Exclusive

Publication

Byline

13 million rides a day, but city's shared auto network runs without regulation

MUMBAI, May 10 -- While Mumbai locals are celebrated as the city's "lifeline", millions across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) depend on shared autorickshaws to complete the final stretch of thei... Read More


Draft labour codes allow women on night shifts, tighten strike norms

MUMBAI, May 10 -- The Maharashtra government has published its draft rules for the new labour codes announced by the central government late last year, amid stiff opposition from labour unions. The dr... Read More


State to challenge HC ruling on 255-acre land in Mira-Bhayandar in SC

MUMBAI, May 10 -- The Maharashtra government will move the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order that cleared the way for transfer of nearly 254.88 acres of land in Mira-Bhayandar to two pri... Read More


Worker run over by truck in Turbhe MIDC

NAVI MUMBAI, May 10 -- A 27-year-old worker was killed after allegedly being run over by a concrete mixer truck in the Turbhe Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area of Navi Mumbai ... Read More


engineer booked for assaulting tC at lTt station

MUMBAI, May 10 -- The Government Railway Police (GRP) at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) on Friday arrested a 25-year-old software engineer for allegedly assaulting a ticket collector aboard the Kam... Read More


Third leopard sighting in 7 weeks at Malad high-rise

MUMBAI, May 10 -- Panic has gripped residents of Raheja Heights, a housing society in Dindoshi, in Malad east, after a leopard was sighted in the complex for the third time in seven weeks on Friday. T... Read More


dust-raising winds hit MMR on sat evening; precursor to monsoon: IMD

Mumbai, May 10 -- A blistering sun and high humidity earlier on Saturday transitioned into cloudy skies and dust-raising winds towards the evening in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The India Meteorol... Read More


'Flamingos no longer landing': Wetland crisis triggers protest

NAVI MUMBAI, May 10 -- A silent march between the NRI and DPS Flamingo wetlands in Nerul on World Migratory Bird Day on Saturday turned into a powerful show of concern over Navi Mumbai's deepening wet... Read More


HC declines to halt eviction of two Juhu airport eateries

MUMBAI, May 10 -- The Bombay High Court has refused to interfere with proceedings initiated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to evict two eateries from Juhu Aerodrome. The two firms, Survee Sh... Read More


Tempo driver accidentally runs over father while parking

Mumbai, May 10 -- A 20-year-old tempo driver has been arrested after he allegedly accidentally ran over and killed his father at a BMC parking lot in Marol, Andheri East, on May 5. The accused, identi... Read More