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Sena rebel Eknath Shinde in Assam, claims 40 MLAs with him

Sena rebel Eknath Shinde in Assam, claims 40 MLAs with him

Rediff.com22 Jun 2022

Shinde said MLAs are keen on continuing the Sena founded by late Balasaheb Thackeray.

Deshmukh case: ED summons Maha minister Anil Parab

Deshmukh case: ED summons Maha minister Anil Parab

Rediff.com29 Aug 2021

Raut said the ED notice to Parab was "expected" and the party would fight it legally.

2 killed, 7 injured as Mumbai-bound train derails in Karnataka

2 killed, 7 injured as Mumbai-bound train derails in Karnataka

Rediff.com12 Sep 2015

The mishap took place at Martur village station, about 20 kilometres from Kalburgi.

Mumbai-ites may be fined for excess power usage

Mumbai-ites may be fined for excess power usage

Rediff.com26 Feb 2006

In its decision over a tariff revision proposal submitted by the BEST, the MERC has given this direction.

How Much Did RRR Spend On Promos?

How Much Did RRR Spend On Promos?

Rediff.com3 Jan 2022

Approximately Rs 18 crore-Rs 20 crore has been spent on promoting S S Rajamouli's RRR for its January 7 release, which now stands postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 resurgence.

New Maha Covid curbs on office attendance, travel, wedding

New Maha Covid curbs on office attendance, travel, wedding

Rediff.com21 Apr 2021

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday imposed several new restrictions, including a ban on inter-city and inter-district travel and curbs on office attendance in an attempt to bring the spiralling coronavirus infections under control.

The Big Mac Inflation Index

The Big Mac Inflation Index

Rediff.com23 Jan 2023

The ever-astute Ravi Matthai, Director of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1971, offered me a basic salary of Rs 1,000 per month on my return from the United States. I doubt if IIMA could hire a faculty member at Rs 55,000 per month today! points out Dr Shreekant Sambrani.

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

What A380's failure can teach the shipping industry

Rediff.com8 Nov 2021

As a model of transport, the A380 strikes a parallel -- a shared fragility -- with giant container ships, observes Shyam G Menon.

Court allows de-freezing of Rhea's account, return seized gadgets

Court allows de-freezing of Rhea's account, return seized gadgets

Rediff.com10 Nov 2021

The court has ordered to return her laptop, mobile phone and other gadgets seized during the investigation into late actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

Electric vehicle retail sales zoom over three-fold in FY22

Electric vehicle retail sales zoom over three-fold in FY22

Rediff.com10 Apr 2022

Electric vehicle retail sales in the country witnessed over three-fold jump last fiscal with two-wheeler offtake leading the segment, according to data compiled by automobile dealers' body FADA. Total electric vehicle (EV) retails reached 4,29,217 units in 2021-22, a rise of three-fold from 1,34,821 units in the financial year 2020-21, the industry body said. Total EV sales had stood at 1,68,300 units in the 2019-20 fiscal, it noted.

L&T bags over Rs 7,000-cr order for bullet train

L&T bags over Rs 7,000-cr order for bullet train

Rediff.com19 Nov 2020

The transportation infrastructure business of L&T Construction has secured mega contract from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) to construct 87.569 km of the bullet train project.

Why migrants prefer trucks over Shramik trains to return home

Why migrants prefer trucks over Shramik trains to return home

Rediff.com16 May 2020

The migrants said that they prefer trucks and tempos to go back to their native places as the trucks drop them close to their villages, while buses drop them only till the state border, from where they have to find another mode of transport to reach home.

Power crisis: Rlys cancels 42 trains in two zones for swift movement of coal

Power crisis: Rlys cancels 42 trains in two zones for swift movement of coal

Rediff.com29 Apr 2022

While the SECR has cancelled 22 mail or express trains and 12 passenger trains, the Northern Railways has cancelled four mail or express trains, and as many passenger services.

As Omicron cases rise, BMC asks people to avoid X'mas, New Year parties

As Omicron cases rise, BMC asks people to avoid X'mas, New Year parties

Rediff.com20 Dec 2021

Maharashtra has so far reported 54 cases of the Omicron variant. Out of these, 22 are from Mumbai, including cases found through screening at the international airport here, as per official data.

