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Man whom Kasab didn’t kill wonders why he didn’t, turns believer

Friday 20 November '09

Over the past year, Sharan Arasa has never stopped wondering why he was not killed by Mohammad Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail when they snatched his Skoda Laura on 26/11.
Metro-II: to get it right, a grid map

Tuesday 17 November '09

Taking lessons from the first metro corridor, the concessionaire of the city’s second metro corridor has undertaken the topography survey and alignment mapping with the help of Differential Global Positioning System.
Will push for Western Freeway project: Lodha

Tuesday 10 November '09

Pushing the ruling combine to complete pending infrastructure projects sitting in the Opposition benches would be BJP legislator Mangal Prabhat Lodha’s top priority and high on his list is the Western Freeway project.
E-waste: proposal to set up processing unit in metropolitan region

Monday 9 November '09

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, which is working towards setting up a dedicated electronic waste processing unit in the metropolitan region...
This MLA roots for redevelopment, but not by private players

Monday 2 November '09

Amin Patel, one of many corporators who contested the Assembly polls and among the few to win, has redevelopment of dilapidated structures in Mumbadevi constituency on top priority.
Danny Uncle comes to Rubina, 35-lakh house doesn’t

Friday 30 October '09

‘Danny Uncle’ came to the city but Slumdog Millionaire’s Rubina Ali did not get what her family wanted.
Chembur link rd: devp body to start work on available stretch

Thursday 29 October '09

After slow progress of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road work, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to start work on the available stretch near New Tilak Nagar, Chembur.
Garbage disposal study finds 13 municipal councils way off mark

Tuesday 27 October '09

A study by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority on landfill sites for garbage disposal in 13 municipal councils in the financial capital’s outback region reveals that not even one of the sites has been notified as per Municipal Solid Waste Rules 2000.
Development body zeroes in on 3 landfill sites

Monday 26 October '09

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has zeroed in on three sites to develop them as dumping grounds for the several thousand tonnes of garbage produced by the residents of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Metro not in July but December end

Monday 26 October '09

People expecting to take a metro ride in Mumbai by the end of July would have to wait at least till December next year...
Sent for approval: a newly designed Peddar Rd flyover

Wednesday 21 October '09

The proposed flyover on Peddar Road, which ran into a roadblock following protests from residents of the locality and opposition from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, is now awaiting fresh environmental clearance.
To avoid delay, Monorail route to bypass congested area

Tuesday 20 October '09

The Mumbai Monorail project which was staring at a delay owing to obtaining Right of Way in certain congested localities would now be redesigned marginally to avoid major land acquisitions processes.
Let’s have a JV for Metro, state proposes

Friday 16 October '09

Months after Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy offered central funding for 50 per cent of the project cost of the Colaba-Bandra Metro rail corridor...
First batch of Metro rakes likely to arrive by Jan 2010

Thursday 15 October '09

The first batch of air-conditioned Metro rakes with aerodynamic nose, built in China, will arrive by January 2010, according to Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd.
‘Cong has credibility to win on its own’

Sunday 11 October '09

With delimitation adding Girgaum and Kherwadi-which have been Shiv Sena’s traditional strongholds-to Malabar Hill, how do you look at the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena factor this election? Malabar Hill is not a Sena bastion as it is believed to be.
BEST buses on sea link: no end to deadlock over toll

Thursday 8 October '09

Three months after the Bandra Worli Sea Link was thrown open to traffic, there are no signs of BEST buses plying on it anytime soon.
Western Rly curbs, pending rights make it tight for Metro

Monday 5 October '09

With the deadline for the completion of construction of the city’s first Metro corridor nearing, the challenges for the implementing agency are growing.
Ads on cabs: state turns down cabbies’ proposal

Tuesday 29 September '09

Owners of nearly 45,000 cabs in the city lost out on an opportunity to earn additional income after the state transport department rejected a proposal to allow advertisements on black and yellow cabs.
To expand fleet, Meru seeks relaxation in driver recruitment rules

Tuesday 29 September '09

Getting a radio taxi during peak hours is a struggle because there aren’t enough cabs, which is because there aren’t enough drivers.
A landmark unsecured, no one to monitor

Wednesday 23 September '09

The CCTV footage from the six cameras installed on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link is not being monitored by any of the agencies even as the city police are seeking funds to secure it.
Radio cab dearer by Rs 5 for 1st km, Re 1/km thereafter

Tuesday 15 September '09

Hailing a radio cab (or fleet taxi) in the city will now be expensive as the state transport department has revised the fares for the swanky cabs after the hike in prices of Compressed Natural Gas.
Six months more before work on Metro line 2

Thursday 10 September '09

The actual construction for the Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro rail corridor, for which the foundation was laid hurriedly last month, will take at least six more months to begin.
2-km stretch gets in way of Metro-I, deadline may be overshot

Wednesday 9 September '09

Mumbai’s first Metro project — a 11.2-km corridor from Versova to Ghatkopar via Andheri — scheduled to be completed by July 2010 may overshoot the deadline because of a 2-km stretch, according to officials.
Mumbai upgrade has to wait — for the next govt

Tuesday 1 September '09

With the Election Commission announcing October 13 as the date for Assembly elections in Maharashtra...
Flouted norms: bus didn’t have carriage permit, fire extinguisher

Friday 21 August '09

The ill-fated Tata mini bus that caught fire in Panvel on Thursday morning was being driven without the mandatory carriage permit to ferry schoolchildren.
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