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Mumbai's renowned 'Premier Padmini' taxis will cease operations in the city starting Monday, October 30, marking the end of an era for these iconic black-and-yellow cabs, colloquially known as kaali peelis. Pics/PTI
29 October,2023 11:20 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
Contract Employees of Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) electric department on Monday protested at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai on Monday against Maharashtra government demanding permanent jobs in the department. Pics/Shadab Khan
16 October,2023 03:18 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
The BEST undertaking will retire the last of its open-deck, twin-floored bus on Thursday, temporarily bringing down the curtain on a service that enthralled tourists over the years and proudly carried Dhoni and his men after they won the World Cup in 2011. Pics/Shadab Khan
05 October,2023 01:17 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
It's a bittersweet farewell for many Mumbaikars as they bid adieu to the iconic red double-decker buses that have been party to city's developing public transport for over eight decades. Pic/Satyajit Desai
15 September,2023 01:46 PM IST | Sanjana Deshpande
The employees of the private bus operators in BEST on Tuesday afternoon announced their decision to call off their strike claiming that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has assured them of fulfilling their salary hike and other demands. Photo: Sayyed Sameer Abedi
08 August,2023 02:27 PM IST | Editor
Drivers of private bus operators hired by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking continued their strike for the sixth day on Monday over salary hike and other demands (Pics/Sameer Markande)
07 August,2023 11:53 AM IST | ronak mastakar
Drivers of private bus operators hired by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking continued their strike for the fifth day on Sunday over salary hike and other demands, officials said. Photos: Ashish Raje
06 August,2023 02:15 PM IST | Editor
The strike by the drivers of private bus operators hired by the BEST - Mumbai's civic transport utility - intensified on the third day on Friday with more than 1,300 buses staying off roads, causing immense inconvenience to commuters using the service. Pics/Ashish Raje
04 August,2023 05:59 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
A ban on having loud conversations on cell phones and playing audio clips or videos on mobile devices without headphones while travelling on the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses has been put into immediate effect.
28 April,2023 11:27 AM IST | Editor
With the nationwide lockdown over 30 days, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that new techniques of testing - 7,000 tests are done daily - are being used. Also, looking at the rising number of coronavirus cases, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, the civic transport service, has converted seven of its AC mini-buses into ambulances. (Pictures/Sameer Markande, Satej Shinde, Sayyed Sameer Abedi- mid-day photographers)
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