Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway after a gas tanker overturned in the Khandala Ghat section, in Raigad district, Maharashtra, Wednesday. (PTI)(HT_PRINT)
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Traffic on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway remained severely disrupted for over 21 hours after a tanker carrying 20 tonnes of highly inflammable propylene gas overturned near the Adoshi Tunnel in the Khandala in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. (HT PHOTO)(HT_PRINT)
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Pune-based industrialist Sudhir Mehta had to fly back to the city by helicopter after being stuck for nearly eight hours on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway. Mehta, who is the chairman of Pinnacle Industries and EKA Mobility, shared on X that he opted for an aerial return to Pune on Wednesday after prolonged delays on the highway. (HT PHOTO)(HT PHOTO)
Traffic on the Mumbai-bound stretch of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway resumed early Thursday, officials said, nearly 33 hours after the tanker overturned in the Khandala Ghat section, as per PTI. (ANI Video Grab)(ANI Video Grab)
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The Mumbai-Pune Expressway, India’s first six-lane, access-controlled concrete toll road, stretches 94.5 km and links Mumbai, Raigad and Navi Mumbai with Pune. At the height of the disruption, queues of immobilised vehicles extended up to 20 km, leaving passengers, including women and children, stranded for hours without access to food, drinking water or toilet facilities.(HT PHOTO)
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The team – and the team means not just the players, but the entirety of the support staff. A moment in the sun for Gautam Gambhir's coaching staff, as well as the dozens of men and women around the team who have been so crucial towards creating back-to-back champions.
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The weight of mighty expectations followed the Indian team into a home World Cup, and if they wanted to stake their claim as the best T20I outfit in the history of the format, a win over New Zealand in Ahmedabad was non-negotiable. It hasn't been a seamless campaign for India – but when it mattered most, everything clicked. This Indian team has the uncanny ability to show up in style in the biggest matches – and that is what earns you a historic World Cup title.
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India are into the T20 World Cup semifinal on home turf! An incredible match in Mumbai – on a batter's paradise, 253 plays 246 as India manage to hold on against an English attempt at doing something special. Next, onto the final – against New Zealand in Ahmedabad.
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South Africa were considered favourites heading into the semifinal – but nobody told Finn Allen that. The New Zealand opener walloped a record 100* off 33 deliveries, helping the Kiwis chase down 170 in just 12.5 overs, taking them through to the final. A demolition in Kolkata – and one which has left everyone scratching their eyes.
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A woman with her child looks at the aftermath of an Israeli and the U.S. strike on a police station, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY