What was meant to signal smoother roads and faster mobility around Girgaon Metro station has instead kicked up a growing health concern, our report said. Residents, shopkeepers and daily commuters say stone dust spread across newly concreted roads on JSS Road is turning the busy stretch into a cloud of fine particles every time vehicles […]

I learned a lot of things about infrastructure and technology this February. One reason was my decision to skip the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi, because I’m told no one who attended it learned anything of importance. The other was the announcement of a melody strip on a mysterious stretch of road called […]

Vijay Crishna was one of life’s unusual men. He came from Calcutta in the 70s to work with my father — to get into advertising and marketing, to pursue the theatre, to absorb Bombay. I first met Vijay Crishna when I was maybe ten. He had twinkling, mischievous eyes. He had the ability to reach […]

The police have arrested eight people for allegedly robbing a Pune-based man of Rs 5 lakh by posing as police personnel near a railway station at Kalyan in Maharashtra’s Thane district, according to an official quoted by news agency Press Trust of India. A top police official said the complainant was lured to Kalyan by […]

Maharashtra’s economy has more than doubled in size in less than a decade, and the average income of its people has also nearly doubled. With the state now projected to grow at 7.9 per cent, these numbers once again underline Maharashtra’s role as one of the key drivers of India’s economic growth. In 2017-18, Maharashtra’s […]

It seems that author, influencer, digital creator, journalist, etc, Ria Chopra started her Instagram account at age 14. Now, if she is around 26-27 now, that means she has spent her young adult life on the Internet. And that means she may have experience in writing about what she has felt, and processed in those […]

It has been a relentless barrage of news and views on the West Asia war. There is anxiety, outrage and opinion everywhere. The geopolitical scenario is still unfolding, and these are early days if one believes this is going to be a protracted war. Besides the obvious uncertainty, frustration about cancelled flights and conversations plus […]

AC local train commuters claim that vinyl advertisements covering railway coaches are blocking visibility to such an extent that passing scenery and stations can’t be seen. The result is very low visibility, leading to unease and a claustrophobic feeling for many. Commuters have questioned why revenue has been put above safety, which is compromised by […]

A strange and totally unexpected thing happened to me in Mumbai last week. Walking from the Gateway of India to Flora Fountain, I fell. The pavement was dreadfully uneven, full of holes, and I had stumbled on one and was lucky not to suffer a serious injury. After the fall, my wife was so worried […]

The only entry/exit concrete gate for both vehicles and pedestrians outside a co-operative housing society in Andheri West had been dug up at the beginning of February for cabling work. There was a heavy, industrial metal sheet placed at the gate as work went on below. Cars were able to enter/exit smoothly on the metal […]