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'In Mumbai the mortality rate was reaching a percentage of almost 8 plus in about April.' 'But now over last one month, we have come down.' 'We have drastically controlled mortality.' 'We are now about 3.9.'
The shuttle train derailed between Palgarh and Umroli on the Virar-Dahanu Road section. Two were injured.
Around 15 commuters fell into a gutter after a cement slab caved in due to the heavy morning rush at platform No. 1 at the Vasai railhead on Tuesday morning.
The lines between Virar and Vaitarna stations were blocked after a goods train derailed early on Wednesday.
We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
Bullet trains are run by state-owned agencies in France and Germany.
Suresh Prabhu said Central and the state government will collaborate to implement big projects.
Maharashtra is exploring the option to develop a mass-rapid transit system in the regions to improve transport system.
'Predictions are that numbers will continue to rise till May end and maybe in the first half of June will be our peak.'
The maiden Railway Budget of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government seems to have not gone down well with the suburban commuters as it does not offer anything new to them, commuters associations in Mumbai said.
Passengers will get the thrill of riding under the sea while travelling between Mumbai and Ahmedabad
Kerala has recorded 24 cases including two foreign nationals.
A fresh search operation, involving multiple agencies and local divers, will be launched on Saturday morning
National Capital Region and Bangalore's property prices are more reasonable.
Despite its love for feel-good, Tumhari Sulu isn't stuck in a fool's paradise and confronts the conflicts thrown in its path, feels Sukanya Verma.
The bullet train is expected to cover 508 km between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in about two hours.
Of the Rs 1.10 lakh crore investment required for the project, Japan is providing Rs 88,000 crore as a soft loan at 0.01 per cent interest.
A tweet by the Press Information Bureau said the states which have imposed lockdown in all districts include Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland. The other states are: Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Ladakh, Tripura, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, Daman Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Karnataka and Assam.
There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis. Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.
The top speed on the about 505 kms elevated corridor will be between 300 to 350 kmph.
'People can relate to him much the way they did with a young Sachin Tendulkar 30 years ago.'
It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours.
The prices of unsold homes in Mumbai run into crores of rupees.
Only when the RBI inspection started on September 19 did they realise that their game was up and one of them had sent a letter to the central bank, leading to the RBI crackdown, report Anup Roy and Subrata Panda.
'After household expenses, we are left with nothing...' 'Sometimes I think it is better to shut the store...'
'People are angry.' 'First notebandi, then GST, now losses on the farm have ruined us.'
Tuesday's nightmare continued well into Wednesday morning for Mumbaikars, as trains on the Western Railway ran behind schedule.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said that the common people have always been the focus of all initiatives by the Indian Railways.
Rediff.com Reporter Anita Aikara spotted a Mumbai constable violating the rules on Sunday, February 4. When, like a good citizen, she objected, she was abused and manhandled by the constable. Her PAN card was taken away and she was then charged with a false crime.
If the Indian Railways thinks it can get away with this sassy attitude, it is because it is, in a sense, a monopolist in the business of transporting people. The distances one has to cover, say from Thane or Virar to Mumbai is impossible by road provides railways the arrogance, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
'We started analysing young patients and realised that they had causes like undetected diabetes, which suddenly flares up during COVID-19.' 'Secondly, hypothyroidism was one of the factors.' 'And obesity.'
The BEST workers' union went on strike to press for their demands, including timely payment of salaries.
A two-day strike by wholesalers and retailers across Maharastra to protest against the imposition of Local Body Tax (LBT) began on Monday, bringing trading activity to a grinding halt.
Seven coaches of a suburban train travelling from Mumbai's Andheri to Churchgate station, have derailed between Andheri and Vile Parle. Details awaited.
Rera's implementation is patchy across states, and the powers of the regulator to enforce its orders are also limited.
Farmers' organisations are demanding a hike of Rs 5 per litre in milk procurement price and have decided to suspend the supply to Mumbai and Pune from Monday.
The ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi culminated on Sunday as thousands of devotees immersed idols of the elephant-headed deity.
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