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Crane breakdown hits traffic at SV Road

Commuters travelling on SV Road in Andheri (west) had a harrowing time on Thursday as a crane used for launching girders for the Metro Rail construction got stuck at the narrow junction between SV Roa

CM for underground Metro

After his first visit to thr Metro Rail site on Tuesday morning, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan expressed his preference for an underground Metro Rail and suggested that the second route have an und

Royal Navy’s HMS Daring arrives in city

One of the senior officers onboard the Royal Navy’s latest destroyer warship HMS Daring that arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday said that as India has started indigenous Navy shipbuilding and if the industr

The great Mumbai ‘affordable’ home story

I lived the initial 16 years of my life in Pydhonie, one of south Mumbai’s busiest locations, later moved to Andheri where I spent another decade and so, never thought that it would come to pass that

The Tale of a ravaged river

From 2005, over `830 crore have already been spent on 17.84 km-long Mithi River, which has been dying a slow death due to pollution, filth and construction activities on its banks.

City harbour to get emergency towing ship

The shipping ministry has decided to hire an emergency towing vessel (ETV) and station it in the Mumbai port limits for faster rescue operation in case of any eventuality.

CR, Harbour services hit again

The suburban local services on the main and Harbour line of Central Railway were affected for the third consecutive day on Friday, as three major incidents and a death brought the services to a stands

‘Gaikwad wrong for RTI post’

Right To Information activists have opposed the appointment of former chief secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad as the chief information commissioner of Maharashtra.

RC Road may be worst hit this monsoon too

The first showers of this monsoon are round the corner, but the BMC is yet to start repairing the potholes and uneven patches on the RC Road in Chembur, which may once again turn out to be the worst a

No smart card, no daily pass: best’s new rule

Starting June 1, Brihanm-umbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) has stopped issuing the `40 daily pass to passengers, who do not own the Radio Frequency Based Identity (RF-ID) smart ca

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