer Dr Mangala Gomare told TOI, “Around 35 per cent of our confirmed TB cases were incidentally detected, that is … Read more
The sprawling and congested shanty town, said to be Asia’s largest, achieved the distinction on Thursday when no new coronavirus patient was found in Dharavi and at the same time there was no active case in the area, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official. Mumbai’s slum colony of Dharavi, once a coronavirus hotspot and … Read more
Of the 46 new cases, 41 are asymptomatic, with just one patient requiring oxygen support. Mumbai on Sunday reported 46 COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 10,56,918, while one death after a clean slate for nine consecutive days took the toll to 16,692, a civic official said. Of the 46 new cases, 41 are asymptomatic, … Read more
The Omicron variant had triggered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in late December 2021 and it now ebbed in the Maharashtra state capital. Nearly 95 per cent of swab samples examined in the latest round of genome sequencing in Mumbai were found infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the city civic body … Read more
Mumbai is now left with 2,667 active cases, BMC said in a statement. Mumbai on Sunday reported 288 fresh coronavirus cases and one fatality due to the viral infection, taking the tally to 10,54,050 and the death toll to 16,683, the city civic body said. A total of 532 patients recovered on Sunday, which raised … Read more
Maharashtra has so far reported 54 cases of the Omicron variant. Out of these, 22 are from Mumbai, including cases found through screening at the international airport here, as per official data. Amid the fear of spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has appealed to citizens … Read more
Zoo in Byculla is likely to reopen from November 1. As auditoriums and theatres in Maharashtra get ready to welcome the audience again, and the zoo official has sent a proposal to BMC to open the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo in Byculla popularly known as Rani Baug on November 1. The cinema halls … Read more
This is a political feud that has been kept boiling for years. Union Minister Narayan Rane, once a hardcore Shiv Sainik, fell out with the Thackerays sometime around 2004, and has since spared no occasion to pour vitriol on the Sena first family. Rane started his career as a shakha pramukh of the Shiv Sena, … Read more