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Topic: Mumbai

‘Who gave Mumbai’s langur alcohol?’ Forest officials investigate after dramatic rescue

Forest officials will test the grey langur for possible alcohol exposure after reports that it was fed liquor and soft drinks as social media users question if the animal has been blamed unfairly.

Mumbai’s cash-strapped BEST bus service eyes a ‘kayapalat’ with Rs 28,000-cr revival plan

The plan aims to modernise the public transport provider’s ageing bus depots and monetise them by converting them into commercial and residential hubs.

Rains expose Mumbai’s ageing infra, poor planning. Why city’s development plans work only on paper

From waterlogging and air pollution to overcrowded trains, housing issues and perpetual construction, the country’s wealthiest city has been plagued by many civic problems for years.

Mumbai is running out of drinking water. A desalination plant in Manori is BMC’s solution

Mumbai is set to get its first-ever desalination plant, which will turn saline water from the Arabian Sea into drinking water, at a scale the city has never attempted before.

No leaders, no banners, just WhatsApp & social media: How Mumbai youth turned a protest into a movement

What began as a handful of students exchanging numbers at Azad Maidan snowballed into a leaderless campaign, with WhatsApp groups, Instagram and live locations keeping Mumbai's NEET protests growing.

Mumbai woman blocked a police van at CJP protest. Her photo has Bollywood’s attention

The photo has gone viral, with filmmakers and actors including Zoya Akhtar, Abhishek Banerjee, Twinkle Khanna and Malaika Arora sharing it.

Rats at K Rustom, fungus at Parsi Dairy—why many are cheering FDA shutdown of Mumbai icons

The Maharashtra FDA's shutdown of Mumbai eateries K Rustom and Parsi Dairy has many ruing the end of an era, while others say the ‘iconic’ tag is no free pass for hygiene and quality lapses.

Mumbai monsoon has brought a new killer—city’s falling trees

Three deaths and over 2,100 tree and branch fall incidents have put Mumbai's trees under scrutiny. Experts and the BMC explain what's causing the crisis.

‘Save Neville D’Souza ground’—cricket-crazy Mumbai is fighting for its football future

Mumbai’s Neville D’Souza football ground could become a convention centre after a BMC panel cleared a land-use change. Players, parents and politicians are now protesting—‘crushing sports'.

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Goa beyond beachrot—inland hotels are the next vacation frontier

Every Postcard hotel in Goa is located inland, including one in the village of Saligao, another that’s spread across 20 acres in the wildlife sanctuary of Netravali, and an ayurveda retreat in Old Goa.

Why India’s Russian oil supplies are set to decline in August

Russian crude imports are expected to fall in August from around highs of 2.7 mbpd in June and July, but Moscow to remain India's largest single oil supplier

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman