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CR to install 1,650 CCTVs along tracks

Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- The Central Railway (CR) recently came up an elaborate plan to install 1,650 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras along railway lines, to keep surveillance on tracks, train-park... Read More


HC clears decks for Santacruz slum redevelopment, stuck for four years

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- The Bombay high court on Thursday reprimanded a section of residents of the Jaku Club slum pocket in Santacruz East for blocking the redevelopment of their settlement for nearly fou... Read More


New rail corridors on the cards

Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) has proposed new rail corridors along the existing lines on the Kalyan-Kasara and Kalyan-Karjat corridors to segregate Mumbai's suburban rai... Read More


Arrested B'deshi flees from JJ Hosp

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- A 21-year-old pregnant Bangladeshi woman, who had been arrested for illegally staying in India, fled on August 14 from the JJ Hospital's Warn No. 10 where she had been taken for tre... Read More


Malabar Hill residents demand safe footpaths after woman's death

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- The fight for footpaths in one of Mumbai's most upscale neighbourhoods has turned urgent after the death of 75-year-old Neeta Shah, a familiar face in Malabar Hill's morning and eve... Read More


three suffocate in underground BSNL Chamber

PUNE, Aug. 16 -- Three workers died of suffocation while laying optical fibre cables in an underground drainage chamber in the Nigdi area of Pimpri-Chinchwad on Friday, said a police officer. Prelimi... Read More


Unbuilt vision: Why Mumbai's eastern waterfront dream was so remarkable

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- Broad pavements, lush gardens and a low building footprint aren't features typically associated with Mumbai's urban sprawl. And, yet, a 28-km stretch along the eastern shoreline fri... Read More


IMD issues Orange alert for city, thane over weekend

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- After a brief period of occasional drizzles, the monsoon has picked up pace. On Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared an orange alert, indicating a heavy downpo... Read More


Will stand as a wall to protect farmers: PM Modi

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for greater self-reliance, local manufacturing of everything from fertilisers to EV batteries, and pledged to protect farmers amid trade tensi... Read More


Deadline for governors, President will tilt power balance: Central govt

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- The Union government has cautioned the Supreme Court that imposing fixed timelines on governors and the president to act on state bills, as mandated by the court in an April ruli... Read More