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Topic: Mumbai Metro

Mumbai-Pune ‘missing link’ to 7 metro lines. Maharashtra Economy Survey lays out infra roadmap

The state’s Economy Survey 2025-26 report shows that the Maharashtra govt plans to complete 3 road projects & 2 minor Metro lines this year; 5 more Metro lines are expected to be ready in 2027.

1 dead, 3 injured as under-construction Mumbai metro parapet falls onto auto-rickshaw

MMRDA says the incident occurred near Mulund Fire Station. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray slams the BJP government. 'Life has NO value under the BJP regime'.

Tamil RJ, Desi Shinchan, Marathi newsreader — who are the new voices in India’s Metro trains

While DD newsreaders Shammi Narang and Rini Simon Khanna set the standard in Delhi Metro, voice artists in other cities are connecting with commuters in Tamil, Marathi, and Gujarati.

After dispute with MMRDA over Metro projects, French firm Systra extends an olive branch

Systra struck conciliatory note Thursday, stating its sole objective is to restore its relationship with MMRDA, with which it has been working as consultant on number of Metro projects.

As Systra & MMRDA face off in HC, what’s the feud between them over Mumbai metro works

Bombay HC has quashed MMRDA notice to terminate contracts with Indian arm of French firm Systra related to work on multiple lines of Mumbai metro.

After delays & controversies, Mumbai’s costliest Metro inches close to launch, just in time for polls

Phase-1 operations of Metro 3, Mumbai’s first underground Metro corridor, expected to begin by September-end. The 12-km line will stretch from Aarey Colony in Goregaon (East) to BKC.

93% work on Aarey-BKC stretch done, trial runs for Mumbai’s underground Metro to begin this month

Among Mumbai's big-ticket infra projects, the 33.5-km Metro corridor from Colaba to Seepz via BKC will link city's commercial hubs & improve airport connectivity.

How Maharashtra plans to make Mumbai & satellite towns a 250 billion-dollar economy in 5 yrs

Maharashtra govt's goal is to eventually make the state a trillion-dollar economy. For this, it’s pushing to boost the economy of its most valued asset — the Mumbai Metropolitan Area.

Mumbai’s stalled projects got a kick in 2022 — Dharavi makeover & bullet train back on track

From Modi's pet project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train sanctioned in 2015 to the Dharavi Redevelopment plan stuck for over 15 years, several big projects saw a good push in 2022.

Tunnelling done, Aarey car shed clear — now, Mumbai’s 1st underground Metro line on 2023 deadline

After 2-yr delay, the 33.5-km long Metro-3 line that'll run between Colaba-Bandra-Seepz, will be commissioned in Dec 2023. As of now, it's 77% complete, says project director at MMRC.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.