Topic: MUMBAI
Mumbai collects nearly Rs 3 crore in fines from people without masks during Navratri
In an effort to curb a post-festival Covid spike, the Mumbai civic body enforced a Rs 200 fine on those without masks, penalising about 1.25 lakh people over the last 15 days.
4 yrs after buying buses, Maharashtra finally plans to start Mumbai Hop On, Hop Off service
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation has floated tender to rope in a company to maintain and operate the 11 Hop On Hop Off buses bought for about Rs 8 crore.
With car shed at Kanjurmarg, new Mumbai Metro corridor could now connect to Thane towns
Mumbai govt is planning to connect Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro with the proposed Kanjurmarg-Badlapur Metro and the Swami Samarth Nagar-Vikhroli elevated line.
Aarey to Kanjurmarg in 9 yrs — Mumbai Metro car shed to still take over 2 yrs if all goes well
CM Thackeray has shifted the car shed for Mumbai’s costliest metro rail out of Aarey Colony. But it took years of political back and forth for the project to reach Kanjurmarg.
Kanjurmarg Metro car shed proposal was rejected by expert panel, says Devendra Fadnavis
Former Maharashtra CM Fadnavis said Aarey land was the only feasible option to complete the Mumbai Metro project in time and at a reasonable cost.
‘Worse than Covid’ Mumbai power cut and Jagan Mohan Reddy’s ‘Pandora’s box’ for CJI
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Mumbai reels under sudden massive power outage, CM Thackeray orders enquiry
State Energy Minister Nitin Raut said there was a technical glitch in a power circuit and about 2,200 megawatts of power supply to Mumbai was disrupted as a result.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray orders probe into Mumbai power outage
The exact reason for the failure was not immediately known, however, the Western Railway and BEST blamed the blackout on Tata Power.
Large parts of Mumbai hit by power outage, local trains service affected
Power is being currently supplied to critical services in Mumbai, but no timeline for restoration has been given till now.
‘Aarey saved’ — CM Uddhav Thackeray moves controversial metro car depot to Kanjurmarg
CM Uddhav Thackeray says land owned by the state government in the Kanjurmarg area will be allotted free of cost for the metro car depot.
If Joe Biden wins US presidential election — prepare for an epic policy hangover
As pleasant as it might be to have a president who isn’t actively destroying the country, there are many areas where Biden will need a better plan & political will to make progress.
China to reveal how it plans to steer economic growth through the 2030s
China’s Communist Party is expected to release two policy blueprints at the end of 4 days of meetings -- Their 5-year plan & a longer strategy document that stretches until 2035.
Defence
China lacks ‘honest intent’, be prepared for any eventuality, Rajnath Singh tells Army
Speaking in Delhi, the Defence Minister told military commanders that the government will strongly back reforms in the armed forces including setting up of theatre commands.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.