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Ranbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone’s film now makes director Imtiaz Ali feel ‘terribly guilty’: ‘I feel responsible…’Ranbir Kapoor's film Tamasha inspired many to leave jobs. Director Imtiaz Ali feels guilty about this. A viral story shows a woman who quit...
Mumbai to get 15,000 AI-powered CCTV cameras under Rs 2,140-cr surveillance projectMumbai is set to significantly enhance its public safety with 15,000 new AI-powered CCTV cameras. This Rs 2,140 crore project will integrat...
Banks allowed to offer natural calamity relief suo motu from July 1The Reserve Bank of India is enabling banks to provide immediate relief to borrowers impacted by natural disasters. Banks can now offer res...
Mumbai deluge: 20 years ago, when gritty men saved lives in urban flood with limited equipmentRetired Mumbai Fire Brigade chief Prabhat Rahangdale recalls the harrowing rescues during the 2005 Mumbai floods, including saving a woman ...
Mumbai weather: Rains continue in financial capital with warning for high waves; Check IMD's prediction for todayMumbai is experiencing continued rainfall. The weather department forecasts more rain for the city and suburbs. A high wave warning is in e...
Landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad, 22 people rescued, many others feared trappedThe Raigad Police has set up a control room after the incident. The police said that so far they have rescued 22 people from the spot but m...
Nashik chemical unit fire yet to be doused even after 24 hoursTwo persons were killed and 17 others injured in the incident which took place at around 11.30 am on Sunday. The blast was so powerful that...
Maharashtra: Rains cause flood-like situation in three districts; overall death toll rises to 105The 105 fatalities, recorded between June 1 and July 17, were caused due to floods, lightning strikes, landslides, falling of trees and the...
Mumbai faces water-logging, traffic woes amid downpour; CM Eknath Shinde takes stock of situationThere were no report of any casualty so far in the twin incidents, they said. Flooding due to heavy showers was reported in parts of the tw...
Mumbai rain havoc: Maha CM announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceasedTwenty five people died in house collapse incidents after heavy showers, which caused severe water-logging and disruption of suburban train...
3 killed in building collapse in Mumbai's Vikroli"A ground-plus-one residential building collapsed in Mumbai's Vikhroli area in the wee hours of Sunday, killing three people," BMC told med...
Fifteen NDRF teams deployed in Maharashtra in view of heavy rain predictionFour teams have been based in Ratnagiri, two each in Mumbai, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Raigad, Thane and one in Kurla (east Mumbai suburb), NDRF...
Mumbai local trains running on all corridors: Central railwaysIn a tweet, it said, "Trains are running on all corridors. There is high tide of 4.26 mtrs at 12.17 hrs and forecast of heavy rainfall. Rai...
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray reviews Maharashtra's preparedness for heavy rainsMumbai city received 331.08 mm rainfall while the suburbs received 162.3 mm downpour from Wednesday till 8.30 am on Thursday. The city witn...
Heavy downpour in Mumbai region; rail, road transport affectedDahanu in Palghar recorded over 350 mm rainfall in the 12-hour period ending at 5.30 am on Wednesday, while some areas in Thane received ov...
Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 13The state government, has so far not announced compensation to the victims.
Bus carrying university staff falls into gorge in Maharashtra; 33 killedfell into a 500-feet deep gorge at Ambenali Ghat near Poladpur town, around 180 km from Mumbai.
Over 100 stranded at waterfall rescued in Maharashtra; IAF pitches-inNearly 120 people had gone for a picnic at the Chinchoti waterfall, located in the Tungareshwar hill range at Vasai and got stranded follow...
Mumbai rains Live: Heavy showers continue, flights affectedIntermittent rain and thundershowers likely to occur in city & suburbs. Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at many places, said IMD in its...
Rains in Mumbai likely to be lesser today: SDMATorrential rains pounded the metropolis throughout the day yesterday. The city gauged a whopping 298 mm of rainfall, the highest in a day i...