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A policeman who lost his hearing and how he has taken on life's challenge head-on and ploughed ahead.
In several parts of the metropolis, shops were shut in protest and schools held prayer meets as a mark of respect to the CRPF personnel who were killed on Thursday.
Mumbai: Protestors lathi-charged following rail agitation
July 11, 2006 started as just another day on the job for Om Prakash Gupta.
Even before the train came to a complete halt, there was no place to sit in the first class. Business as usual.
Their music, available online, sung in Hindi, English, Urdu and Marathi, displays a new grammar and vocabulary which expresses the language of the disempowered,
Commuters stage rail roko, disrupt train traffic
All you must know about the young batting sensation now on the verge of playing for India
The shuttle train derailed between Palgarh and Umroli on the Virar-Dahanu Road section. Two were injured.
'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.'
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.
Maharashtra is exploring the option to develop a mass-rapid transit system in the regions to improve transport system.
Suresh Prabhu said Central and the state government will collaborate to implement big projects.
'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.
National Capital Region and Bangalore's property prices are more reasonable.
A fresh search operation, involving multiple agencies and local divers, will be launched on Saturday morning
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.
The top speed on the about 505 kms elevated corridor will be between 300 to 350 kmph.
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.
'People can relate to him much the way they did with a young Sachin Tendulkar 30 years ago.'
The prices of unsold homes in Mumbai run into crores of rupees.
It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours.
'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.'
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.
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.
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