19 concrete plants in Mumbai shut down over pollution violations

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has ordered the shutdown of 19 ready mix concrete plants, which serve construction projects, in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for violating environmental......

Mumbai monorail breakdown: MMRDA suspends 2 officials; probe underway

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority on Tuesday suspended two senior officials for "lapses" leading to a crisis situation wherein hundreds of passengers of two monorail trains had......

'Next 48 hours crucial': 10 dead, hundreds displaced as rain lash Maha

Rains pummelled most parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, leaving 10 persons dead, bringing Mumbai to a near standstill, damaging properties and crops, and prompting the authorities to shift hundreds......

You can now drive from Mumbai to Nagpur in 8 hours

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday inaugurated the final 76-km-long stretch of the Samruddhi Mahamarg, making the entire 701-km Mumbai-Nagpur corridor fully functional and......

Centre gives nod for Chennai Monorail project

The Central and State government would set up a joint oversight mechanism, the details of which would be incorporated in the Memorandum of Understanding to be signed between the two parties. Union......

Inside New York's stunning subway station

Image: People walk through the newly opened Fulton Center train station in lower Manhattan, New York. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters   New York raised the curtain on its new $1.4 billion......

Uber suspends bike taxi pilot after Karnataka govt cries foul

The state governments of Karnataka and Maharashtra have also moved to exert more control on app-based taxi aggregators. Uber has suspended its bike-taxi pilot in India within 10 days of its launch......

Second set of bids for metro projects cleared

The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority has finalised a second set of bidders for the ambitious Mumbai Urban Transport Project and Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project.The authority......

Porto locals' fury as COVID rules eased for English soccer fans

Some Porto residents fear a spike in infections because of the highly contagious coronavirus variant spreading in parts of England after first being identified in India.   IMAGE: Manchester......

Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls out TV ads for Games

IMAGE: A banner advertising Coca-Cola beverages, Toyota, Nissay and NTT, Olympic Games partner for Tokyo 2020, in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters/Files Tokyo......