'With just 2.4 per cent of global landmass, India houses six to eight per cent of planetary biodiversity and hence is a prime target of wildlife criminals.'
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Members of the Shiv Sena on Monday burnt a truck and blocked the Western Express Highway in Mumbai to protest the recent increase in electricity charges by Anil Ambani's Reliance Infrastructure. The protests brought the traffic on the arterial highway to a standstill and caused massive jams. Many people were reportedly injured in the protests.
The Bombay high court on Monday granted bail to Siddharth Pithani, the former flatmate of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was arrested in a drugs case related to the actor's death.
Normal life was hit on Monday in several parts of Maharashtra, particularly Mumbai where stone-pelting BJP and Shiv Sena activists tried to disrupt road and rail traffic during the 12-hour bandh called by the opposition to protest price rise.
Moderate to heavy showers will continue over Mumbai for next 48 hours.
Road, rail and air services were affected due to the first heavy rainfall of this season.
The Indian Railway plans to launch 101 new suburban trains in Mumbai. The Railways will also launch 10 more Duranto trains.
Commuters stage rail roko, disrupt train traffic
The country's largest airline IndiGo and Air India have asked passengers to reach Delhi airport at least 3.5 hours prior to domestic departures.
Marathas, a politically-influential community constituting around 30 per cent of the state's population, have been demanding reservation in jobs and education.
The event, to be held in Mumbai on February 25 and 26, will feature rare cars from 1900 to 2006.
World Bank resumed financing the Mumbai Urban Transport Project on Thursday lifting the suspension imposed in March.
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai throughout Monday night and Tuesday morning, bringing traffic to a virtual standstill in many parts of the city.Chembur, Ghatkopar and Vikhroli were the worst affected areas. Many areas in western suburbs and South Mumbai witnessed serpentine traffic jams and waterlogging.While the trains on the western line were reportedly running smoothly, trains on the Central and Harbour line were delayed by over 20 minutes.
The partial solar eclipse is being observed in several parts of the country with Srinagar witnessing the maximum obscuration of the solar disc at 55 per cent.
India's top metro cities need to improve their infrastructure and other civic amenities too.
The Rs 20,000-crore Mumbai Elevated Rail Corridor is in for an indefinite delay as it is being reworked, marking a setback to the ambitious rapid transport project.
The civic authorities have moved to clear roads which have become slushy and strewn with garbage, and are also gearing up to tackle rush of patients in municipal hospitals.
Railway traffic on both Central and Western lines were affected, throwing train schedules out of gear and affecting office goers.
Most reported unruly passenger incidents were classified as level 1, or intentional non-compliance with safety regulations like not wearing face masks, not wearing seat belts.
The protesters blocked roads in several areas of Mumbai, forced shops to shut down.
The addition of new flights at airports will now be based on passenger-handling capacity at security checkpoints, according to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). The civil aviation security regulator issued directions in this regard on May 22 in a move to reduce congestion and delays inside airport terminals. Following this, airports will have to check passenger-handling capacity at security checkpoints before allotting slots.
Unfortunately, in India, infrastructure projects are lost in a miasma of political and personal vanity, observes Shyam G Menon.
Mumbai Metro One to continue with discounted fares till Nov 30.
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Cops say the organisers Sunburn did not complete the 'mandatory requirements and legal formalities'.
Richard Branson promoted Virgin Atlantic Airways on Wednesday announced the launch of daily direct flights between Mumbai and London from December 1
Switching off the engine affects the vehicle's braking ability and this possibly resulted in the truck hitting other vehicles on the bridge slope on Sunday, as per a probe conducted into the accident by the Regional Transport Office (RTO), he said.
The rise in water level in the tracks was also due to release of water from Barvi dam, railway officials said.
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Mumbai does not need to be - de-congested - it needs to redeploy its eastern seaboard.
An IndiGo flight from Dubai to Kozhikode made an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday morning following alleged unruly behaviour of a passenger.
It offers a real opportunity for the flag carrier to compete on the world stage, backed by a leading conglomerate with deep pockets like the Tatas, observes Indrajit Gupta.
There is no report of any casualty or injury, police said.
Patil said after he cast his vote in Mumbai on June 20 for the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, he was called to Shinde's bungalow in neighbouring Thane.
A fire broke out in a building at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in Mumbai on Friday evening but no casualty has been reported so far, fire officials said.
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There was water-logging in many parts of the city. However, road traffic remained largely unaffected due to a low number of vehicles on roads. Services on the suburban rail lines were also affected with trains running late. But there has been no stoppage due to the rain yet, said the railway police.
