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  Mumbai: BEST CNG bus catches fire in Vikhroli area

  Maharashtra | August 15, 2025 20:28 IST

  Mumbai: The driver and conductor quickly sprang into action, using the onboard fire extinguisher to put out the flames before the city fire brigade could arrive. All passengers were safely evacuated from the bus before the fire team reached the scene, resulting in no injuries.

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  Mumbai bus accident: 25-year-old motorist dies of head injury after colliding with BEST bus

  Maharashtra | December 15, 2024 11:34 IST

  The two-wheeler rider was rushed to a hospital after the accident but was declared dead. This is the third accident involving a BEST bus in less than a week in Mumbai.

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  Mumbai: BEST takes 400 leased buses off roads after three fire incidents in a month

  Maharashtra | February 23, 2023 16:21 IST

  The transport body has said that it has decided to discontinue 400 leased buses service temporarily till the operator take necessary corrective measures to ensure that such incidents do not happen in future.

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  Mumbai rains: Heavy downpour lash parts of city, transport services unaffected

  India | September 24, 2022 12:20 IST

  Mumbai rains: The India Meteorological Department has predicted partly cloudy skies in the morning and light to moderate rainfall in the city and its suburbs in the evening.

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  60 BEST employees test COVID positive in Mumbai; city reports 10,860 single-day cases

  India | January 05, 2022 10:52 IST

  Mumbai has reported five-digit COVID-19 cases for the first time since April 7, 2021, when it had reported 10,428 cases and 23 fatalities during the second wave of the pandemic.

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  Mumbai Unlock: BEST buses to resume local bus service from today

  India | June 07, 2021 7:00 IST

  The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) on Sunday informed that the local bus service will resume in Mumbai from Monday onwards.

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  BEST staff go on strike in Mumbai after 8 staffers die of COVID-19

  India | May 18, 2020 23:04 IST

  BEST buses employees in Mumbai have called for a complete strike in the city today after at least 8 staff members have so far died due to coronavirus while serving the duty. The BEST union have over 28,000 staff who runs the biggest public road transport in the metropolitan, therefore, bus service is likely to be affected in Mumbai today.

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  Mumbai: BEST workers accept '10-step' pay hike, agree to withdraw 9-day-long bus strike

  India | January 16, 2019 14:26 IST

  As per the BEST workers' union and BMC's previous submissions in court, a 'one-step' increase in pay for BEST workers amounts to around Rs 330 per month.

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  Uddhav Thackeray agrees on merger of BEST, BMC budgets as bus strike continues in Mumbai

  India | January 14, 2019 7:59 IST

  The Sena had promised merger of the budgets during the civic poll campaign in 2017.

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  Mumbai: BEST strike continues for 3rd day; administration asks bus staffers to vacate houses

  India | January 10, 2019 8:46 IST

  BEST employees began the indefinite strike on Tuesday over various demands, including higher salaries and merger of the budget of the loss-making undertaking with that of the BMC.

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  Mumbai: BEST employees begin indefinite strike; 25 lakh bus commuters likely to be affected

  India | January 08, 2019 12:02 IST

  The employees came forward for the strike after the BEST administration failed to come up with any concrete solution to resolve their long-pending demands.

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  Mumbai: BEST bus strike called off after Uddhav Thackeray's intervention

  India | August 07, 2017 21:43 IST

  The BEST workers' union had decided to go ahead with the bus strike from midnight to press for their demands, including timely payment of salaries.

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  BEST hikes bus fares from April 1 by 15 to 25 pc in Mumbai

  India | March 31, 2013 19:17 IST

  Mumbai. Mar 31 : Travel on BEST buses in Mumbai will become costlier from tomorrow (April 1). BEST today announced a hike in bus fare from 15 to 25 per cent.The minimum fare by ordinary