Mumbai : Fifteen Jet passengers were injured at the Mumbai airport on Friday night when a Chennai-bound flight aborted takeoff due to a technical glitch. Passengers on board were in for a scare when a fire alarm went off shortly before the plane took off. The alarm triggered a minor stampede as passengers rushed to [...]
Washington : New Delhi and Mumbai occupy 45th and 46th position while Kolkata is placed at 63rd spot in a list of rankings of the top 65 global cities. New York, London and Tokyo are the top three cities in the list, a survey has said. Karachi, the only Pakistani metropolis was ranked 60, Dhaka [...]
New Delhi : New Delhi and Mumbai occupies 45th and 46th position while Kolkata is placed at 63rd spot in list of rankings of 65 global cities; which is topped by New York, London and Tokyo, a survey has said. Karachi, the only Pakistani metropolis was ranked 60, Dhaka was placed at 64 while Beijing [...]
Mumbai : When the collision between cargo ships MV Khalijia and the MSC Chitra happened, there was a private tug – Vamsee 3 – that was escorting MV Khalijia into the Mumbai port. The crew and the captain were among the few eyewitnesses to the accident who say Khalijia may have had a steering gear [...]
Mumbai : Mumbaikars have decided to lend their full support to the “Meter Jam” campaign launched by three advertising professionals and boycott auto rickshaws and taxis on Thursday to protest against the arbitrary fares being charged by their drivers. (Read: Meter Jam Gurus Talk to NDTV Surfers) Various groups of students from several colleges have [...]
Mumbai: The oil spill off Mumbai coast has now reached the mangroves coating them black and endangering the fragile eco system. After the oil leak, the danger of lethal contamination is now emerging as the big threat. The bottles with hazardous chemicals were found washed ashore on the Navakhar beach near Mumbai after they had [...]
Mumbai : One person has been killed and four others were injured when a four-storeyed building collapsed in suburban Kurla early on Thursday morning. “Rafiq Estate, a four-storeyed residential building started shaking and finally collapsed at 12:30 am,” said an official. 10 fire engines were rushed to the spot. Authorities have admitted relief measures were [...]
Mumbai : Many underworld dons enjoy VIP treatment inside Mumbai’s high-security Arthur Road Jail even though they have been charged with many heinous crimes. Underworld don Abu Salem is an accused in the 1993 Bombay blasts and was extradited from Portugal in 2005. Salem was a Dawood Ibrahim gamng member but later on turned enemy. [...]
Mumbai: Despite poor reviews, Salman Khan’s Veer has grossed Rs41 crore worldwide at the box office in its opening weekend, Eros International, the distributor of the film, has said. Veer took Rs32 crore in its first weekend in India with Rs9 crore overseas, an Eros spokesman said. Directed by Anil Sharma, Veer, starring Salman Khan, [...]
Mumbai, Jan. 26NTPC is sitting pretty but this has not stopped it from eyeing more business in terms of operation and maintenance (O&M) contracts of thermal plants. Mr R.S. Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, spoke to Business Line about the roadmap ahead and the likely diversification of operations. Are you looking at operations and maintenance [...]
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