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Heavy rain cripples Navi Mumbai, Thane as roads flood, traffic hit

NAVI MUMBAI, July 2 -- Heavy rain lashed Navi Mumbai and Thane on Wednesday, flooding roads, disrupting rail and road traffic, and exposing issues of clogged drains across several low-lying areas. Whi... Read More


man dies after bedroom ceiling slab collapses

Navi Mumbai, July 2 -- A 45-year-old man was killed and his 12-year-old daughter injured on Wednesday after a reinforced cement concrete (RCC) ceiling slab collapsed on them while they were asleep in ... Read More


City hit by season's fiercest rain spell yet

MUMBAI, July 2 -- Blinding rain lashed Mumbai on Wednesday, inundating roads, delaying trains and triggering massive traffic snarls across the city as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued ... Read More


11-year-old Vihan cremated with his favourite cricket ball

MUMBAI, July 2 -- In an unusual and touching gesture, 11-year-old Vihan Srivastava was cremated on Wednesday along with his favourite cricket ball. "Vihan loved cricket. That's why we cremated him wit... Read More


2 girls suffer electric shock in waterlogged Nerul stretch

NAVI MUMBAI, July 2 -- Two teenage girls suffered electric shocks while wading through a waterlogged stretch beneath the LP Bridge on the Sion-Panvel Highway in Nerul on Wednesday afternoon after a da... Read More


In HC, state proposes 2-step recycling process for PoP idols

MUMBAI, July 2 -- In pursuance with directions of the Bombay High Court to the state government last year to constitute an expert committee and suggest methods for scientific recycling of Plaster-of-P... Read More


A day after defection, Ahir elected council's dy chairperson

MUMBAI, July 2 -- One day after he switched loyalties to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, former Sena (UBT) MLC Sachin Ahir was unanimously elected deputy chairman of the state legislative council aft... Read More


Bandra W housing society managing committee dissolved after resignations

Mumbai, July 2 -- The managing committee of a Bandra housing society has been declared invalid after resignations reduced its strength below the statutory minimum, prompting authorities to place the s... Read More


Muharram poisoning: Probe reveals online toxins research

MUMBAI, July 2 -- Fayyaz Premji, 39, who distributed capsules filled with rodenticide to participants in a Muharram procession last week, passing them off as painkillers, had extensively researched va... Read More


Call records back in focus in Sheena case

MUMBAI, July 2 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday told a special court conducting the trial in the Sheena Bora murder case that it is considering challenging an order directing it... Read More