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Mumbai`s Public Transport Day earns support as commuters flag BKC`s connectivity
Mumbai`s first weekly Public Transport Day in BKC received cautious support from commuters, businesses and experts. While many welcomed efforts to ease congestion and pollution, they stressed that better bus frequency, last-mile connectivity and clearer implementation are crucial
Mumbai`s 10 per cent water cut may ease as monsoon expected within a week
With Mumbai facing a 10 per cent water cut, the BMC expects the arrival of the southwest monsoon within a week to improve reservoir levels. While civic officials rule out additional curbs for now, residents are adopting water-saving measures to cope with reduced supply
How Mumbai residents are saving water with simple everyday habits
From reusing water for plants and household chores to adopting bucket baths and sharing resources, Mumbai and neighbouring residents are embracing simple water-saving practices. Their small but effective changes highlight how daily habits can help conserve water
BMC sanitation worker crushed to death by loader during Juhu beach clean-up
A BMC sanitation worker died after being crushed by a compact track loader during a beach-cleaning operation at Juhu beach in Mumbai. The victim reportedly fell from one vehicle before being run over by another, leaving co-workers in shock
NDA looks to boost numbers in Lok Sabha, Sena UBT may also split
Sources within NDA suggest one of the parties that may see desertion from its ranks is Sena UBT, a possibility being talked about since the alliance swept the assembly polls in Maharashtra but has gained traction now. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party has nine MPs in Lok Sabha and six of them will have to merge with another party — Shiv Sena led by deputy CM Eknath Shinde seen as the most probable option — to avoid losing membership under the anti-defection law.
Despite rift, Rahul Gandhi says DMK with opposition on ‘idea of India’
Alleging BJP steals elections, Rahul said he had warned “friends in TMC”, who were confident that they were sweeping Bengal polls, that they were in “dreamland” — stating he had seen it in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Maharashtra. He said BJP can’t win the next polls, “which is already won”, because people are angry, but the hurdle is that elections will not be free and fair.
'No writs after polls begin': Supreme Court rejects Meenakshi Natarajan's plea
After an hour-long proceeding, during which senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi for the BJP candidate whose election was facilitated by Natarajan’s disqualification and solicitor general Tushar Mehta for MP govt cited a judgment where SC had refused to entertain a similar plea against rejection of nomination papers, the bench said the SC or HC cannot entertain writ petitions in exercise of their jurisdictions under Articles 32 or 226 of the Constitution. Once the election process commences with the notification of polls.
Forecasts indicate El Niño to grow stronger during monsoon: IMD
“El Niño conditions are present over equatorial Pacific Ocean and are expected to strengthen during monsoon season,” IMD said, while announcing the advent of the condition — warming of ocean waters in central and eastern equatorial Pacific — that’s invariably linked with weak monsoon in India. The latest forecast could be used by policymakers to immediately activate contingency measures in all 197 districts across the country that have been identified by the agriculture ministry as most vulnerable to impacts of El Niño.
Standard helmets & seat belts could have saved thousands of lives on roads in 2024
As per a UN Motorcycle Helmet Study, motorcyclists are 26 times more likely to die in road crashes than drivers of cars and wearing an appropriate helmet “improves their chances of survival by 42% and helps avoid 69% of injuries to riders.” Similarly, as per World Health Organisation, seat-belts are approximately 50% effective in preventing fatalities in crashes in which motorists would otherwise die.