Articles by Badri Chatterjee
Mumbai: With this duo, learning about nature is a walk in the park
If you love trees but are clueless about the names of most, or are a nature enthusiast who would like to know more, shake off your Sunday laziness and join Renee Vyas and Dr Usha Desai for their Tree Appreciation Walks (TAW).
Updated on Mar 16, 2015 04:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Mumbai: Suburbs cooler by 5 degrees C after surprise showers
In the suburbs, temperatures dipped by as much as 5 degrees Celsius, from 37 degrees Celsius on Friday to 32 degrees Celsius (0.9 degrees Celsius below normal) on Saturday.
Updated on Mar 14, 2015 09:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Central Maharashtra battles hailstorm and rain, Mumbai the heat
While Mahabaleshwar and other parts of Maharashtra witnessed hailstorm and unseasonal rain on Tuesday, Mumbai got warmer, with maximum temperatures in the city and suburbs witnessing a rise.
Updated on Mar 11, 2015 05:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Aarey home to many known, unknown species: reveals study
The proposed car shed project by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) at Aarey will not only lead to the loss of 2,298 trees, but also threaten the area’s bio-diversity.
Updated on Mar 09, 2015 10:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Mumbai: 150 cyclists rally to save Aarey Colony
Converging at the spot from Andheri, Vikhroli to as far as Thane, they formed a chain protesting against the felling of 2,298 trees for the proposed Metro 3 car shed.
Updated on Mar 07, 2015 10:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Colours on the ground, smoke in the air
Colours ruled the street on Friday, with people of all ages joining the Holi revelry and applying gulaal on each other, excited children running with their water guns and youngsters dancing to the beat of dhols.
Updated on Mar 07, 2015 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Mumbaiites, say no toxic colours this Holi
It’s Holi and you cannot wait to get drenched in some colourful revellery. But these colours, loaded with artificial dyes and harmful chemicals, can turn your celebrations into a nightmare.
Updated on Mar 04, 2015 10:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Low temperatures will keep your weekend cool, says IMD
Minimum temperatures in the city took a dip on Thursday night to 15.8 degrees Celsius, 3.3 degrees Celsius below normal and continued to remain the same through Friday.
Updated on Feb 28, 2015 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Deonar fire still on, locals at risk
For the second day in a row, the city’s largest dumping ground in Deonar continued to burn, spreading thick toxic smoke over parts of the eastern suburbs and central Mumbai, with areas such as Govandi, Deonar, Chembur, Ghatkopar, Wadala, Antop Hill and Sion the worst-affected.
Updated on Feb 28, 2015 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vaishnavi Vasudevan and Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Borivli's Sanjay Gandhi National Park: A haven for dazzling butterflies
A recent study conducted by the park management has discovered that it is home to nearly 172 species of butterflies. The study further states that the entire United Kingdom has only 60 species of butterflies.
Updated on Feb 23, 2015 06:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Physician creates green zone, rids South Mumbai park of anti-socials
The BMC awarded Dr Bandodi Sanjeev Chowta, a physician and surgeon, 70, last Sunday for preserving the bio-botanical green patch. Chowta has been showered with eight awards in the best (individual)-maintained garden category for eight years.
Updated on Feb 23, 2015 04:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Mumbai swelters at 38.2°C; Sunday 2nd hottest Feb day in a decade
The brief reprieve from the heat seems to be coming to end. Maximum temperatures in the city shot up by 6-7 degrees Celsius over the weekend to 38.2 degrees Celsius, making Sunday the second hottest February day in a decade.
Updated on Feb 23, 2015 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Mumbai, every breath you take hurts your lungs: Survey reveals
A recent study by the United States consulate puts Mumbai in ‘unhealthy’ category, far below global cities like London, New York.
Updated on Feb 21, 2015 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
AAP takes up Aarey cause, fights against tree chopping for metro 3
The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Maharashtra unit has taken up cudgels for the trees to be cut down at Aarey Colony to construct the metro depot.
Updated on Feb 20, 2015 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Blood poisoning killed Royal Bengal tigress at Borivli park
The four-year-old Royal Bengal tigress Puja, who died on February 4 at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) was suffering from septicemia, also known as blood poisoning, since September 2014.
Updated on Feb 19, 2015 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Help stole valuables, hid them in cistern
Owing to high concentration of working couples in the city, the demand for domestic helps has seen a steady rise. As supply often falls short of demand, criminal elements take advantage of the situation. Badri Chatterjee reports.
