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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Chittaranjan Tembhekar |Richa Pinto
NewsRadio Club marina work begins; upset locals to move courtMumbai: Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) on Thursday allowed contractor RKC International to barricade a portion of the eastern waterfront between the Gateway of India and Radio Club to start construction of piles for the Rs 190-crore state-of-the-art marina that will have capacity to anchor around 20 public passenger boats. The project is expected to be completed in a couple of years, MMB officials said.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Chittaranjan Tembhekar |Hemali Chhapia
Maharashtra's Language Advisory Committee has publicly opposed the introduction of Hindi as a third language for students in Classes I to V, sparking debate and putting the state government on the defensive. The committee argues the move is academically unjustified and not in line with students' psychology.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Vijay Singh |V Narayan |Chittaranjan Tembhekar |Somit Sen |Manthan K Mehta
Mumbai's local train passengers endure extreme overcrowding, particularly during peak hours, making commuting a daily struggle. Despite efforts to improve services and infrastructure, the overwhelming number of commuters results in severe conditions, with passengers often forced to travel in unsafe and uncomfortable conditions. Railways are working on capacity enhancement projects to mitigate the situation. MUMBAI: There are Mumbai local trains.
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1 month ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Somit Sen |Nitasha Natu |Chittaranjan Tembhekar |Asmita Dey
NewsCity Newsmumbai NewsLure of commission turns 10-minute delivery bikers into speedstersTrendingMumbai's 10-minute delivery bikers, incentivized by earnings, zoom dangerously through traffic, flouting regulations due to e-bike exemptions. Authorities struggle with enforcement as delivery timelines increase risks. Recent policing efforts have led to numerous FIRs and seizures, highlighting the urgent need for stricter regulations and support for gig workers.
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2 months ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Mohua Das |Chittaranjan Tembhekar
Mumbai's iconic smoky tandoori flavours may soon face an existential crisis as the city's restaurants scramble to comply with an impending ban on charcoal and wood-fired ovens. While the move is aimed at tackling Mumbai's worsening air quality, restaurateurs argue that without traditional tandoors, kebabs might lose their smoky depth and naans may not puff up quite the same way.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Chittaranjan Tembhekar
Trending Mumbai: In a move that will enable the anti-pollution machinery to act swiftly upon the rise in pollutants in air, the state govt has sanctioned the state pollution control board to employ staff to its maximum capacity from existing 460 employees to 1310. "Immediate inspections and punitive action against those contributing to smoke and dust pollution will be feasible very soon.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Chittaranjan Tembhekar
NewsCity Newsmumbai NewsMumbai to Goa in Just 6 hours; highway to be completed by June 2025TrendingThe Goa Highway project in Maharashtra is set to be completed by May-June 2025, significantly reducing travel time between Mumbai and Goa from 12 to 6 hours. The project cost has risen to Rs 7,300 crore due to delays. Some bypasses, underpasses, and flyovers in specific towns remain incomplete, with the Panvel-Indapur section developed by NHAI.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Chittaranjan Tembhekar
NewsCity Newsmumbai NewsMaharashtra pollution control board seizes 15 tonnes of banned single-use plastic in statewide raidsTrendingMumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, jointly with the municipal bodies in the state, raided several retail installations across Maharashtra and confiscated a huge stock of banned single-use plastic bags weighing 14.50 tonnes. The raids were conducted by the flying squads between June 5, 2024, and Jan 26, 2025.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Chittaranjan Tembhekar
Mumbai: A housekeeping company, and not a security agency, has been providing guards to Satguru Sharan, the Bandra building where actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked last week, said top office-bearers of the Maharashtra chapter of Central Association of Private Security Industry, the apex body of India's private security industry.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Chittaranjan Tembhekar
NewsCity Newsmumbai NewsPower firms submit five-year tariff plans for city to MERCTrendingMumbai: BEST, Adani Electricity and Tata Power have put forth their power tariff proposals for residential consumers in Mumbai for the five years beginning 2025-26. The tariff proposals will first be debated at the state's power regulator, the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), before they are finalised for consumers in different consumption categories.
