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HC halts demolition of Govandi school till July 20

HC halts demolition of Govandi school till July 20

Published 23 days ago

Tension ahead of M East panel ward poll after late-night fracas; 10 held

Tension ahead of M East panel ward poll after late-night fracas; 10 held

Published 151 days ago

Man dies after house demolition; builder, SRA committee booked

Man dies after house demolition; builder, SRA committee booked

Published 151 days ago

Shivaji Nagar Murder: 4 held, including 19-yr-old’s shooter

Shivaji Nagar Murder: 4 held, including 19-yr-old’s shooter

Published 177 days ago

19-year-old woman shot dead in Govandi

19-year-old woman shot dead in Govandi

Published 178 days ago

Citizens’ charters put pollution, redevelopment at centre of civic poll pitch

Citizens’ charters put pollution, redevelopment at centre of civic poll pitch

Published 213 days ago

BMC school closures make students walk 40 minutes daily

It is not uncommon to find a group of schoolkids, chaperoned by their parents, waiting to cross the railway tracks between Mankhurd and Govandi at 6:45 am on school days. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Raju Shinde)

Updated 231 days ago

355 declarations of manual scavenging submitted to BMC

NEW DELHI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 18,2013: municipal worker attempts to unblock a sewer overflowing with human excreta in New Delhi on October 7, 2009. Although a law bans manual scavenging - the manual removal of human excreta from 'dry toilets' - the practice is widespread across cities and towns in India. (Photograph by Raj K Raj / Hindustan Times)

Published 297 days ago

‘Couldn’t afford milk or meds’: Mumbai woman kills HIV+ child, arrested

The case came to light after the police received a call on Thursday about a fight between two women in Shivaji Nagar.

Updated 371 days ago

Govandi: Born of exile, shaped by displacement

Mumbai, India. June 27, 2025:Top view of the Govandi slum area of Mumbai. Mumbai, India. June 27, 2025. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Raju Shinde)

Published 399 days ago

No slum dwellers’ consent needed for 64 redevelopment projects on our land: BMC

The BMC has set June 25 as the date to submit bids for developers who will also have to communicate and survey the residents (Representative photo, File pic by HT Archives) (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

Published 423 days ago

30-year-old crushed under BEST bus in Govandi

30-year-old crushed under BEST bus in Govandi

Published 424 days ago

BMC proposes to set up medical college at Govandi on PPP basis

Aerial view of JJ Hospital and Grant Medical College (HT Photo)

Published 449 days ago

Govandi man dies after being denied treatment in Shatabdi

Govandi man dies after being denied treatment in Shatabdi

Published 485 days ago

Community fridge feeds the needy in Govandi this Ramzan

Community fridge feeds the needy in Govandi this Ramzan

Published 505 days ago

Days after Kurla accident, BEST bus runs over a 27-year-old biker

BEST bus services resumed along Kurla West Station Road four days after a bus accident that resulted in 7 people killed and 49 injured. A week later, another bus was involved in a crash. Representative Image.: (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Updated 600 days ago

72-year-old killed in dumper hit

72-year-old killed in dumper hit

Updated 658 days ago

150 shanties in Govandi’s Chheda Nagar razed

Mumbai, India. June 24, 2024: A large slum in the Govandi area of Mumbai was demolished by BMC and Collector officials without notice during the monsoon, leaving more than 1000 families homeless after a major demolition drive. June 24, 2024. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Updated 774 days ago

One man on a mission to save 38 trees in Govandi

Irfan Khan brought to the notice of the high court how the trees (right) on a BMC-owned plot were being choked with concrete, garbage and building material.

Updated 787 days ago

How a few activists ensured a peaceful Ram Navami in Mumbai

A priest brings an idol of 'Ram Lalla' before performing pooja at Ram Mandir on the occasion of the Ram Navami festival, in Mumbai.

Updated 840 days ago

Govandi’s Rafi Nagar cemetery now officially open

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Updated 885 days ago

Govandi slum residents scramble for documents after demolition

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Updated 901 days ago

Mumbai: Major fire gut around 15 commercial units, houses in Govandi

The fire was extinguished at around 08.55 am.

Published 903 days ago

Govandi slum demolition stopped temporarily after residents’ protest

Mumbai, India - Feb. 8, 2024: Residents of Panchsheel Nagar Basti, Govandi West protest outside the Govandi ward office after the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished their 200 houses in Panchsheel Nagar Basti, Govandi West in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, February 8, 2024. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated 911 days ago

City’s air quality continues to remain ‘moderate’, many areas record ‘poor’ AQI

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Updated 958 days ago

After defeating one BMC project, Govandi residents brace for another battle

Mumbai, India - Dec. 5, 2023: Residents of Govandi facing issues due to pollution at govandi in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated 964 days ago

Lack of space prompts reopening of graveyards in Govandi

Mumbai, India - June 09, 2023: After a few bodies were found in a partially decomposed condition even after the minimum required period of 18 months for decomposition, the BMC has ordered to temporarily shut Rafiq Nagar Kabristan in Govandi. The bodies will be buried in the neighbouring graveyard at Cheetah Camp in Trombay. (HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

Updated 1093 days ago

Justice evades ‘manual scavenging’ victims

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Updated 1124 days ago

Students at risk as Govandi school building develops cracks

Students at risk as Govandi school building develops cracks

Updated 1128 days ago

Govandi graveyard to remain closed as more partially decomposed bodies found

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Updated 1130 days ago

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