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Continue reading →: Sound sleep a fundamental right
Supreme Court : Sound sleep a fundamental right Dhananjay Mahapatr TNN Times of India 25th Feb 2012 New Delhi: The Supreme Court has broadened the ambit of right of life to include a citizen’s right to sleep peacefully. New Link Road residents who have been disturbed by noise…
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Continue reading →: BMC admits failure of own Legal officers
Top of Form SHAPE UP OR PAY FINE Civic body issues circular after it finds that they are deliberately helping those opposing action Hindustan Times 22-Feb 2012 Alarmed by the large and rising number of cases in which courts have granted a stay on demolition of illegal…
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Continue reading →: 30 new Corporators face criminal cases
YOUR CITY YOUR VOTE 30 new Corporators face criminal cases Shame on the voters: Only 55% Of 183 Winners Studied Beyond Std X Times of India Mumbai 22/2/2012 Linah Baliga TNN Mumbai: The civic body is set to get a new house, but apparently not a very…
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Continue reading →: Standing or running Committee?
Outgoing BMC House clears business worth 112cr in a day Sukhada Tatke TNN Mumbai: With just a few days to go for the new batch of corporators to enter the BMC House, the incumbents and committee members seem to be in a great hurry to clear pending proposals. The standing…
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Continue reading →: Voter apathy hit citizens’ candidates
‘Voter apathy hit citizens’ candidates’ Sukhada Tatke | TNN adapted from Times of India 20th Feb 2012 The 2007 BMC election gave Mumbai its first citizens’ corporator. Encouraged, citizens’ groups fielded 79 candidates this time, but only one managed to sail through. While D’- Souza himself was…
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Continue reading →: Air pollution can erode cognitive abilities, so vote carefully!
HEALTH FLASH Air pollution can erode cognitive abilities Times of India 16th Feb 2012 Older women might wonder why they are unable to recall names or places or where they keep their things. Chronic exposure to particulate air pollution might be to blame, says a new study. Women, exposed to higher…
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Continue reading →: R north ward in Hindustan Times today
The beauty and peace of R-North ward has been destroyed by illegal slums destroying our precious mangroves. Today’s Hindustan Times 14th Feb 2012 in page 2 carried out in depth the woes faced by citizens in Ward no 1 and R North ward. R-NORTH WARD Illegal shanties have come…
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Continue reading →: Mangroves safe, citizens want to save open spaces
Mangroves safe, citizens eye open spaces Sudeshna.Chatterjee @timesgroup.com A year ago, residents of 70 buildings in Dahisar won a bitter legal battle against a developer, and saved 425 acres of mangroves along the Borivali-Dahisar stretch. The battle had stretched over two years, winding up in the Supreme Court. The case drained the…
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Continue reading →: Illegal slums should not get water connections
New Link Road residents Forum’s stand vindicated: HT 10th Feb 2012: The civic body’s decision to deny water connections to unauthorized constructions has now been endorsed by the Bombay high court. The court, on Thursday, expressed fears that slum dwellers would be reluctant to shift out of unauthorized slums…
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Continue reading →: Sena has the most Rabri Devi’s in fray
Sena has the most Rabri Devi’s in fray Times of India Feb 9th 2012 Linah Baliga TNN Mumbai: They will be known as the quintessential Rabri Devi’s, looking upon their husbands for guidance if they get elected as Corporators in the February 16 civic elections. They are the better halves…
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