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......

CR's 63-hr mega block: Mumbaikars face woes after train cancellations

Users of Central Railway's suburban services faced delays and overcrowding on Friday morning after a 63-hour-long block commenced to widen platforms at Thane. Image used for representational......

Taxi, auto strike leads to chaos in Mumbai

Commuters in Mumbai had a harrowing time on Tuesday after the 80,000-odd taxis and around 1 lakh auto rickshaws that ply in the metropolis went off the roads demanding fare hike. There was some......

Bombay HC cuts firecracker bursting time to 2 hours. from 8-10 pm

The Bombay high court on Friday modified its earlier order and said firecrackers can be burst only between 8 pm and 10 pm during Diwali in view of the air pollution situation. Image used for......

BJP questions cost escalation of Mumbai Metro project

Alleging that there has been an enormous cost escalation in the Mumbai Metro Rail project, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded that Maharashtra government should conduct a special audit to......

Mumbai Metro to be operational by next year

In a development that is bound to bring cheer for Mumbai's weary commuters and overburdened transportation facilities, authorities for the Mumbai Metro 1 project estimate that the Metro will be......

Mumbai boasts of the country's 1st monorail

Engineering major Larsen & Toubro and Malaysia's Scomi Group are expected to commission the first phase of Mumbai Monorail, India's first such system, by end of this year. The Rs 2,460-crore (Rs......

Mumbai staring at massive labour shortage

Several on-site labourers in the city want to take special trains being run to transport workers back home. The rising number of COVID-19 cases in the city has caused anxiety among them. Mumbai,......