Ravi Rao

Number plates on vehicles have been turned into mobile canvases by some enterprising artistes and vehicle owners.

Why opt for cost-intensive cement roads when properly-asphalted ones can do? Residents of neglected areas tend to question why the NMC sanctions cement roads, which burn a huge hole in its pocket, in posh areas but does not bother to construct basic tarred roads in less-affluent areas.

THANE: The indefinite strike called by 5,000 civic employees of the Thane municipal corporation (TMC) on Friday led to piling of garbage on the streets and a shortage of firemen to attend to emergencies.

Thousands of residents from the lake city suffered a lot of inconvenience on Thursday morning after auto drivers went on a sudden strike to protest against the high-handedness of the municipal administration last fortnight.

With the fifth IPL season starting on April 4, pubs in the city are gearing up to cater to the cricket crazy fans who throng watering holes during the matches by ensuring that beer mugs are never empty in their club.

A labour union has demanded Rs 1 crore in compensation for the kin of a Thane municipal employee deployed at a quarantine centre who died of Covid-19 on retirement day on Saturday.

Hawkers in the city have decided to protest against the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) for their failure to properly implement the registration drive for street vendors

In a major blow to the civic administration, only 6,000 out of more than 50,000 hawkers have applied for registration under the National Hawkers Policy.

MUMBAI: A city executive and his son were assaulted and robbed by dacoits on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway recently.

Just 4K Autos Out Of 28K Have Revised Meters

"Cops who acted tactfully will be rewarded at my level and I will also recommend their names to higher officials in the police department," said the SP.

Despite a diktat to auto drivers stating that they have to display a copy of their permits and license in their vehicles, none complied with this yet. Activists have questioned the RTO authorities who seem to be doing nothing about this. Citizens and activists now plan to write to the transport commissioner seeking his intervention.

Despite a diktat to auto drivers stating that they have to display a copy of their permits and license in their vehicles, none complied with this yet.