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Heavy rain takes Mumbai by surprise; thundershowers likely to continue till 10 October

Heavy rain lashed Mumbai on Friday. The rain took the island city by surprise after it witnessed a dry spell for weeks

Heavy rains affect life in Konkan and Karnataka, but come with silver lining of over-flowing reservoirs

The last two days saw heavy rains in Mumbai. Other parts of Maharashtra received heavy downpour too with the Konkan region witnessing the heaviest downpour.

Maharashtra govt to give Rs 5 crore reward to Mumbai police personnel who worked during deluge of 29 August

As a mark of appreciation, the Maharashtra government has decided to give Rs 5 crore reward to police personnel who worked untiringly during the deluge of 29 August to ensure safety of citizens and for the good work done in the last few months

Assam floods: Jharkhand government contributes Rs 5 crore to Chief Minister's Relief Fund

As a mark of solidarity to flood affected people of Assam, the Jharkhand government Thursday contributed Rs 5 crore to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund

Donald and Melania Trump meet Hurricane Harvey victims in Houston

An upbeat and optimistic president visited with victims of Harvey on Saturday, touring a Houston mega-shelter housing hundreds of displaced people and briefly walking streets lined with soggy, discarded possessions.

Uttar Pradesh floods: Four more die as death toll rises to 108; over 28 lakh still affected

With four more deaths, the toll mounted to 108 in the current wave of floods in Uttar Pradesh, where the overall situation remained grim, officials said on Friday

Death toll due to floods in Bihar mounts to 440; situation in Assam and West Bengal improves as water level recedes

Bihar continued to reel under floods with the toll mounting to 440 and 1.71 crore people still affected, while the situation in Assam and West Bengal has improved

Uttarakhand cloudbursts: Trivendra Singh Rawat visits rain-hit areas, says govt fully prepared to tackle situation

Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday flew to the rain-hit areas of Dharchula in Pithoragarh district where six persons were killed and an army jawan went missing in two separate incidents of cloudbursts in the early hours

Narendra Modi to visit Assam tomorrow, will discuss permanent solution to flooding issue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an one-day visit to Assam on Tuesday to discuss a permanent solution to the flood problem in the state every year

Narendra Modi govt in 'deep slumber' over suffering of flood-hit people, says Ghulam Nabi Azad

The Congress Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers of being insensitive towards the sufferings of flood-ravaged people in the country and claimed that the ministers rushed to "engineer defections" but did not visit the flooded areas