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Punishing civic officials ‘guilty’ of inaction
A circular issued in 2003 empowers the BMC to punish officials guilty of permitting unauthorised works. Gajanan Khergamker reports
Need to act fast before city lakes disappear
We’ve been losing our lakes slowly yet surely. There’s an urgent need to probe their disappearance
Crimes against women, children peaked in ’11
Crimes against women and children soar as the state registers four rapes and one molestation every day
Far from the BEST
The BEST which is the common man's most preferred and economical mode of transport needs to pull together its act and rid itself of all the anomalies that risk making it the city's WORST
Activist murder triggers anonymous blitzkrieg
Instead of upholding the citizen’s Right to Information and giving them what is rightly theirs, the state makes the public run from pillar to post, even tries to nip the freedom to question the legality of an entity. Get Up For ChangeThe whistleblower has been attacked more often than lauded for his attempts. DraftCraft, in a joint initiative with Afternoon Despatch & Courier, introduces
