Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
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BMC desilts Tansa to save water for Mumbai
Mumbai: You are probably wondering for how much longer you will be subjected to news of water shortage. The truth is, the issue is a grave one and only likely to get worse by the day. What
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Two-wheelers should be banned in Mumbai city, says high court
Mumbai: Two-wheelers, like autorickshaws, should be banned in the city, the Bombay high court suggested on Thursday. The court came up with the suggestion while dismissing two public interest petitions against the ban on two-wheelers on the JJ flyover. A division bench of justice JN Patel and justice SC Dharmadhikari felt that it would be better if citizens started riding bicycles.
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Monorail gets green signal from civic bodies
Mumbai: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has received alignment clearance for the 30km-long Thane-Bhivandi-Kalyan monorail line from two municipal bodies
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Oh fish! Mumbai court says marine life more important than public pool
Mumbai: Fish have scored over a pool, at least in a court of law. In an order passed on Wednesday, the city civil court granted an interim stay on the eviction notice served by the BMC to Wildlife Wanderers Nature Foundation (WWNF) at Shivaji Park.
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Jungle fire near Ankai fort razes flora and fauna
Mumbai: Hundreds of birds have been feared killed and a great expanse of flora destroyed in a fire that broke out in the jungles south of Ankai fort near Manmad on Monday evening. The fire, the cause of which is not known yet, spread fast down the slope of the hill on which the fort is situated.
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Now, a special sanitation task force for Mumbai
Mumbai: To ensure that sanitation projects are undertaken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), its Standing Committee chairperson Rahul Shewale has hinted at forming a special task force that would keep a tab in the implementation of these projects in the city.
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Here's how your metro station will look
The metro stations will have a concourse level and a platform level. The concourse level is where the automatic fare collection counters will be situated.
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Sea Rock development waits for green signal
Mumbai: The state government on Thursday made it clear that the decision to grant more floor space index (FSI) to rebuild Sea Rock Hotel in Bandra was conditional. The hotel needs to get a no objection certificate (NOC) from the environment department as it falls in the coastal regulation zone (CRZ).
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Mumbai's not been able to speed up infra projects
Mumbai: The McKinsey report highlights the need for fast-paced infrastructure. But Mumbai and its metropolitan region have not shown till date any attempt to fast track big ticket infrastructure projects.
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Haul up builders for the city's mosquito menace
Mumbai: Builders are playing with citizens