The unauthorized structure fell onto an adjoining shanty, injuring a passerby. MUMBAI: Five children aged 2-14 and a 32-year-old woman were killed and a passerby injured after a four-storey slum tenement collapsed onto an adjoining ground-floor shanty in Janta Nagar, Mankhurd, on Sunday night amid heavy rain.Four of the victims belonged to the same family,…
Passengers have been advised to check the latest train status before commencing their journey as restoration work continues in the Karjat-Lonavala ghat section. MUMBAI: Heavy rain triggered a landslide in the South East Ghat section between Karjat and Lonavala late on Sunday, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Mumbai-Pune route. The landslide occurred between Thakurvadi…
Navi Mumbai: A 35-year-old man walking along the pavement near a 3-storeyed Geeta Apartment building in Sector 11, Juhugaon, Vashi node was killed, and a woman pedestrian sustained minor injuries after the balcony portion with iron grille of the said building’s second-floor flat collapsed during heavy rain and fell on the two pedestrians. The NMMC…
Navi Mumbai: The Rasayani police in Raigad, in coordination with NGO Help Foundation, rescued eight passengers travelling in an MSRTC bus after the vehicle got stuck on a rainwater-flooded road near Sarsai village along Karjat-Pen Road on Sunday afternoon, due to the Patalganga river crossing the warning level following incessant rains for the past three…
Vasai: A woman who remained stranded for nearly three hours in a rain-swollen stream at the popular Tungareshwar tourist spot in Vasai was rescued by Pelhar police on Sunday evening, averting a potential tragedy.According to the police, constables Satish Giri and Suyash Mane were on patrol near the Tungareshwar temple at around 4.30 pm when…
Mumbai: The Dongri Police arrested a 32-year-old habitual conman who allegedly duped jewellery shop owners across Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai by posing as a customer, showing fake online payment confirmations and fleeing with gold ornaments.His arrest has led to the detection of seven similar offences registered across multiple police stations.The accused, identified as Rahul…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has directed the state govt to pay Rs 17.95 lakh in compensation to a 23-year-old woman’s family for “violating her right to life” by denying her timely emergency care.The commission also noted that the pregnant woman’s delivery was conducted by doctors who were not trained in obstetrics,…
Relentless downpours that have severely disrupted normal life, administrative operations, and public transport networks across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Mumbai: A holiday has been declared for schools and colleges across Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai on Monday due to an ‘orange’ alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall…
Vedant Sawant died after being electrocuted by a metal ladder inside his Nalasopara residence that became live due to an inverter-related electrical fault on Saturday Thane: A 20-year-old college student, Vedant Sawant, died after being electrocuted by a metal ladder inside his Nalasopara residence that became live due to an inverter-related electrical fault on Saturday….
The plan was discussed at BEST committee meeting Mumbai: Heavy rainfall on Sunday led to waterlogging in several parts of Mumbai, prompting BEST to divert buses on 43 routes across the city. According to BEST officials, diversions were implemented in nine waterlogged locations, including parts of Chembur, Dadar, Byculla, Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) and Vidyavihar, to…
