Days after giving a green signal to bike pooling, the Maharashtra cabinet has given a go-ahead to carpooling in private cars through registered apps or web-based platforms in the state, officials said on Wednesday.

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after last week’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pehalgam, in which 26 people were killed, key military officials of both countries have spoken over the hotline.

Authorities are investigating whether a family of three died in circumstances linked to Monday’s major outage. 

​Authorities are investigating whether a family of three died in circumstances linked to Monday’s major outage.