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Mumbai, March 18 Drilling of an unauthorized borewell in south Mumbai by a private water supplier earlier this month led to a small breach in a tunnel of the Aqua Line, the only underground Metro corridor in the city, officials said on Wednesday.The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has...

Mumbai, March 11 A cycling event has been organized for Mumbai's 227 newly elected corporators on March 28, aimed at promoting cycling, sustainable living, and awareness about urban air quality, the organizers said.The two-kilometer symbolic cycling ride will start from Azad Maidan in south...

Mumbai, March 5 Transporters across Maharashtra have announced a statewide "chakka jam" from Thursday to protest against e-challans and other issues faced by the sector, and an indefinite strike from midnight.Following the last round of negotiations held at the Maharashtra Transport...

Mumbai, March 4 The Maharashtra Transport Action Committee (M-TAC) announced on Wednesday that it will proceed with the proposed statewide "chakka jam" (road blockade) agitation, starting on March 5, alleging that the government has not made any concrete decisions regarding e-challans.The...

Mumbai, March 2 The Maharashtra Transporters Action Committee (M-TAC), representing truckers, private bus operators, as well as taxi and auto-rickshaw unions, reiterated its call for an indefinite statewide agitation starting March 5.As part of the strike, school buses, contract carriage...

Panaji, February 26 Revolutionary Goans Party MLA Viresh Borkar called off his fast unto death on Thursday, seeking the repeal of Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act, after the Goa government agreed to cancel proposals sanctioned under it in his constituency.Borkar, the MLA from...

Panaji, February 25 Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday extended his support to the ongoing agitation against alleged misuse of land-use rules in the coastal state, demanding their immediate abolition.Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar has been...

Panaji, February 25 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that RGP MLA Viresh Borkar has decided to continue his protest against the alleged misuse of land-use rules, despite requests from him to call off the agitation.The protest by the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) legislator entered its...

Panaji, February 24 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was unable to persuade RGP MLA Viresh Borkar to end his fast-unto-death demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act that allows the conversion of land in tribal areas into a "settlement zone."Sawant met the...

Panaji, February 24 Viresh Borkar, an MLA from the Revolutionary Goans Party, rejoined the protest on Tuesday against the alleged misuse of a section in the Town and Country Planning Act to convert a tribal area into a "settlement zone".The agitation, which began on February 20, is now in its...

Panaji, February 24 MLA Viresh Borkar of the Revolutionary Goans Party, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the repeal of a provision in the Town and Country Planning Act, has been shifted to the hospital after his health deteriorated.Opposition parties, led by Borkar, have...

Panaji, February 23 Hundreds of people protested on Monday in front of the private residence of Goa Minister Vishwajit Rane, demanding the repeal of a section of the Town and Country Planning Act that allows the conversion of non-settlement zones into settlement zones, thereby facilitating...

Panaji, February 21 Police allegedly forcibly removed Revolutionary Goans Party MLA Viresh Borkar from the Town and Country Planning (TCP) office here along with several others on Saturday morning after they had been protesting overnight against the conversion of village land into a settlement...