City: Mumbai

October 11, 2019: Nida Shaikh, 25, died on the spot after she was run over by a truck. She was riding pillion with her cousin, and both fell off when the scooter hit a pothole causing her cousin to lose control of the vehicle. While her cousin was injured, Nida, a doctor, was crushed by the truck. October 13, 2019: Ramprasad Goswni, 56, died on the spot after a truck hit him as the driver was trying to dodge a pothole. It was in the same place where Nida Shaikh lost her life. October 29, 2019: Ranjendra Dongre, 42, was…

Over 56% of the city's transplanted trees in Mumbai failed to survive their shifting, revealed a Bombay High Court-appointed fact finding committee, entrusted to determine the status of such trees. The court-appointed committee inspected about 1483 fully grown trees transplanted since 2017, of which 824 trees were found to be either dead or on the verge of dying. The report presented in court found inadequate tree care and lack of scientific transplanting methods to be the root cause of the problem.  "The proportion of dead trees keeps on rising. In January 2018, 478 trees (42%) were found dead. The number rose…

On Monday, October 21st, Maharashtra will be voting to elect the members to its Legislative Assembly. Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Kurla, Kalina, Vile Parle and Wadala. Constituency: Kurla Incumbent MLA: Mangesh Kudalkar, Shiv Sena Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case Ratings* Agenda Ratnakar Daware LLB Advocate All India Majlis E-Ittehadul Muslimeen 9.09 Lakh None Will work with the Vidhi mandal in making and improving policies for better employment, education. Slum rehabilitation, improving the drainage system, local road transport Ganesh Shinde SSC Business Ambedkarite Party…

On Monday, October 21st, Maharashtra will be voting to elect the members to its Legislative Assembly. Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Kurla, Kalina, Vile Parle and Wadala. Constituency: Kurla Incumbent MLA: Mangesh Kudalkar, Shiv Sena Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case Ratings* Agenda Ratnakar Daware LLB Advocate All India Majlis E-Ittehadul Muslimeen 9.09 Lakh None Will work with the Vidhi mandal in making and improving policies for better employment, education. Slum rehabilitation, improving the drainage system, local road transport Ganesh Shinde SSC Business Ambedkarite Party…

On Monday, October 21st, Maharashtra will be voting to elect the members to its Legislative Assembly. Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Andheri East, Andheri West, Versova and Goregaon. Constituency: Goregaon Incumbent MLA: Vidya Thakur, BJP Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case Rating* Agenda Amol Sawant HSC Service Bahujan Samaj Party 99 Thousand None Save Aarey, reopening of Siddarth Hospital, SRA, access to health, education, water, sewage in slums Vidya Thakur 8th Std Politician Bharatiya Janta Party 3.73 Crore None Did not share Mitesh Varshney LLB…

On Monday, October 21st, Maharashtra will be voting to elect the members to its Legislative Assembly. Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Andheri East, Andheri West, Versova and Goregaon. Constituency: Goregaon Incumbent MLA: Vidya Thakur, BJP Name, Education & Profession Party Assets Pending Court Case Rating* Agenda Amol Sawant HSC Service Bahujan Samaj Party 99 Thousand None Save Aarey, reopening of Siddarth Hospital, SRA, access to health, education, water, sewage in slums Vidya Thakur 8th Std Politician Bharatiya Janta Party 3.73 Crore None Did not share Mitesh Varshney LLB…

Maharastra will elect a new legislative assembly on Monday, October 21st. Here are the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Vandre East, Vandre West, Dharavi, Sion Koliwada.  Constituency: Vandre East Incumbent MLA:  Trupti Prakash Sawant Profile of candidates Name, Education and Profession Party  Assets Pending Court case rating* Agenda Trupti Sawant,  graduate, MLA Independent 79.52 lakh None Did not share Vishal Gamre, 9th standard, service BSP 2.61 lakh None Did not share Vishwanath Mahadeshwar, BEd, headmaster Shiv Sena 1.24 crore None Homes for govt employees, slum redevelopment, water supply Zeeshan Siddique, MA, Business  Congress…

Maharastra will elect a new legislative assembly on Monday, October 21st. Here are the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Vandre East, Vandre West, Dharavi, Sion Koliwada.  Constituency: Vandre East Incumbent MLA:  Trupti Prakash Sawant Profile of candidates Name, Education and Profession Party  Assets Pending Court case rating* Agenda Trupti Sawant,  graduate, MLA Independent 79.52 lakh None Did not share Vishal Gamre, 9th standard, service BSP 2.61 lakh None Did not share Vishwanath Mahadeshwar, BEd, headmaster Shiv Sena 1.24 crore None Homes for govt employees, slum redevelopment, water supply Zeeshan Siddique, MA, Business  Congress…

Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Vikhroli, Chembur, Ghatkopar East and Ghatkopar West. Constituency: Vikhroli Incumbent MLA: Sunil Raut, Shiva Sena Name, Education and profession Party  Assets Pending court case rating* Agenda Shailesh Sonawane, MSW, Accountant Bahujan Samaj Party 3.29 lakh None Did not share Shashank Yadav, SSC, Detective at a security agency Independent 86 thousand None Fighting for Mumbaikars' rights, education, development, water problem, drainage, road development and women safety Vinod Shinde, B.Com, Service Maharashtra Navanirman Sena 17.81 lakh 42 including extortion, threatening death to commit extortion and…

Take a look at the profiles of candidates in the fray in the four key constituencies of Vikhroli, Chembur, Ghatkopar East and Ghatkopar West. Constituency: Vikhroli Incumbent MLA: Sunil Raut, Shiva Sena Name, Education and profession Party  Assets Pending court case rating* Agenda Shailesh Sonawane, MSW, Accountant Bahujan Samaj Party 3.29 lakh None Did not share Shashank Yadav, SSC, Detective at a security agency Independent 86 thousand None Fighting for Mumbaikars' rights, education, development, water problem, drainage, road development and women safety Vinod Shinde, B.Com, Service Maharashtra Navanirman Sena 17.81 lakh 42 including extortion, threatening death to commit extortion and…