Friday, February 20, 2026

Author: Worldsnap Staff

Mumbai
Worldsnap Staff

‘Marathis don’t want to work as drivers’

The first mover also has his disadvantages. Meru?the AC fleet cab service?is learning it the hard way, as it is faced with a Shiv Sena-led agitation of a few drivers which also led todisruption of its services on the day railway motormen also struck work. Rajesh Puri, Meru’s chief executive officer, spoke to Neeta Kolhatkar and Ninad Siddhaye to explain the company policy, and dwelt at length on the future of public transport in Mumbai.Meru could not deliver on the day of the motorm…

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Bangalore
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Watch soon: Honey, how I shrank my car

Ever felt frustrated attempting to park your car, and wondered if you could find a device that you could ride to your destination and then fold up? Sounds like a wild dream? Perhaps not much longer ? mechanical engineers at the MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, who will hold an exhibition on May 14, have thought of solutions for some of those intractable mundane headaches. Students, ex-students and faculty will put in exhibition devices that could save you time and bother. LASRA-SZ2, …

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Business
Worldsnap Staff

KPT to have board of trustees with local representation

The new board of trustees of the Kandla Port Trust (KPT) should have been in place on April 1, 2010, immediately after the previous board’s two-year term expired on March 31. However, the delay seems to be a rational one, with attempts being made to have a board with local representation. This time, three local key agencies dealing directly and daily with the port have been asked to send names of their nominees for the next board, by returning the shipping ministry’s fax of May 10….

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Sports
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A family that loves swords

Some things come with inheritance. For Nashik’s Dudhare family, it is the game of fencing, which has become a part of their lives. Ashok Dudhare, a Chattrapati Award winner himself, is a proud father of Ajinkya, who represents India at international level and has recently won many accolades for the country and daughter Asmita, who is making her mark at the junior level.She already has two gold medals at the junior level, while two at the sub-junior and a bronze at cadet level. …

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Pune
Worldsnap Staff

PCB members under police scanner

Two elected members and two former vice presidents of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) are under the scanner of city police on charges of allegedly issuing extortion threats, cheating and resorting to criminal manipulation of cantonment board records during the allotment of the Vehicle Entry Tax (VET) contract recently. The police have served notices to four members for alleged involvement in extortion and harassment of the VET contractor. Confirming the development, ACP (Wanavdi divisio…

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