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MUMBAI: In a major relief to motorists, the four-lane 918-meter-long balanced cantilever bridge connecting the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway on the Varsova creek near Ghodbunder Road in Thane was thrown open to vehicular traffic on Monday. Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of road transport and highways, tweeted that the bridge would provide significant traffic relief to the Mumbai-Surat corridor. The...

The extensive travel and the ongoing excitement in the USA leading up to the Oscars, seem to have taken their collective toll on maverick music maker MM Keeravani. He is now down with Covid.“All the travel and excitement have caught up with me. I am down with COVID and under medication and complete bedrest,” Keeravani tells us.He looks back at all the excitement leading up to the Oscars with...

THANE: A 70-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Thane district lost Rs 8.30 lakh in a case of cyber fraud, a police official said on Monday. The Mira Road resident had purchased six towels online and Rs 19,005 was debited from her account instead of Rs 1,169, after which she called her bank, the official said. "Soon, a man called her up claiming to be from the bank and asked her to download an app for the...

GUWAHATI: A Class XII student, who was appearing in the ongoing Council of Higher Secondary Examinations, Manipur, (CoHSEM), was shot dead in Kangpokpi district of the northeastern state on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. The examinations will conclude on April 1 with a paper on elective subjects.The incident assumed significance in the backdrop of the announcement made by the Centre and later by...

CHENNAI: South Western Railway will continue to run biweekly express special fare special trains between Shivamogga Town and MGR Chennai Central till June end.No 06223 Shivamogga Town - MGR Chennai Central biweekly special fare special will leave Shivamogga Town at 7pm on Sundays and Tuesdays (April 2, 4, 9,11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, May 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30 and June 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 and...

GURGAON: Pedestrians and motorists are forced to wade through stagnant sewage water and bear its awful stench in Sector 46. According to the residents, the sewer lines have been clogged in several pockets in the area for months now, resulting in wastewater overflowing on to roads, vacant plots and into green belts. Apart from an eyesore, stagnant water is a serious health hazard and a breeding ground...

MUMBAI: A 22-year-old man was killed after a fire broke out in a hardware store near Sakinaka Metro station near Peninsula Hotel at Andheri east in Mumbai in the wee hours of Monday. Though the fire was confined to the electric wiring, electric installations and large stock of hardware at the Rajshree hardware, a loft of the said structure, which had a large stock of material, had fallen posing...

JAMMU AND KASHMIR: For three long decades there was no nightlife in Kashmir as the shops, restaurants and other establishments used to close early due to the fear of Pakistan-sponsored terrorists and the separatists.However, during the past three years Kashmir has witnessed the revival of nightlife as terrorists and Pakistan stooges, who were active in the Valley, stand cornered and their ability to run...

Thane: A decomposed body of an unidentified middle-aged man was found in one of the drains at Mumbra colony, on Sunday, the police informed. An official from the Mumbra police station said they were alerted by locals about a stench emanating from one of the drains and on inspection spotted the corpse lying in a decomposed state. Following the initial probe, the police said there was no evidence of foul...

KOLKATA: Etihad Airways resumed operation from Kolkata on Sunday. It will operate direct flights from the city to Abu Dhabi seven times a week. On Sunday, 152 passengers came from Abu Dhabi to Kolkata on the first flight after resumption of services and another 126 flew out of the city to Abu Dhabi.The airline will operate flights between Kolkata and Abu Dhabi International Airport on four days a week,...