Mumbai: News
10 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: 20,112 missing kids reunited with families under 'Operation Muskan'
Maharashtra's Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil said 20,112 missing children were rescued and handed over to their families under "Operation Muskan".
10 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMumbai: BMC will collaborate with IIT-B for better-roads, says Fadnavis
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis today said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation would be directed to collaborate with institutions like IIT-Bombay to develop modern technology for ensuring good roads in Mumbai.
10 Jul 2018
SpiceJetAir India Express plane overshoots runway in Mumbai, averts mishap
A major mishap was averted today after an Air India Express aircraft overshot the runway while landing at the Mumbai-airport amid heavy rains.
10 Jul 2018
Pranab MukherjeeAfter Mukherjee, Ratan Tata to join Mohan Bhagwat on stage
A month after former president Pranab Mukherjee triggered a controversy by attending an RSS event, it is now industrialist Ratan Tata's turn.
10 Jul 2018
UberMumbai: In 'kaali-peeli' style, more Ola-Uber drivers keep refusing rides
The trend of Ola and Uber drivers refusing rides is slowly going northward. After they failed Chennai last year during monsoons, it's now Mumbai's turn.
10 Jul 2018
Pranab MukherjeeMumbai: Ratan Tata to now share the stage with RSS-chief
Industrialist Ratan Tata will be sharing the stage with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at an event in Mumbai on August 24 organized by NGO Nana Palkar Smriti Samiti, named after Sangh Pracharak Nana Palkar.
10 Jul 2018
GoaGoa PWD-Minister Sudin Dhavalikar hospitalized in Mumbai for unknown illness
Goa Public Works Department Minister Sudin Dhavalikar has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai, a family member said today but refused to identify the illness.
10 Jul 2018
RainfallMumbai rains Day-4: Dabbawalas cancel services, WR trains suspended
As heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai this morning, several services were suspended, including the city's famous dabba service and the AC locals.
09 Jul 2018
IndiaWhy is Mumbai facing extreme rainfall? Here, we decode
Mumbai has been experiencing severe rainfall over the last few days, and as of now, schools are shut, traffic is held-up, and several locations in Vasai are cut-off due to floods.
09 Jul 2018
MaharashtraHeavy rains in Mumbai: Schools shut; trains and buses delayed
Torrential monsoon rains lashed Mumbai and its neighboring areas, flooding streets, rail-tracks and crippling life in the city.
09 Jul 2018
Mumbai PoliceMumbai rains Day-3: Schools closed, traffic hit, Vasai cut off
Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and its nearby regions, forcing schools to shut down and hitting rail and road traffic.
08 Jul 2018
Maharashtra'Roti Bank' satiating hunger of the poor, gets good response
In a bid to feed needy people, a retired IPS officer D Sivanandan in December 2017 launched "Roti Bank" in collaboration with Mumbai's famous tiffin carriers "Dabbawalas".
08 Jul 2018
XAfter 'micro-mini skirts' lecture, Twitter-user returns with another 'sanskaar' lesson
This week, 'Madhav' (@mahesh10816 on Twitter) posted a thread about how he intervened to 'teach' girls wearing 'micro-minis' in a posh Mumbai restaurant about Indian values, which apparently moved them to tears.
08 Jul 2018
DNAMumbai rains: One dead in waterfall, city flooded, traffic hit
At least one person died when water levels at the Chinchoti waterfall in Vasai, Mumbai, rose suddenly after heavy rains. Over 100 were rescued, NDTV reported.
08 Jul 2018
Cricket: News, Stats and more!No longer 'interested' in Shami, Hasin Jahan returns to modelling
Months after the broken marriage of cricketer Mohammed Shami made the headlines, his wife Hasin Jahan has returned to modelling, hopeful of rebuilding her life.
08 Jul 2018
IndiaThis Mumbai-girl showed her father what a daughter can do!
When it comes to financial constraints, many families in India still ask the girls to drop out of colleges or schools.
07 Jul 2018
Mumbai PoliceMumbai: Sacked, drunken man threatens to commit suicide
A drunken man created some high-voltage drama for Mumbai Fire Brigade in the wee hours of Friday, as he threatened to jump off from atop the Doordarshan Tower at Worli.
07 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMumbai: AK-56 seized from Dawood gang member's house; wife arrested
An AK-56 rifle has been seized from the house of a member of Dawood Ibrahim gang in suburban Goregaon in Mumbai.
07 Jul 2018
RainfallMumbai rains: Three dead, five missing, train services suspended
Three days after a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Andheri, heavy rains lashed parts of Mumbai again on Saturday, and resulted in the city's train service getting held-up during the showers.