Updated on May 31, 2013 01:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
Verify or you’ll be ‘maid’ to suffer
For Bhavishya and Shipra Sharma, residents of Eldeco Mansion on Sohna Road, hiring a domestic help last month without verification turned out to be the biggest mistake of their life. Leena Dhankhar and Badri Chatterjee report.
Updated on May 31, 2013 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Leena Dhankhar and Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
Pedestrians beware: Walk at your own risk
“My father had stepped out to perform his daily chores. He was near Baktawar chowk when the incident happened; an Alto car rammed him at full speed,” said Sanjeev Saxena, the deceased’s son. Thanks to a show of drunken machismo, Saxena lost his life.
Updated on May 29, 2013 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
Blood spills on city’s killer streets
Criminals may be having a field day in the Millennium City but the city’s roads have turned out to be the bigger killers. Sample this: 158 people have been killed and 340 injured in 380 accidents in the first five months of this year against 39 murders in the same period.
Updated on May 29, 2013 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Leena Dhankhar, Badri Chatterjee and Siddhartha Rai, Gurgaon
Commuters, auto drivers relieved
After four days of disruption in CNG supply, the Haryana City Gas Distribution Limited (HCGDL) went into damage control mode today. Badri Chatterjee reports.
Updated on May 26, 2013 04:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
200 domestic helps verified, residents applaud initiative
Nearly 200 domestic helps were verified as part of a drive conducted by Hamari Suraksha, in collaboration with Hindustan Times and Gurgaon police, today. Badri Chatterjee reports.
Updated on May 26, 2013 04:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
Rough ride for city autos: No CNG, fines for entering Delhi
Thousands of CNG auto drivers in Gurgaon are facing a tough time since Monday as gas supplier Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) has suspended fuel supply to all five dispensing stations in Gurgaon following non-payment of R4 crore by the distributor here.
Updated on May 24, 2013 01:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
Residents approach authorities over liquor vend on green belt
Residents of G Block in DLF City Phase 1, led by the area councillor, have urged the financial commissioner and principal secretary of the Haryana government for removing a liquor vend near the block’s green belt.
Updated on May 23, 2013 02:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
Assault case: Principal suspended
In the wake of demonstrations by agitating parents of the students of Suncity World School on Wednesday — where an eight-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by two maids — the management suspended the school principal on Wednesday.
Updated on May 23, 2013 02:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
DLF should improve water supply, says Huda chief
A day after the residents of DLF City Phase-III blocked traffic and staged a protest against water shortage, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) administrator Praveen Kumar has asked the DLF Estate Developers Ltd to improve internal water supply infrastructure.
Updated on May 22, 2013 03:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
RWA accused of barring old guards on premises
Three days after the residents’ welfare association (RWA) of The Close North was handed over the management of 10 towers by the builder, Unitech Limited, on May 15, a controversy has erupted over the issue of the condominium’s security. Badri Chatterjee reports.
Updated on May 19, 2013 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
A day of firsts for Kargil kids in Gurgaon
For Mudasir Jamil and his friends, it was the first-ever taste of a burger and the glitzy city life. Twenty school students from the Drass region in Jammu & Kashmir, who are quite used to sub-zero temperatures, had an enlightening experience on Tuesday, thanks to the Indian Army and the Gurgaon police. Leena Dhankhar and Badri Chatterjee report.
Updated on May 15, 2013 02:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Leena Dhankhar and Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
‘Special cell cop had hired Sharma to spy on wife’
Two days after the mysterious death of Delhi Police special cell inspector Badrish Dutt and his live-in partner Geeta Sharma, curious aspects about their lives have come to the fore. Leena Dhankhar and Badri Chatterjee report.
Updated on May 15, 2013 02:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Leena Dhankhar and Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
Gurgaon link to carjacking incident in Mangalore
The city police are in the process of bringing back two Georgia nationals from Mangalore after they were booked in a November 2012 carjacking case. After their arrest in March, the Mangalore police recovered a Tata Manza belonging to a businessman in Gurgaon.
Updated on May 14, 2013 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon
No curbs on illegal parking despite clamping drive
Even though the Gurgaon police had initiated a clamping drive against unauthorised parking about a month ago, the situation on the ground still remains grim. Badri Chatterjee reports.
Updated on May 14, 2013 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Gurgaon