MSRTC strike disrupts Ganesh festival travel statewide

A major strike by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation employees for salary hikes and other demands severely disrupted services on Tuesday ahead of the Ganesh festival, leaving thousands of......

Heavy rain continues in Mumbai, NDRF teams deployed

Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai on the second consecutive day on Monday, with some areas receiving up to 34 mm of rainfall in just one hour in the morning, affecting local train services......

Downpour in Mumbai, red alert issued, BMC schools shut

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Thursday, causing waterlogging on roads in some areas that led to traffic snarls and also delayed local train operations. IMAGE: High tides lash at the......

Heavy rains lash Maha, Konkan railway suspends ops

Heavy rains pounded Maharashtra's Thane and Palghar districts adjoining Mumbai during the night and on Thursday morning, which caused inundation and boulder crashes at various places, disrupted......

Konkan Railway to bring sky bus back on track

The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited has launched a new attempt to re-sell its sky bus technology, an indigenous railway project which met ill-fate in 2004. Aimed at 'decongesting' the traffic in......

Konkan Railway moots Skybus in Surat

Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd is looking at running its Skybus project in Surat and Ahmedabad. A senior level team from the KRCL visited Surat last week and made presentations before the Surat......

Railway ministry drops plan to monetise stations

The ministry of railways has dropped its proposal for monetisation of stations on public-private partnership mode, and projects are now being taken up under engineering, procurement and......

Railways to promote Gandhi Circuit to draw tourists

Presenting the Railway Budget 2015-16 in Parliament on Thursday the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said that to mark the 100 years of the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to......