Mumbai to get hyperlocal rain outlooks, flood forecasting launchedThe India Meteorological Department launched its flood forecasting system for Mumbai, which will provide early warnings about intense rainf...
Maharashtra government may ban plastic water bottles in hotelsThe state government will also ban the use of all plastic bags and will dump the responsibility of implementing the ban on municipal corpor...
That sinking feeling: Mumbai trains late, BMC on alertOn Sunday, the weather department had forecast heavy rains in Mumbai and the coastal Konkan region for the next three days.
If you live in Mumbai, it's time to buy a hovercraftThere is no doubt that official apathy, a political system that milks the city for its need and citizens who lack civic sense have all join...
At 331.4 mm, Mumbai gets heaviest rainfall since 2005 delugeThis is also the highest rainfall in a day in August since 1997. It was second only to 346.2 mm of rainfall registered on August 23, 1997, ...
Doppler radar to be commissioned in Odisha's Gopalpur next monthAfter Maharashtra government and the Centre came under fire over the handling of the 2005 deluge in Mumbai, the IMD expedited the process o...
Post deluge Chennai awash with real estate investmentsThough the initial negative reactions may last few years, market will return back to normal after that. The situation was similar to Mumbai...
No meeting by Mithi river authority in last 5 years: RTIMithi River Authority, which was set up after the July 26, 2005 deluge in Mumbai, under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, has not hel...
Flooded Juhu airport turns into lake; flight operations suspendedFlight operations were suspended at Juhu airport, after heavy rain inundated the entire airport, including the runway and its surrounding a...
- Battle between cricket fans hots up in cyberspace
Before India takes on Pakistan in Mohali, the battle between cricket fans of both countries is hotting up in the cyberspace.
- Say no to plastic bags: Vigil squad to move around markets
Adopting the post-July 2005 deluge mantra of 'Say no to plastic bags', Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has formed a squad to...
- DGH debunks allegations of taking favours from RIL
The oil sector regulator V K Sibal is at the centre of a controversy following allegations that he had received favour from Mukesh Ambani-l...
Global warming would cause more high tides: Mumbai civic bodyThe civic body, which was on its toes for the last two days as high tides measuring over 5 metres hit the city's shores, has warned of simi...
- Beware of Mum rain mayhem: US advisory
Travel advisories issued by the US government to its globe-trotting citizens are usually concerned with terrorist attacks or the outbreak o...
- Govt lines up Rs 5,000 crore port expansion projects this fiscal
The ministry of shipping is launching 10 major expansion projects in 2008-09 at an estimated investment of Rs 5,000 crore.
- 26/7 still a bad dream for city
Two years after it almost drowned, Mumbai offers a contrasting climate on the second anniversary of 26/7.
- BJP smells a rat in Mithi reclamation, files criminal case
Barely four months before the onset of the monsoon in Mumbai, the Mithi river, largely responsible for the July 26, 2005 deluge, has return...