I was looking up some flights to Bangalore a while ago and was surprised to suddenly find an absence of any regular morning flights, either on weekdays or weekends. Even the Saturday Indigo flight, usually around noon, was pushed to a 5 pm slot.

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Yup, it truly is.
The past couple of weeks have seen me trying to grapple with commuting on the Pune University Road. Some years ago, a couple of flyovers were being constructed here and that completely threw the traffic out of gear, especially during the monsoon. Now, it is the resurfacing or ‘concretisation’ of that road which [...]

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It seemed a normal morning at work today when all of a sudden, I started getting a flurry of calls from my colleagues, informing me that they were delayed coming to work due to a strike called by the autorickshaw drivers. As is the norm nowadays, once again it is the common folk who are held to ransom. 

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The launch of new airports and terminals in India and the UK have not been without their share of problems.

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If you frequently commute between Pune and Mumbai using the Express Highway, be prepared to shell out a bit extra by way of toll tax. Effective next month onwards, the tax is set to be revised upwards to Rs.140 from Rs.118 for cars, and from Rs.348 to Rs.411 for buses. The tax is revised every three years.

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