Mumbai Civic Body Row

The civic body in Mumbai on Tuesday issued a notice to Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana over alleged unauthorized alterations carried out in their home in Khar area, an official said.

Mumbai did not record any death linked to COVID-19 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, while 255 people tested positive for the infection, the civic body said.

Mumbai reported 11,647 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a drop of 2,001 from the previous day and fourth straight day of downward trend, taking the tally to 9,39,867, while two more patients died due to the infection, the city civic body said.

A total of 34,452 idols of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Gauri were immersed in water bodies across Mumbai on the last day of the Ganpati festival held under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year in a row, civic officials said on Monday.

The Mumbai civic body has received bids for the supply of Pfizer and seven other vaccines in response to its global tender for one crore doses, a top official said today. Pfizer has refused to sell its vaccine directly to states.

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, against whom the BMC has filed a police complaint of alleged illegal construction, met NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence in Mumbai on Wednesday, a source said.

Amid row over the partial demolition of actor Kangana Ranaut's Mumbai office by the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation earlier this week, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has targeted the Uddhav Thackeray government. "You don't go to demolish Dawood's home, but want to demolish the actor's house," the ex-Maharashtra chief minister said, refe...

Actor Kangana Ranaut, whose office in Mumbai's posh Pali Hill area was partially demolished by the civic body, BMC, on Wednesday over alleged illegal construction, took to Twitter stating she will not renovate the building and instead work from its ruins as "a symbol of a woman's will that dared to rise in this world".

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari expressed displeasure on the Mumbai civic body Brihanmumbai Corporation's move to demolish the alleged "illegal alterations" at the house of actor Kangana Ranaut.

Actor Kangana Ranaut scored a big win against Mumbai's civic body BMC on Wednesday with the Bombay High Court staying the demolition at her office. The civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC, had listed 14 "violations" at her office, which included a toilet apparently built in space marked for a kitchen and an office set up in an are...

Actor Kangana Ranaut arrived in Mumbai today to heavy security and an intense battle with the Maharashtra government shortly after scoring a big win against the city's civic body BMC, which had started demolishing alleged illegal structures at her office.

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.

The controversy over the singing of Vande Mataram in the civic body of Meerut, a town in western Uttar Pradesh, surfaced again today, with a clash between the BJP and Mayawati's party that swamped the oath ceremony. While there was no actual violence, slogans were shouted, posters torn and the ceremony ended amid chaos.

A full-page advertisement featuring Bollywood star Aamir Khan in major newspapers on Tuesday has sparked a row, with parties like the Shiv Sena and the Congress alleging that it violated the election code of conduct and seemed to promote the ruling BJP in Mumbai's mega civic election. The ad was issued by an NGO, Mumbai First, urging the city to vo...

Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma on Saturday clarified that his complaint regarding a bribe demanded by the Mumbai civic body official was out of anger against corruption and his move was not politically motivated.

The civic body in Mumbai on Tuesday issued a notice to Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana over alleged unauthorized alterations carried out in their home in Khar area, an official said.

Mumbai did not record any death linked to COVID-19 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, while 255 people tested positive for the infection, the civic body said.

Mumbai reported 11,647 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a drop of 2,001 from the previous day and fourth straight day of downward trend, taking the tally to 9,39,867, while two more patients died due to the infection, the city civic body said.

A total of 34,452 idols of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Gauri were immersed in water bodies across Mumbai on the last day of the Ganpati festival held under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year in a row, civic officials said on Monday.

The Mumbai civic body has received bids for the supply of Pfizer and seven other vaccines in response to its global tender for one crore doses, a top official said today. Pfizer has refused to sell its vaccine directly to states.

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, against whom the BMC has filed a police complaint of alleged illegal construction, met NCP chief Sharad Pawar at the latter's residence in Mumbai on Wednesday, a source said.

Amid row over the partial demolition of actor Kangana Ranaut's Mumbai office by the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation earlier this week, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has targeted the Uddhav Thackeray government. "You don't go to demolish Dawood's home, but want to demolish the actor's house," the ex-Maharashtra chief minister said, refe...

Actor Kangana Ranaut, whose office in Mumbai's posh Pali Hill area was partially demolished by the civic body, BMC, on Wednesday over alleged illegal construction, took to Twitter stating she will not renovate the building and instead work from its ruins as "a symbol of a woman's will that dared to rise in this world".

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari expressed displeasure on the Mumbai civic body Brihanmumbai Corporation's move to demolish the alleged "illegal alterations" at the house of actor Kangana Ranaut.

Actor Kangana Ranaut scored a big win against Mumbai's civic body BMC on Wednesday with the Bombay High Court staying the demolition at her office. The civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC, had listed 14 "violations" at her office, which included a toilet apparently built in space marked for a kitchen and an office set up in an are...

Actor Kangana Ranaut arrived in Mumbai today to heavy security and an intense battle with the Maharashtra government shortly after scoring a big win against the city's civic body BMC, which had started demolishing alleged illegal structures at her office.

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.

The controversy over the singing of Vande Mataram in the civic body of Meerut, a town in western Uttar Pradesh, surfaced again today, with a clash between the BJP and Mayawati's party that swamped the oath ceremony. While there was no actual violence, slogans were shouted, posters torn and the ceremony ended amid chaos.

A full-page advertisement featuring Bollywood star Aamir Khan in major newspapers on Tuesday has sparked a row, with parties like the Shiv Sena and the Congress alleging that it violated the election code of conduct and seemed to promote the ruling BJP in Mumbai's mega civic election. The ad was issued by an NGO, Mumbai First, urging the city to vo...

Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma on Saturday clarified that his complaint regarding a bribe demanded by the Mumbai civic body official was out of anger against corruption and his move was not politically motivated.