With the line declared fit for operations, 12123/12124 CSMT–Pune–CSMT Deccan Queen and 12127/12128 CSMT–Pune–CSMT Intercity Express will be restored from July 16. (File Photo) MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) has restored the second of the three railway lines in the landslide-hit Karjat–Lonavala ghat section, paving the way for the resumption of the Deccan Queen and Intercity…
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute received its largest alumni donation The Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), a state-owned autonomous institution which is on its way to become a university, has got its largest single donation from one of its alumni from the class of 1967.Manu Shah, a BE mechanical engineering graduate from the institute and co-founder…
Indian cities face recurring costs from pothole repairs on asphalt roads. Year after year Indian cities spend hundreds of crores on filling up potholes that reappear with the next bout of heavy rain.Roads are tarred before the monsoon, only to crack, cave in and develop potholes in weeks. Emergency tenders are floated, traffic crawls, commuters…
Fadnavis, Jayant Patil meeting triggers fresh buzz MUMBAI: A late-night meeting between Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior leaders from both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday set off another round of political speculation over the future course of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP), with opposition ally Shiv Sena (UBT) demanding…
Poet-activist Tenzin Tsundue waves the Tibetan flag at Versova beach MUMBAI: When Tenzin Tsundue was imprisoned in Lhasa for three months before Chinese authorities deported him to India, he had an unlikely visitor. Every day, a mouse would scurry into his cell, and Tsundue would share a few grains of rice with the tiny creature,…
Car fire occurred inside the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel, causing traffic delays. MUMBAI: Panic gripped motorists on Wednesday afternoon after a car caught fire inside the northbound tunnel of the Mumbai Coastal Road, forcing authorities to temporarily shut the tunnel and triggering a major traffic jam along the Breach Candy stretch.The blaze, reported around 12.25…
In Chhoti Si Baat (1976), Basu Chatterjee’s classic ode to Bombay office romance, Amol Palekar’s character, Arun, practices a ritual that feels like a myth in modern Mumbai: he waits in an orderly queue at a bus stop.Today, those polite queues have dissolved into chaotic scrums, commuter etiquette is an endangered species, and the iconic…
Mumbai: A part of Kala Ghoda precinct beautification project, with redesigned streets, improved lighting, open-air café seating and landscaped public spaces, was inaugurated by CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday morning. The first phase covers five roads in the area. Every Saturday and Sunday from 6 pm to midnight, these streets will be vehicle-free and open…
Mumbai: Bombay HC on Tuesday said BMC must remove all encroachments before seeking its permission to put up a gabion wall to stop encroachments on a pond in Charkop.Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad said they expect the BMC chief “to take a definite and firm stand”. “Let one corporation stand…
The approved proposal covers strategically located lands attached to MSRTC bus depots, bus stations, workshops, and warehouses across the state Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday cleared the proposal for MSRTC to redevelop nearly 1,485 hectares of its land through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, with a focus on generating sustainable revenue and improving the…