07 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of India1992 securities scam: Mumbai court convicts 5 senior bank officials
A special court in Mumbai convicted five persons, including senior bank officials, in the 1992 securities scam.
07 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMumbai: 'Jobless' man climbs Doordarshan tower for media coverage
A 30-year-old man climbed the Doordarshan Tower in Worli in South Mumbai in the wee hours yesterday, sending police and fire brigade officials into a tizzy.
07 Jul 2018
MaharashtraBodies of 4 teens, who drowned off Juhu beach, recovered
The body of the fourth victim, who had drowned off Juhu beach along with three others, was found behind JW Marriott hotel in the wee hours today.
06 Jul 2018
MaharashtraPlastic ban: Allow bags weighing 20g, demand manufacturers
Days after Maharashtra Government relaxed the norms for FMCG firms by just self-proving that they only use recyclable multi-layer packaging, plastic manufacturers are raising their voices.
06 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMadurai Express sleeper-class coach derails at Khandala, none hurt
A sleeper class coach of Madurai Express derailed at Khandala railway station on Mumbai-Pune route in Maharashtra in the wee hours today.
06 Jul 2018
WhatsAppMumbai: Prank calls, asking for 'jalebis', make officials' life miserable
The Disaster Management Cell that is based out of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s headquarters in Fort, Mumbai, is finding it difficult to help those in need.
05 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra Police takes preventive-measures in the wake of Rainpada lynching
Following the lynching of five men in Maharashtra's Dhule district, Maharashtra Police are taking several preventive steps, including publication of WhatsApp numbers of police control rooms.
05 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMumbai: Grant Road Bridge reopened a day after cracks seen
Tuesday was a bad day for Mumbai; within 16 hours, two city bridges faced infrastructural defect.
05 Jul 2018
MaharashtraAndheri bridge-collapse: 15 doctors fought for 14hrs to revive victim
Like every day, Asmita Katkar of Mumbai took the Gokhale Bridge on Tuesday too, after dropping her six-year-old son at his school.
04 Jul 2018
CelebrityMadhu Chopra responds to BMC-notice issued for illegal-construction of spa
Priyanka Chopra's mother, Madhu Chopra, today responded to the notice for illegal construction that was issued to the actor by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), saying they are cooperating with the officials.
04 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMumbai: After Andheri-bridge collapse, cracks found on Grant-Road station bridge
Cracks were found on a bridge at the Grant Road station in south Mumbai, hours after an over-bridge collapsed at a railway station in suburban Andheri, the city's civic body said today.
04 Jul 2018
Mumbai PoliceMumbai: Lawyer held for assaulting pregnant wife, killing unborn child
The Mumbai Police has arrested a 30-year- old lawyer for allegedly assaulting his pregnant wife which led to the death of the unborn child (11-week-old fetus), an official said today.
03 Jul 2018
MaharashtraStudents who missed exams due to rain can reappear: MU
As heavy rains threw the normal life out of gear in Mumbai, University of Mumbai has announced that those who missed the examinations today can reappear later.
03 Jul 2018
IsraelMumbai Police book Israeli man after girlfriend suffocates during sex
Mumbai Police have booked a 23-year-old Israeli national in the case of his girlfriend's death during sex in a city hotel last year.
03 Jul 2018
RainfallAndheri bridge collapse: Hundreds of lives saved, courtesy alert motorman
Mumbai woke up to a bitter morning today: a section of Gokhale Road overbridge, connecting Andheri East and West stations, caved in amid incessant rains.
03 Jul 2018
IndiaIsraeli woman dies during sexual-intercourse in Mumbai hotel; boyfriend arrested
Police have booked a 23-year-old Israeli national in connection with the death of his girlfriend in a hotel in Mumbai last year.
03 Jul 2018
ThaneMumbai: Part of Andheri bridge collapses amid rains; traffic hit
Lakhs of commuters were stranded after a part of the Gokhale Road overbridge in Mumbai, connecting Andheri East and West stations, caved in this morning amid incessant rains.
02 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMeet Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, Mumbai Police's new boss
Mumbai Police got a new chief this weekend as senior IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal took charge of the force on Saturday.
02 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMumbai: BMC to install sensor-fitted garbage bins in pits
In a bid to curb the stink emanating from garbage bins placed in the open in several parts of Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to install them in pits specially dug for the purpose.
02 Jul 2018
Mumbai PoliceIndia shamed: Italian woman allegedly raped by Mumbai 'tour guide'
Mumbai Police is looking for a man who's accused of raping a 37-year-old Italian national last month.
01 Jul 2018
IndiaHussain Zaidi's new novel, a tribute to men in uniform
Crime writer Hussain Zaidi pays tribute to the men in uniform in his new novel "Eleventh Hour".
