FALLOUT OF FESTIVAL

Vijay Singh | TNN

Mumbai: Close to 80 birds in Mumbai were treated for injuries by various animal rights organisations on Makar Sankranti when people enthusiastically flew kites, oblivious to the hazard it posed for birds.

Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN

BICYCLE DIARIES

Sharmila Ganesan & Nitin Yeshwantrao I TNN

National Park

HOUSING DREAMS

Mumbai: Will the high court-appointed committee to clear the backlog of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) cases be of any help?
Apparently not, as the panel has not been given legal powers, say experts. They also point out that the committee is no different from the one set up last year which could dispose of only 42 cases.

Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN

Navi Mumbai: Three sewage treatment plants, constructed in Navi Mumbai with sophisticated Austrian technology, have started converting the entire city

Shortage Hits Western Suburbs

Clara Lewis | TNN

Mumbai: A delay in the arrival of flamingos in the city has raised fears that the migratory birds might have shifted their place of settlement to another spot.

RS 6K CRORE PLAN

Mumbai: In a major infrastructure move within the state, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Maharashtra government have thrown open the whopping Rs 6,000-crore National and State Highway Development and Maintenance Programme to the private sector.

Mumbai: Members of the Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court will arrive in the city on December 29 for inspecting properties situated on forest land.