The monthly electricity bill is likely to increase up to 30% for more than 35 lakh power consumers in the city. Sources in the power industry say Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra), formerly known as Reliance Energy Limited, and the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking are expected to increase their tariffs by 20-30%.
Mumbai Police were forced into shooting the gunman down. Anyone with a gun and who has hostages is termed as a terrorist. The cops waited until he fired the first shot and then abivously fired back. Mumbai police were right in doing so.
Here is a quick look at the damage done by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists by Tuesday afternoon following the early morning arrest of party chief Raj Thackeray:
One police van torched on the Western Express Highway
38 BEST public buses set on fire in Bandra suburb and surrounding areas
Yes, you read it right.. an entire Bus Stop was stolen in Mumbai !!
In a surprise move and first of its kind of robbery, some miscreants removed the new stylish bus shelters put up by the BEST authorities at the Shastri Nagar in suburban Borivali.
On Tuesday morning it was noticed that the bus stop which was installed by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Sunday was
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For the first time in its 60 years of existence, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has posted profits. It has earned profits of Rs 158.04 crore in 2007-08.
OP Gupta, vice-chairman and managing director of MSRTC, said the undertaking made profits despite being forced to run buses on unprofitable routes as part of its social responsibility.
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While railways in mumbai proposing complete cool AC trains, BEST is already marching addressing more practical issues. BEST is buying 600 new buses including the king long series to cater to increasing number of bus commutors in mumbai.
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Twenty-five days into J&K posting, Gaonkar dies in action in Rajouri
"What is the use of all these people here when I have lost the one person who means the most?” asks an inconsolable 29-year-old Akansha Ajit Gaonkar.
Her family had received a call from the Army at 10.30 am on Tuesday, informing them that her husband, 32-year-old Army Naik Ajit Shivaji Gaonkar, had died.
A commuter who was fined by a ticket-checker of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking in March 2007, fought against the administration when he found out that he had been wrongly charged. On Wednesday, he was awarded a cheque of Rs 50 after he made BEST realise its mistake. Interestingly, the commuter has spent more than Rs 500 till date.
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Aaj Tak has been awarded Indian Television Academy’s Best News Channel award for six consecutive years. In a recent BBC/Reuters/Media Center Poll, Aaj Tak was voted the most trusted and most important news source in India surpassing even the Government sponsored channel Doordarshan and expansively beating n
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The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) is fitting its buses with swanky plastic-moulded seats as part of efforts to spruce up the interiors. Officials claim these seats are more comfortable than the existing ones, which are made of metal and stuffed with rexine cushions.
However But commuters have doubts about the durability of the ‘plastic seats’ and how long th
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