India, Aug. 19 -- Around 2.38 million individual forest rights claims and 121,705 community titles have been distributed, just about half of the claims made under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, th... Read More
MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Three days of pounding rain left Mumbai bedraggled and weary on Monday, but it wasn't only because several places had breached the 150-mm mark - it was because, in just 81 hours, fr... Read More
MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Eulogious Selvaraj, 40, had just picked up her seven-year-old son Anthony from school, as heavy rains forced schools and colleges to shut on Monday, when both of them were crushed u... Read More
MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Torrential rain from Sunday night through Monday evening left much of Mumbai water-logged but in some areas, the impact was contained, thanks to a civic administration that had lear... Read More
Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Despite the heavy downpour across the city and the MMR on Monday, local train services remained operational throughout the day, although with some delays in the schedule. Railway tr... Read More
MUMBAI/ PUNE, Aug. 19 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis unveiled legendary Maratha warrior Raghuji Raje Bhonsle's sword, bought by Maharashtra government for Rs.47.15 lakh at an auction in London re... Read More
THANE, Aug. 19 -- In just six hours between 10am and 3pm, Thane City reeled under heavy showers on Monday. By 4.30pm, the day's tally had crossed 100 mm, according to the Thane Municipal Corporation's... Read More
Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- The school education department declared a holiday for all schools in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) on Tuesday after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red al... Read More
MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- The pregnant Bangladeshi woman who had fled from the JJ hospital on Thursday morning was rearrested by the JJ Marg police from Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai. She had been initially arrest... Read More
MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Elections to the BEST Employees' Credit Society, the first poll seeing a formal alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS, took a murky turn on Monday, with the two parties accus... Read More