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Nearly half of forest rights claims granted, House told

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


A weary Mumbai gets a month's rain in three days

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


BEST bus runs over woman, 7-year-old son in Wadala

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


How the city got ready after May's wake up call

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


Local trains remained operational despite waterlogged tracks

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


Low-key launch of Raghuji Bhonsle's sword in rain-lashed city

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


Heavy downpour brings Thane to a standstill, over 100mm rain in 6 hrs

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


Schools, colleges to be shut today amid red alert, exams postponed

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


B'deshi woman who fled from JJ Hosp nabbed

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


Cash-for-votes shadow over BEST society poll

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