Sameer Surve

The fire that broke out at the historic Byculla police station on Sunday evening has highlighted a major fire safety challenge in Mumbai's heritage buildings, with officials confirming that the century-old structure did not have a sprinkler system because of its heritage status.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) infrastructure push is set to enter its most expensive phase, with the civic body expected to face significant financial pressure over the next two years as multiple mega projects reach peak construction.

Despite annual repair works, the Thane–Ghodbunder Road continues to descend into chaos every monsoon.

A senior citizen who crashed his car into a couple of parked vehicles and was found to be unsteady was taken to Versova police station and RN Cooper Hospital, made to sit for hours, and booked for drunk driving without an alcohol test being conducted.

In a move that has triggered strong opposition from residents and motorists, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has installed barricades on E.S. Patankar Road outside the Mayor's official bungalow at the Byculla Zoo. While the civic body says the barricades were installed to prevent unauthorised parking and address security concerns, residents claim they have disrupted traffic on a key route connecting Byculla to P. D'Mello Road.

An RTI disclosure has revealed significant delays in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) handling of corruption cases, with many accused officials continuing in service while others retiring before investigations and departmental proceedings are completed.

Residents of Yogi Hills in Mulund (West) have opposed a weekly Tuesday street market, alleging it violates the locality's decades-old hawker-free status and continues despite repeated complaints to the BMC.

If you're the sort who likes to sweat it out on an artificial turf in the evenings – kicking or hitting a ball, like thousands of other Mumbaikars – your play hours may get trimmed soon.

As if the Rs 3.84 crore tab to be picked up by taxpayers wasn't enough. Even before repairs and renovation of the heritage Mayor's bungalow inside Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan in Byculla have wrapped up, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has floated yet another tender worth Rs 2.89 crore -- this one's to ensure that mayor Ritu Tawde gets more peace and quiet.

Residents across several Assembly constituencies in Thane district have alleged that the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise is increasingly being conducted from camps, society offices, schools, corporators' offices and, in some cases, political party offices instead of through the mandatory door-to-door verification prescribed under the guidelines.