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PALGHAR: One person was killed when a bus rammed into a crane on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday.The bus, belonging to the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation was carrying 35 passengers.The incident took place at around 3am when the crane which had hit a road divider on the highway was being reversed at Dapchari check post on Maharashtra-Gujarat border, and the...

BHIWANDI: An angle iron-laden container overturned on the Mumbai-Nashik highway in Maharashtra on Wednesday night, hitting the traffic there for more than 12 hours.The route witnessed jams for about 20 km during this time.According to the Bhiwandi rural police, the incident took place late last night at 11.30 pm when a container — coming from Nashik side towards Mumbai — suddenly overturned on the...

THANE: Local residents led by the Thane unit of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) staged a peaceful protest on the Eastern Express highway at Anand Nagar condemning the toll rate hike.The hike will be implemented starting October 1 at all five Mumbai entry points.Traffic movement towards Thane or Mumbai was not affected as the protestors stood by the roadside holding placards with messages...

MUMBAI: The much-delayed widening of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway will be completed by December 2023 end, announced Union minister for transport and national highways Nitin Gadkari. The road will be commissioned for traffic in January 2024, and Mumbai-Goa commuters will be able to cover the distance in 4.5 hours. "It is regrettable that this is perhaps the only road project in the country that has...