Pressure is mounting on Reliance Infrastructure to change the name of metro rail project, with a senior minister in the Congress-NCP led Maharashtra government joining the chorus of Opposition leaders making similar demand.
Air India and Air India Express are introducing a fuel surcharge on domestic and international flights due to rising jet fuel prices, impacting travel costs for passengers.
'It was amazing how he controlled the crowd, not with force or even star power, but with sheer love.'
In which area of Indian life are women not running the show?
The matter came up for hearing on Monday before a bench chaired by Justice R D Dhanuka.
A National Crime Records Bureau report reveals Mumbai's crime statistics for 2023, highlighting its position among metropolitan cities in cases of assault on women, kidnapping, rape, and murder.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced plans for a vast underground tunnel network in Mumbai to ease traffic congestion, describing it as a 'Paatal Lok,' a parallel road system. The tunnel grid will cover the city in multiple directions, complementing existing arterial routes and Metro corridors. Several tunnel projects are under construction, including Thane-Borivali and Mulund-Goregaon, to improve east-west connectivity. An integrated Mumbai One app has been launched to enable a common ticket for various modes of transport.
It is yet to be decided whether the Rs 2,356 crore (Rs 23.56 billion) Phase One of the project is eligible for VGF or not, a key Finance Ministry official told PTI. \n
According to sources, RInfra has sought a steep revision in the fares with minimum Rs 22 and maximum Rs 33, citing a near-doubling of its cost.
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 fully functional by next year.
The Rs 4,300-crore (Rs 43-billion) project -- marred by missed deadlines and cost overruns -- has finally started full scale test run last week between Ghatkopar and Versova and will open to public by mid-January.
A senior official from the urban development ministry said that allowing four floor space index within a 500 metre from the station will help the developer to bring down the viability gap funding because he will be able to make profits from the excess FSI. This will also allow the state government and the BMC to generate funds for infrastructure projects.
The government authorities must not lose sight of the fact that the issue at hand was one that concerned the citizens and used public money, the bench said.
Chavan said the process of obtaining all mandatory safety certifications are underway.
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The commissioning of the 3-km Versova to Azad Nagar stretch of Mumbai Metro-I project will not be operational from September, as the Central Railway Safety Commissioner's approval is still awaited.
A committee headed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay professor K V K Rao would probe the incident and suggest safety measures to avoid such instances in the future.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to pursue its plea with the relevant authority for felling 84 trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for constructing train ramps at its car shed project, saying it cannot be "oblivious of serious dislocation" which may be caused in projects involving "large public funds".
A monorail train in Mumbai experienced a technical malfunction, causing it to halt. All passengers were safely rescued. This is the second such incident in less than a month.
The Ambani brothers are once again going to clash over Mumbai's infrastructure as the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority has decided to call financial bids for the Rs 12,000-crore (Rs 120 billion) second corridor of Mumbai Metro connecting Charkop to Mankhurd via Bandra from short-listed consortiums.
Reliance Infrastructure said it plans to commission the Mumbai Metro rail project this year.
Mumbai Metro commuters get top-up facility.
A consortium of six banks led by IDBI will finance the project to the tune of Rs 1,194 crore (Rs 11.94 billion), Rs 512 crore (Rs 5.12 billion) will be raised through equity while Rs 650 crore (Rs 6.5 billion) will come from the MMRDA as capital subsidy. The closure is unique in many ways as nearly Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) have been spent on the project before the financial closure.
The government will provide necessary land at a nominal rate.
The film uses the romcom template, but hampers itself with a plodding pace, flimsy conflicts and an almost absent sense of humour.
TasteAtlas, a globally-recognised digital guide to food, just unveiled its rankings for 50 Best Potato Dishes. Four of our Indian favourites qualified.
The government's Budget announcements providing tax holiday for data centres, setting up of city economic regions (CERs) and funding to improve infrastructure in Tier-II and -III cities may give an indirect boost to India's realty sector, said industry executives.
The cast of Anurag Basu's Metro... In Dino arrived for the screening in Mumbai.
Home loan demand is moving away from core metropolitan markets, with Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities emerging as the dominant contributors to growth in 2025, a report said.
A court in Ahmedabad in Gujarat has directed the Congress and four of its leaders to remove a deep fake video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani from social media platforms.
Mumbai Metro One to continue with discounted fares till Nov 30.
None of the seven consortiums shortlisted for the Maharashtra government's flagship project, the Rs 6,200-crore second phase of the Mumbai Metro, participated in the financial bids that closed on Friday. "The reason for asking more time could be the prevailing economic slowdown. They sought at least one more month to submit the bids," a Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority official said.
A record 1.15 million commuters travelled on the newly-launched 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor of the Mumbai Metro.
The new fare structure which will come into effect from December 1.
Mumbai Metro One (MMOPL) has decided to offer a promotional fare of Rs 5 between any two stations on the stretch on a trial basis, to woo people to commute in the city's first Metro during off-peak hours in morning, its operator.
Metro...In Dino's assembly of actors exhaust all their charm at the end of this messy musing on metropolitan monotony, observes SUkanya Verma.
Two more Metro lines cleared ahead of BMC polls
Indrani Mukerjea, in pure white, sporting dancing pearl jhumkas, bobbed about the accused box, occasionally floating up front to whisper urgent suggestions to her lawyer Ranjeet Sangle as retired cop and prosecution witness Dinesh Kadam gave her a long look. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel returns to cover the Sheena Bora murder trial after 18 months.
The Supreme Court of India has directed the tree authority of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to halt any further tree felling in Mumbai's Aarey colony without its permission. The order comes after the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) informed the court that there were no pending proposals to cut more trees in the area. The court has previously permitted the felling of a limited number of trees for a metro rail project, but has also imposed penalties on the MMRCL for exceeding its permitted limits.
Developed to meet the growing transportation needs of modern India, the fully AC Vande Bharat sleeper train would offer passengers an "airline-like travel experience at economical fares," a statement issued by the PMO stated.
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