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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.

Mumbai’s BMC is running schools offering free Cambridge and IB education, and parents are lining up

From midday meals to protein bars for students, BMC's IGCSE and IB schools in Matunga and Vile Parle are quietly rewriting expectations of what a municipal school can be.

Why the world is obsessed with a Mumbai girl in a hand-stitched jacket, perched atop a JCB backhoe

A 'cool Indian girl' has turned the city's chaos into the world's most unusual global runway. Nonchalance is redefining fashion.

‘Myopic view’: Mumbai Press Club notice to journalist for ‘hosting’ Bhima Koregaon accused sparks backlash

Journalist Gurbir Singh says he was only a participant at the gathering, didn't invite attendees. Other members say the club is 'mandated to allow free flow of views, debates & events'.

Mumbai Monorail 2.0? Safety certification for white elephant, but still waiting for green flag

After months of shutdowns and breakdowns, MMRDA Mumbai Monorail ready for reset. But with 3 abrupt halts in 2025 still fresh in commuter memory—and no restart date—it now faces a credibility test.

Rs 47,000 cr push for Mumbai infra as MMRDA tables first surplus budget in nearly a decade

With focus on big-ticket infra projects including Metro rail and tunnels, the MMRDA budget also laid emphasis on decongestion under ‘Mumbai 3.0’ vision.

112-year bridge to double decker over rail lines: Mumbai’s Sewri–Worli link races to 2026 finish

Mumbai’s Sewri–Worli connector, now 62 per cent complete, promises to cut commute times from an hour to under 20 minutes, reshaping the city’s east–west commute when it opens in 2026. 

Denmark to Mumbai’s Coastal Road. Which other cities have musical roads?

The Mumbai coastal road arrived a little late; the world has been enjoying the grooves of melody roads for a few decades now.

A winter bloom in city: How Pink Trumpet trees briefly soften Mumbai’s Eastern Express

Native to parts of Central America and the Caribbean, Tabebuia heterophylla is not indigenous to India. Yet in the last decade, it has become one of Mumbai’s most recognisable seasonal trees.

‘Cancel culture’: Discussion with activist Anand Teltumbde at Kala Ghoda festival scrapped amid backlash

Mumbai: A book discussion scheduled Thursday featuring scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde at Mumbai's famous Kala Ghoda festival was cancelled allegedly on...

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A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.