NASHIK

Ganpati immersions: 18 dead across Maharashtra

2:43 pm September 13, 2019

Mumbai: At least 18 persons drowned in separate incidents during immersion of Ganesh idols across Maharashtra, police said on Friday. Immersions, which began on Anant Chaturdashi on Thursday, continued into Friday morning in several parts of Mumbai, Pune and Sangli, officials said. Drowning incidents were reported in 11 districts comprising Amravati, Nashik, Thane, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, […]

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Maharashtra Cabinet approves Nashik metro rail project

9:21 pm August 28, 2019

Mumbai: With the assembly elections round the corner, the Maharashtra Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 2100-crore Nashik metro rail project which will be operated on electricity and battery power. Under the project, aimed at providing connectivity to the rapidly growing city, two trackless elevated corridors will be developed, a government statement said. One of […]

Maha floods: Boat capsize toll rises to 17; 4 lakh evacuated

3:49 pm August 11, 2019

Mumbai: With the recovery of five more bodies, the death toll in the boat capsize tragedy in Sangli district has gone up to 17, even as over four lakh people have so far been been evacuated from flood-affected parts of Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday. More than five lakh cusec of water is being discharged […]

Very heavy rains predicted for Nashik, Kolhapur, Satara: IMD

11:00 pm August 5, 2019

Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department forecast light to moderate rains for Mumbai, and heavy rains in isolated places in adjoining Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts for Tuesday. The IMD bulletin on Monday also informed that Nashik, Kolhapur and Satara districts could receive heavy to very heavy rains on Tuesday, followed by extremely heavy rainfall in […]

Release of water from dams in rain-hit Nashik continues

3:02 pm August 5, 2019

Nashik: Release of water from major dams in rain-battered Nashik district of Maharashtra continued on Monday as well, officials said, adding the Godavari river which flows through the city is still in full spate. Though intensity of rains lashing the north Maharashtra district since Friday night is reduced, flood-like situation on the banks of the […]