Airlines line up new flights as govt allows regular international ops

Airlines line up new flights as govt allows regular international ops

Rediff.com10 Mar 2022

Indian customers will have wider travel options as airlines introduce new flights from the end of March. While Malaysian Airlines and Turkish Airlines are resuming passenger flights to India after a gap of two years, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group will scale up their existing service in a graded manner in the summer schedule. Emirates, the largest foreign airline operating in India, too, is looking to restore its pre-Covid-19 schedule of 172 flights per week.

Exporters explore 3 back-up routes to Russia, CIS nations

Exporters explore 3 back-up routes to Russia, CIS nations

Rediff.com28 Mar 2022

Exporters are readying back-up routes to send their shipments to the nations belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including Russia, as the war in Ukraine continues to intensify. Three routes are being explored. The first is the China route using Qingdao port. The second is the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) route that connects Mumbai to Moscow via Iran and Azerbaijan.

Maha-K'taka border row escalates, Fadnavis dials Bommai

Maha-K'taka border row escalates, Fadnavis dials Bommai

Rediff.com6 Dec 2022

A local leader of Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction confirmed they painted the buses.

Cyrus Mistry's demise brings back focus on road crash deaths

Cyrus Mistry's demise brings back focus on road crash deaths

Rediff.com4 Sep 2022

According to National Crime Records Bureau data released recently, over 1.55 lakh people were killed in road crashes across India in 2021 -- an average of 426 daily or 18 every single hour.

ED makes first arrests in IL&FS case

ED makes first arrests in IL&FS case

Rediff.com19 Jun 2019

Joint MD of the company Arun K Saha and MD of transportation network K Ramchand were arrested late evening in Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Air India flight brings home 239 Indians from UK

Air India flight brings home 239 Indians from UK

Rediff.com10 May 2020

In addition to this, two more repatriation flights -- one each from Singapore and Manila ( Philippines) -- are expected to arrive in Mumbai on Sunday.

Ahmedabad Doesn't Sleep. It Eats

Ahmedabad Doesn't Sleep. It Eats

Rediff.com16 Aug 2022

Ahmedabad is home to the strangest of cuisines and is a city of contrasts, if you look beyond the tourist places.

Leaders pay rich tributes to Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Leaders pay rich tributes to Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Rediff.com14 Aug 2022

Jhunjhunwala passed away early on Sunday morning due to a cardiac arrest, a source in his newly set up airline said.

When Jugal Hansraj Was Paid More Than Priyanka Chopra

When Jugal Hansraj Was Paid More Than Priyanka Chopra

Rediff.com4 Mar 2023

'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'

7/11 Mumbai train blasts: What role did the convicts play?

7/11 Mumbai train blasts: What role did the convicts play?

Rediff.com30 Sep 2015

On Wednesday, the special MCOCA court in Mumbai awarded death sentences to Kamal Ahamed Ansari, 37, Mohd Faisal Shaikh, 36, Ehtesham Siddiqui, 30, Naveed Hussain Khan, 30 and Asif Khan, 38, for the role they played in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts, which claimed the lives of 188 people.

Salman Rushdie stabbed at New York event, undergoes surgery

Salman Rushdie stabbed at New York event, undergoes surgery

Rediff.com13 Aug 2022

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children, was attacked by a man who stormed the stage during an event in New York on Friday while he was getting ready to deliver a lecture.

Chennai floods, a wake-up call for Mumbai

Chennai floods, a wake-up call for Mumbai

Rediff.com15 Dec 2015

Since the disastrous 2005 floods, that crippled Mumbai, little work has been done on disaster management and relief preparations.

Uber's business shows strong recovery signs post lockdown in India

Uber's business shows strong recovery signs post lockdown in India

Rediff.com2 Mar 2021

As Indians start travelling in the new normal, strong recovery in smaller towns underscores success for ride-hailing giant's 'India to Bharat' strategy, which offers new products in regional markets.

