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Heavy rains likely in Mumbai over next 24 hours: IMD

2:22 pm July 28, 2019

Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department has predicted “heavy to very heavy” rainfall at a few places in Mumbai over the next 24 hours. The Colaba and Santacruz observatories have recorded 44.2 millimetres and 27.7 mm rainfall respectively in the 24- hour period starting on Saturday 8.30 am, an IMD official said on Sunday. The IMD […]

IMD predicts very heavy rains in Mumbai on Sun

11:14 pm July 27, 2019

Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department on Saturday evening predicted “heavy to very heavy” rains in Mumbai, including “extremely heavy” rain in isolated places, for Sunday. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said it was prepared for the monsoon onslaught and asked citizens to be careful. “BMC has alerted its citizens about the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall […]

96 women illegally engaged to dance in bars rescued

8:36 pm July 27, 2019

Bhubaneswar: A total of 96 women who were engaged illegally to perform dances in 11 bars in the state capital were rescued, the police said on Saturday. The bars did not have permission to engage women for dancing, police said. “The women are from West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Mumbai, Punjab, Haryana and Odisha. They were […]

Mahalaxmi Exp stuck in Thane with 700 passengers after heavy rains, NDRF called in

2:05 pm July 27, 2019

Mumbai/Thane: There was no respite from incessant rains in Mumbai which affected the rail services on Saturday, with long-distance Mahalaxmi Express getting stuck near Badlapur in Thane district due to flooding of tracks. Authorities called in the National Disaster Response Force and also sought help from the navy to rescue the 700 stranded passengers of […]

Railway’s first printing press heritage gallery opened

10:24 pm July 24, 2019

Mumbai: The Western Railway (WR) has thrown open to public the first printing press heritage gallery of the Indian Railways at Mahalaxmi here. “Western Railway has opened the first of its kind printing press heritage gallery at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai. This unique heritage gallery was inaugurated by V P Pathak, member (Materials Management) of the […]