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Friday, May 17, 2013
Those friendly sweater sellers on the streets of Mumbai, those smiling watchmen known for their “Salaam Shaubji”, those busy waiters serving hot sizzling food at the road side Chinese stalls in Mumbai didn’t dream of doing these jobs almost forever when they came to Mumbai, the city of dreams, ambitions, money and power: in short happiness....
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Friday, May 10, 2013
According to at least one senior officer of the Mumbai Police traffic department, most accidents involving pedestrians are caused because they do not follow traffic rules. Kainaz Choksey finds out how they (and vehicle drivers) can protect themselves and each other....
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Friday, April 12, 2013
At first it looked like nothing was happening at Horniman Circle in front of the Asiatic Society Building in downtown Mumbai. Then a man began to tune his guitar. ...
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Monday, April 08, 2013
The most recent Census, for the first time, put the reality of India’s slums into perspective. Slums enjoy amenities on par with their non-slum counterparts, sometimes perform even better....
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Friday, April 05, 2013
There is a need to move beyond the counting, and provide shelter and a life for our street children ...
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Monday, April 01, 2013
Mumbai gets almost zilch when it comes to share in development and funds...
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Friday, March 29, 2013
On the face of it, the arrest of Ashok Purohit, the main accused in the gruesome murder of Chetna Ajmera, could seem like the arrest of any other murderer, leading to the case finally getting solved. But in this instance, Purohit is being compared to yesteryear’s serial killer, the flamboyant Charles Sobhraj, who was into committing crimes so as to be able to enjoy the good life with ‘wine and women.’ Most strikingly, this Standard VII pass rural boy, was able to consistently hoodwink the Mumbai crime branch for almost 10 months before his arrest on March 14, 2013. Neel Shah gives a detailed account of the ‘10-month-long-trail’ of cops desperate to arrest Ashok alias Bansilal aka Maharaj, who was better known as Rahul Joshi after Chetna’s murder....
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Monday, March 04, 2013
“The state is facing its worst ever drought since 1972 and the situation is turning gloomier with each passing day. While the government is trying its level best to tackle the situation and provide some relief to the affected people, migration has already begun, with people taking shelter in Pune and its surrounding areas....
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Friday, February 15, 2013
In Mumbai today, parking practically dictates one’s lifestyle, acting as the arbitrator of who gets to take their cars on the road and who does not. However, the BMC has several plans, including multi-story parking under section 33 (24) of the DC Regulations, web based pay and park services, creation of a multi storey parking, etc....
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Friday, February 01, 2013
THE amendments to various rules and regulations concerning leasing of property, getting a gas or LPG connection, seeking a passport or an organ transplant, have brought the police in direct interaction with common citizens, something they are most reluctant to do, for obvious reasons....
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Our Lady of Bethlehem Church celebrates 400 years of looking after the faithful of Dongri village in Uttan, Bhayandar...
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Friday, January 11, 2013
...and feel they can get unlimited water through taps...
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Monday, January 07, 2013
If the absence of a death sentence by law in the case of rapes as heinous as the recent Delhi felony wasn’t bad enough, the more brutal of the six will - in all likelihood - walk free in a few months. According to the law, anyone tried under the Juvenile Justice Act cannot be kept in a jail meant for adults. So, even if he’s given the maximum sentence which, in this case, is three years, he will be free within months as soon as he turns 18, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Friday, January 04, 2013
Water woes in Marathwada will worsen after winter...
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Friday, December 28, 2012
The year 2012 saw the highest number amount of drug consignments being seized and accused arrested in the last 15 years by the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai’s crime branch. The statistics have perturbed drug enforcing agencies fighting the illicit drug traffic, as the city has now become the main transit point for smugglers and also a haven for drug users. Neel Shah provides insight into the seedy business of drugs and heroin smuggling in the city....
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Friday, December 14, 2012
That a World Justice Report places India among the last few rungs in the list of nations in evaluating their guarantee of the Rule of Law may be argued as excessive or simply ruled out as biased but it does bring to fore the fact that there is something wrong...drastically wrong in our approach. The authorities are selective and very biased. Gajanan Khergamker examines a few instances which expose the partisan attitude of the BMC and police in events that made headlines recently...
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Friday, December 07, 2012
THE UPA government has finally transferred the entire land of the Indu Mills at Shivaji Park, all its 12.5 acres valued at Rs.5,500 crore, to the state government for construction of the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar memorial. ...
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Friday, November 30, 2012
A distraught Janata Dal spokesperson Prabhakar Narkar recently revealed to ADC how three youths that included his nephews and a girl lost their lives as their bike skidded and they were crushed to death under its wheels on a state highway back in his hometown in Konkan....
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Massive budgetary escalations in projects raise serious questions about intentions behind their delay...
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Friday, November 09, 2012
The initiative of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to provide a technologically updated driving licence through the smart card was started with the best of intentions. ...
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