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BMC has picked a Rs 1,351-crore bid to redevelop Lower Parel's Century Mills workers' colony, moving 650 families closer to permanent homes after two decades.

Nagpur has frozen new flat registrations after officials found high-rises got occupancy certificates without complete drainage or fire safety systems.

PCMC has asked Maha Metro to revise the Nigdi-Chakan metro plan again, even as its cost has already grown by 25% since the first draft.

Thane broke ground on a Rs 300-crore flyover fix for its worst traffic junction, but residents point to a nearby flyover's failure to explain their doubts.

Jayakwadi dam, Sambhajinagar's main water source, is at 39% capacity this monsoon versus 79% a year ago, reviving talk of rationing even as a new water scheme moves ahead.

CMRS has cleared the 13-km Maan-Balewadi stretch of Pune's Hinjawadi Metro for passengers, ending months of delay. Here's what's left before trains run.

CBI arrests reach Pune coaching classes and Latur in the NEET-UG paper leak probe, as Maharashtra protests culminate in a Thackeray-led Mumbai march.

Manish Nagar underpass flooded again in Nagpur's latest downpour, days after NMC unveiled a City Disaster Management Plan meant to fix exactly this kind of failure.

IMD issued a red alert for Pune's ghats and orange alerts for four more districts on July 22, but authorities left schools open, a reversal from three weeks earlier.

Pune's Road Mitra pothole-complaint app stayed offline for months through peak monsoon before PMC noticed and reactivated it this week.

Fadnavis and Gadkari broke ground on three elevated highways for Pune this week, but local MLAs warn the routes end at the outskirts, not the city center.

PMC's Standing Committee has cleared a ₹73.5-crore flyover to bypass Pune's chronic Wakdewadi underpass jam. Here's the funding catch and what's next.

Mumbai ranks 121st of 173 cities in the EIU's 2026 Global Liveability Index, a notch behind Delhi. Culture, environment and healthcare scores pull the city down.

Pune Metro Line 3's Hinjawadi-Balewadi stretch has missed a second launch date and now awaits final safety certification, with services likely next week.

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar cleared encroachments on 10 major roads nearly a year ago. Widening work is still stuck, and the civic body has asked the state for ₹1,510 crore.

Mumbai has crossed its July rainfall average, but its seven lakes sit near half-full, well below last year's levels, keeping BMC's 10% water cut in force.

Maharashtra FDA's new AI grievance portal lets citizens report food and drug violations by voice in three languages, with auto-escalation built in.

Maharashtra's cabinet dropped the ₹50,000 cap on a 2019 farm loan waiver and cleared a policy letting municipal bodies monetise land to fund basic services.

Thane's Kasheli depot for Metro Line 5 has reached 23% completion, built on marshy land engineers are still taming with vertical drains and staged loading.

After 25 years and four cost revisions, Sambhajinagar's water project stalls again. The mayor has taken the fight for supply straight to the Chief Minister.