Mumbai

Amazon India to use more rail routes for faster deliveries amid lockdown

7:25 pm April 27, 2020

New Delhi: Amazon India on Monday said it will use 55 railway routes to transport goods between cities as the e-commerce major works on ways to ensure faster deliveries to customers amid the nationwide lockdown. Strengthening its partnership with the Indian Railways, the company would now be utilising 55 railway lanes. Last year, Amazon India […]

Gold demand on Akshay Tritiya likely to plunge 95 pc

11:32 pm April 26, 2020

Mumbai: With jewellery shops shut due to the lockdown to control coronavirus, the demand for gold on auspicious Akshaya Tritiya is estimated to plunge by around 95 per cent and only negligible sales happening through digital mode. Sharp rise in gold prices by over 52 per cent in the last one year is also a […]

5,000 cases registered in Mumbai for lockdown violation

7:31 pm April 25, 2020

Mumbai: The number of cases registered by Mumbai Police for violation of lockdown to contain coronavirus reached 5,000 on Saturday. Cases were filed for violation of restrictions on movement during lockdown and other related offences against over 9,800 persons under section 188 of IPC in the last one month, an official said. The section deals […]

Maharashtra allows free intra-state bus travel from May 11

BEST converts buses into ambulances

9:17 pm April 24, 2020

Mumbai: As the city is grappling with the rising number of coronavirus cases, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, the civic transport service, has converted seven of its AC mini-buses into ambulances. These `semi-ambulances’ will be used to ferry suspected coronavirus patients, or those who have only mild infection, to COVID-19 Care Centres, a […]

Police complaint against Kangana Ranaut over remarks

4:52 pm April 24, 2020

Mumbai: A complaint has been filed with police against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups with her remarks made in support of her sister Rangoli Chandel, an official said on Friday. The complaint was filed by a lawyer, Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh, at the suburban Amboli Police Station on Wednesday. […]