Celebrated author and philanthropist Sudha Murty reminisces about picking up the Midday newspaper when she used to work in Mumbai near Dalal Street in Fort, and looking forward to read the column of Behram Contractor, popularly known as BusyBee.
30 October,2023 03:26 PM IST
While Mumbai is on the verge of the fourth wave, suppliers have warned the BMC that they would stop the supply of medical oxygen, personal protective equipment kits and essential items due to late payment. They cited that some suppliers received payment 70-80 days after submitting bills.
06 June,2022 12:18 AM IST | Mumbai
Girder collapse on SCLR extension overpass at BKC leaves 14 workers injured; activist demands FIR against contractor and #MMRDA officials
18 September,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Mickey Contractor on the sets of 'Heroine'.
18 September,2012 08:46 PM IST
A letter written by BJP president Nitin Gadkari lobbying for contractors building a mega-dam project in Maharashtra has the Congress demanding his resignation, and the BJP on the defensive. Written on July 30 to Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr Gadkari asks for Rs. 400 crores to be released to the contractors hired for the Gosikhurd dam in Vidarbha. Video courtesy: NDTV
05 October,2012 09:33 AM IST
A contractor working for a real estate developer was shot at by unknown assailant in north Mumbai's Malad area on Friday night. Watch video
03 December,2015 11:44 AM IST
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said the fire at the Deonar dump yard is sheer carelessness on the part of contractors responsible for managing the dump.
21 March,2016 03:05 PM IST
In the video in circulation in social media in the past few days, a vendor was seen coming out of a train toilet with tea and coffee cans, conveying that water was 'mixed' in the cans inside the toilet. The contractor was subsequently fined Rs 1 lakh
03 May,2018 10:08 AM IST
Listen to the audio conversation between the chairman of the civic body’s standing committee and Shiv Sena leader Yashwant Jadhav asking a contracting firm to withdraw from civic projects in E-ward (Byculla) that it bagged through an online tender process. Speaking to Mid-Day's City Editor Sanjeev Shivadekar, a representative of Yash Corporation said that the conversation with Jadhav was recorded for safety purposes. Watch this video to hear the edited excerpts from the conversation.
01 December,2020 05:18 PM IST
Listen to the full uncut audio conversation between the chairman of the BMC's standing committee and Shiv Sena leader Yashwant Jadhav asking a contracting firm to withdraw from civic projects in E-ward (Byculla) that it bagged through an online tender process. Speaking to Mid-Day's City Editor Sanjeev Shivadekar, a representative of Yash Corporation said that the conversation with Jadhav was recorded for safety purposes. Watch this video to hear the full uncut audio of the conversation.
02 December,2020 12:39 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