Devise way to allow people to use local trains: HC to Maha

Devise way to allow people to use local trains: HC to Maha

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

The court said people are losing jobs, while hearing a plea by lawyers seeking permission to board suburban trains.

Bridge on Mumbai-Goa highway washed away, 2 dead, 22 missing

Bridge on Mumbai-Goa highway washed away, 2 dead, 22 missing

Rediff.com3 Aug 2016

The Coast Guard has deployed a Chetak Helicopter to carry out search operation for missing vehicles.

Maha seals borders to curb liquor smuggling

Maha seals borders to curb liquor smuggling

Rediff.com8 May 2020

The move by the excise department has come in the wake of lifting of certain coronavirus-induced curbs, which included allowing reopening of liquor shops. As the demand for alcohol has increased in Maharashtra, there is a possibility of liquor smuggling by inter-state organised syndicates, the official said.

Covid: Time to open economy but with caution, Centre tells states, UTs

Covid: Time to open economy but with caution, Centre tells states, UTs

Rediff.com23 Mar 2022

The Union health ministry, however, suggested necessary curbs in areas reporting over 10 per cent positivity rate or 40 per cent occupancy in either oxygen-supported or ICU beds.

'Scrapping centres will be an industry'

'Scrapping centres will be an industry'

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

'Our automakers export 50 per cent of what they manufacture and once the policy comes into play, which is in the next 2-3 years, we would become a Rs 10 trillion industry.'

'Swiggy is exploiting its delivery boys'

'Swiggy is exploiting its delivery boys'

Rediff.com3 Dec 2021

'They don't tell us what they take from customers. They don't tell customers what they give us.'

Queen Elizabeth II admired richness, diversity of India

Queen Elizabeth II admired richness, diversity of India

Rediff.com9 Sep 2022

Queen Elizabeth II, who died aged 96 on Thursday, was the first British monarch to accede to the throne after India's Independence from colonial rule in 1952 and admired the 'richness and diversity' of India where she made three State Visits over the course of her reign -- in 1961, 1983 and 1997.

Coronavirus: Essential goods market faces labour shortage

Coronavirus: Essential goods market faces labour shortage

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

Nilesh Veera, director of APMC said, complained that availability of workers is a big problem. They have asked the government to provide enough sanitizers, masks, etc, for worker safety, to call them back. There has been no reply.

Weekend lockdown in Maha, stricter curbs from Monday

Weekend lockdown in Maha, stricter curbs from Monday

Rediff.com4 Apr 2021

Theatres, drama theatres will be shut, while film and television shootings will continue if there is no crowding. Parks and playgrounds will also be closed, he said.

India adds 10,929 COVID-19 cases, 392 deaths

India adds 10,929 COVID-19 cases, 392 deaths

Rediff.com6 Nov 2021

The active cases comprise 0.43 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March last year.

Hyperloop project: 'Will study and decide', Uddhav tells Branson

Hyperloop project: 'Will study and decide', Uddhav tells Branson

Rediff.com12 Dec 2019

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray told British billionaire Richard Branson that he would study the Mumbai-Pune ultrafast Hyperloop transport project and take further decisions. Branson met Thackeray in Mumbai to clear "misunderstandings" and gauge the new administration's interest in the $10 billion project. Branson had said the entire cost of the project will be borne by the private sector and it will not depend on any funding from the state.

Why are electric two-wheelers in India catching fire?

Why are electric two-wheelers in India catching fire?

Rediff.com12 May 2022

Nearly a decade ago, the first fully electric vehicle (EV) caught fire on the road in the US. It was a model from Tesla, the world's most admired EV maker. A metal fragment punctured the underbelly of the vehicle, penetrating its battery pack, leading to a fire. Indian lawmakers and automakers have had nine years to study the incident (in fact, three Tesla Model Ss caught fire in two months in 2013) but seem to have learnt little.

Now, Mumbai's dabbawalas to deliver Flipkart products!

Now, Mumbai's dabbawalas to deliver Flipkart products!

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

Dabbawalas have been in the profession of transporting lunch boxes.