Big bucks for Mumbai! BMC's Rs 74,366 cr Budget bets big on infra & traffic fixesIndia's richest civic body, the BMC, announced a Rs 74,427 crore budget for FY26, with key allocations for public transport, infrastructure...
04 Feb, 2025, 01.53 PM IST
Commuters in Pune spend over 5 days in traffic on average: TomTom reportPune secures the seventh position in TomTom's 2023 report on the world's most congested cities, with residents spending an average of 256 h...
05 Feb, 2024, 09.28 PM IST
Mumbai: BMC floats tender worth Rs 238 cr for new bridge between Western Express Highway and MahimOnce known for offering relief from massive traffic, the infamous WEH stays jam-packed almost the entire time these days. Commuters regular...
18 Sep, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
Bharti Airtel starts rollout of 4G on 900 MHzRandeep Sekhon, chief technology officer at Bharti Airtel, said introduction of LTE 900 technology is primarily aimed at boosting our indoo...
23 Jan, 2019, 07.40 AM IST
Mumbai traffic police mulling odd-even parking in market areasThe traders and the public visiting the market will be allowed to "park their vehicles on one side of roads in the Kalbadevi area on an odd...
20 Jun, 2018, 09.43 PM IST
Roads ministry proposes special scheme to decongest traffic in metro citiesAs per top roads ministry officials, the ministry is seeking close to Rs 90,000 crore as budgetary allocation from finance ministry for the...
05 Jan, 2017, 08.13 PM IST
Mumbai local trains incurred loss of over Rs 3,000 crore in 3 years"Mumbai suburban railways and other local trains in Chennai and Kolkata are incurring losses. The reason is highly subsidised fare structur...
29 Jul, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
Government to track freight containers movement via smart chipThe government is set to kick off an ambitious scheme to track the movement of freight containers as it looks to speed up cargo movement an...
17 Apr, 2016, 11.53 AM IST
Railways working on decongesting seven trunk routes: Here's howThe government is working on the decongestion of seven trunk railway routes, said Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha in a written r...
10 Aug, 2015, 04.48 PM IST
NCP wants Eastern Freeway named after Babasaheb AmbedkarNCP, a coalition partner in the Congress-led Democratic Front government of Maharashtra, today demanded that the ambitious Eastern Freeway ...
02 Jun, 2013, 09.53 PM IST
- Maharashtra Governor bats for a second airport near Mumbai
Maharashtra Governor, K Sankaranarayanan, today pitched in with his bit for the construction of a second international airport in the vicin...
30 Jul, 2010, 02.18 AM IST
- Juhu airstrip to be made airport for small aircraft
A new airport for small aircraft traffic may be opened at Juhu within the next three to four years in an effort to decongest the busy Chhat...
13 Oct, 2007, 12.25 AM IST
- Freeze on fresh flights may jack up peak-hour fares this summer
Government’s move to decongest air traffic in Mumbai and Delhi airports by putting a freeze on allowing new flights in summer schedule may ...
24 Mar, 2007, 02.53 AM IST
- Decongestion plans likely to push up peak hour airfares
The government’s move to decongest air traffic in Mumbai and Delhi airports by putting a freeze on allowing new flights in the summer sched...
23 Mar, 2007, 03.21 AM IST
- Airlines, govt look for way out of peak traffic clash
The face-off between airlines and the government over increase in airport charges is showing signs of thawing, with both sides making conci...
15 Mar, 2007, 01.33 AM IST
- Airports traffic up 14.4 pc in 05-06
The Government on Tuesday said the total traffic in respect of aircraft movement, passenger and freight in the country's airports grew by 1...
28 Nov, 2006, 09.30 PM IST
- Rehab snags hold up city's 2nd runway
Slums are the latest snag in the Mumbai airport revamp plans. Talks to come up with an alternative plan are on currently between the new ma...
18 Aug, 2006, 01.19 AM IST