MUMBAI: Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) formally entered India’s commercial aviation map on Thursday with the arrival and departure of its first scheduled passenger flights, marking a long-awaited milestone for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.On day 1 no lounges were open. “In a few days, we will have a temporary lounge with 100 seats in the…
Mumbai: Central Railway will run four special suburban services on New Year’s Eve (Dec 31 midnight) for the benefit of passengers.On the main line, a train will depart Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminusat 1.30 am and arrive at Kalyan at 3 am. In reverse direction, train from Kalyan will depart 1.30 am and arrive CSMT 3…
Pune: Amid reports of a possible tie-up between the NCP and NCP (SP) for the upcoming civic elections, the latter party’s working president and Member of Parliament (MP) Supriya Sule on Thursday said “sharp political differences in the past have not prevented alliances”. Speaking to reporters in Pune, Sule cited the 1999 split in Congress…
Thane: Residents of Thane’s Pokhran 2 claimed to have spotted a leopard roaming inside a shut factory premises near Bethany hospital, on Thursday afternoon, following which the Thane forest department has stepped up their vigil in the area.Pravin Mane, senior inspector at Vartak Nagar police station said that they were alerted after a resident claimed…
Navi Mumbai: On the first day of operations at the Navi Mumbai airport, most flyers chose to hire taxis rather than use Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) bus services starting from five suburban railway stations, leaving the air-conditioned buses largely empty. Some travellers told TOI that clarity on bus schedule and signages on roads leading…
Mumbai: A fire broke out in the electric shaft of a residential highrise on Veera Desai Road in Andheri West on Thursday morning. Even as heavy smoke spread through multiple floors, all stranded residents were rescued safely by the firefighters. No one was injured in the incident, confirmed officials.The blaze at Sororento Tower, located near…
Mumbai: As the aircraft entered the runway to take off from the brand-new Navi Mumbai airport, the mind instinctively expected that familiar Mumbai montage. The haphazard maze of blue plastic-roofed slums, the Western Express Highway cutting through a congested city, the sandy sliver of Juhu Beach, and finally the Arabian Sea. But as the plane…
Mumbai: BJP and Shiv Sena‘s seat-sharing formula for the upcoming BMC polls could be announced on Friday, said Rahul Shewale, who is part of the Sena’s negotiating team, on Thursday. BJP functionaries, however, did not confirm that the announcement will be made on Friday. Mumbai Headlines Today — The Biggest Updates You Need to Know….
Mumbai: After completing two admission cycles, several city colleges that shifted to the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) norms to run the popular BMS programme, now want to move away from the central regulation. Many plan to split their BMS divisions, one continuing under AICTE and the other shifting to the university control with…
How the above nouns metamorphose into verbs in this pleasantly cruel season, is a terribly, true tale.While the cold air bringing in the respiratory change is a given, this year, the admixture of viruses (metapneumovirus, RSV, Rhino, influenza, etc) with the different particulate matter floating around (construction personified) is playing havoc with the airways of…
