Mumbai metro lift breakdown leaves wheelchair-using comedian stranded at Worli station: ‘Told to go home on foot’

A wheelchair-bound Mumbai-based stand-up comedian has sparked widespread anger online after alleging that he was left stranded at Worli metro station for over 45 minutes due to a malfunctioning lift, with no meaningful help from metro authorities. The incident was shared on Instagram by Karn Shah, who described the experience as “one of the most…

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Mumbai municipality’s budget is bigger than these states — how India’s largest civic body earns and spends

Voting for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the BMC, is scheduled for 15 January. More than 15,000 candidates are in the fray. In the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) alone, 1,700 candidates are contesting in 227 wards to control India’s richest civic body, which has an over ₹74,000 crore budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year….

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