Mumbai

Mumbai floods, famed never-say-die spirit floats

2:51 pm July 2, 2019

Mumbai: Heavy rains in Mumbai and adjoining areas Tuesday flooded its roads and crippled its rail lines, but the famed “we’ll get through this just fine” spirit of the metropolis, as always, remained afloat. From posting messages on social media platforms offering help to actually stopping their vehicles mid-road to give lifts to the stranded, […]

Stretch of Mumbai-Nagpur highway gets flooded

Oppn hits out at Maha govt as heavy rains cripple Mumbai

2:26 pm July 2, 2019

Mumbai: Opposition parties Tuesday lashed out at the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP for the loss of lives due to wall collapse incidents in Mumbai and Pune and attributed them to “corruption”. Maharashtra Congess chief Ashok Chavan also alleged that Bandra’s Kala Nagar, where Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray resides, faced water-logging and demanded the […]

Heavy rains in Mumbai; train, road traffic hit hard

1:44 pm July 1, 2019

Mumbai: Heavy rains during the night and on Monday morning in Mumbai and its outskirts inundated low-lying areas, delayed trains and slowed down vehicular movement on roads. Several local train services, considered the lifeline of Mumbai, were cancelled or short-terminated as a temporary bamboo structure erected for civil work fell on an overhead wire near […]

Engine of express train derails in Assam

Goods train derails between Mumbai and Pune, services affected

1:29 pm July 1, 2019

Mumbai: A goods train derailed between Karjat and Lonavala in Maharashtra on Monday, affecting Mumbai-Pune intercity and long distance services, a railway official said. Fifteen wagons of the train derailed around 4.15 am at the Jambrung-Thakurwadi section, he said. Intercity trains from Mumbai to Pune were cancelled and some long distance trains were diverted through […]

Rains likely in TN, Kerala, coastal AP; low pressure to become depression soon

Heavy rains batter south Guj; Valsad gets 203mm in 10 hours

11:14 pm June 30, 2019

Ahmedabad: Heavy rains Sunday battered parts of south Gujarat, with authorities keeping rescue teams in Valsad on stand-by due to rise in river levels and water- logging in many areas, officials said. Valsad received 203 millimetres rainfall in ten hours since Sunday morning, leaving several areas flooded, while nearby Vapi in the district received 228 […]