Mumbais

In 2006, the redevelopment of this slum, sprawling across Khar and Santacruz East, was handed over by the Maharashtra government to a joint venture of Shivalik Ventures, Rohan Lifescapes and Unitech Ltd. Sixteen years on, only 5% of the project has been completed. Unitech got mired in the 2G spectrum scam, making it impossible for the venture to raise funds. Another sticky issue is multiple ownership of the land. Once a firing range, Golibar is partly owned by the defence ministry, the BrihanMumbai Municipal…

Ratan Tata, Former Chairman of Tata Sons is a person who needs no introduction. He is said to be a very simple man and he has won the hearts of millions of people in India and around the world with his down-to-earth nature and welfare activities. He has a good taste in cars and has a decent collection of luxury, exotic and regular cars. One of the recent cars to get added into Ratan Tata’s collection was a Tata Nano electric. The car was never produced by Tata officially but, it was gifted to him by the electric…

Following the untimely demise of former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry due to negligence in wearing of rear seat belt, the nation has been put on high alert to check whether the public is now taking care of this problem or not. Recently many states have implemented the rule for the compulsory use of rear seatbelts for passengers in the back seats. Police in certain cities have already started fining the people at fault, and the same was about to begin in Maharastra’s capital Mumbai from the 1st of November. Although…

Lakhs of suburban rail commuters served by select telcos will be able to enjoy faster internet on their mobile phones courtesy of a new technology. Cloudextel, which pitches itself as a "network as a service" company, has tied up for a pilot project with Railtel to provide the shared Radio Access Network (RAN) solution at nine railway stations between Churchgate and Dadar on the Western Railway. The company's founder and chief executive, Kunal Bajaj, said it has already fixed up the equipment at the Mumbai Central…

She season 2 trailer is out. On Friday, Netflix India released a one-minute 14-second teaser trailer for the second season of its crime drama series She to pique the curiosity of fans. She season 2 trailer re-introduces us to constable Bhumika Pardesi (Aaditi Pohankar), as she is asked to return to Mumbai's dark underbelly to carry out a "final" covert operation. The fearless protagonist takes up the challenge, only to find herself caught between her duty and desires once again. We see her in a bold outfit, implying that…

The Indian Railways has launched a pod hotel, also known as a capsule hotel, at the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai. The pod hotel is expected to open to railway passengers and the common public later in June. This is the second such facility of Indian Railways in the financial capital of the country. In November last year, the railways had come up with a pod hotel at the Mumbai Central station of Western Railway (WR). CSMT is one of the busiest railway stations in the country, with…