Kharghar News

Rescue operation was launched to save 54 people stuck onboard a ferry boat NAVRANG which had run aground near Elephanta island around 3-4 nautical miles off Mumbai coast on Tuesday. Source: Mumbai News

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) residential users in Thane and Navi Mumbai may experience an increase in power bills ranging from 27% to 40% Source: Mumbai News

After his first significant conviction since his extradition from Portugal a decade ago, the crucial issue is what would be the demand now for Abu Salem’s quantum of punishment in the case of murder and an act of terror. Source: Mumbai News

Transporters have threatened to suspend operations of 25,000 tankers supplying petrol, diesel and daily essentials across the state to oppose the “inordinate delays” in issuing calibration certificates Source: Mumbai News

The Bombay HC on Monday reserved its judgment on a PIL seeking a ban on plying of horse-drawn carriages, popularly called Victorias, on Mumbai’s roads. Animal rights organizations, horse owners, BMC and the state, who were pitted on either side of the debate, concluded their arguments before a division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Anil Menon. Source: Mumbai News

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Tuesday intercepted MV Sevastopol—a Russian flagged cargo vessel—nearly 204 km off the city’s shore after pursuing it for nearly 11 hours Source: Mumbai News

To lure commuters to take the red bus, BEST plans to introduce ‘Happy Hours’ during non-peak hours. So, if things go to plan, you could pay up to half the fare on routes where buses ply almost empty between noon and 3 pm. Source: Mumbai News

The city’s vertical development means problems in infrastructure and basic amenities, this is what experts feels. Source: Mumbai News

An Air India aircraft with 194 people on board had a narrow escape after suffering a tail strike while landing at Mumbai airport on Sunday afternoon. Source: Mumbai News

A proposal for carving out a possible business district out of lush Aarey Colony and “augmenting the institutional and public amenity requirements of the suburbs” by using some of the land mentioned in the Draft Development Plan 2034 has jolted many citizens and environmentalists. Source: Mumbai News