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Mumbai Rains: Downpour leads to traffic snarls, disrupts public transport; train with 700 onboard held up for hours due to flooding
Fp Staff • 6 years agoHeavy rains lashed Mumbai leading to traffic snarls, cancellation of several flights, and affected the movement of trains in the city.
Mumbai rains: With 375 mm, city sees second rainiest day in 45 years; Malad wall collapse toll rises to 24
Fp Staff • 6 years agoIncessant rainfall in Mumbai on Tuesday — the second highest in 45 years — brought rail, road and air transport to a standstill even as schools, offices remained shut.
Water-logging across many parts of Mumbai as heavy rains lash city; train services hit, traffic comes to a standstill
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMumbai received 93 millimetres of rain in the past 24 hours, leading to water logging and traffic jams in many parts of the city.
EC flying squad seizes Rs 11 lakh in cash from Mumbai's Sion with voting for 10 LS seats in Maharashtra underway
• 6 years agoThe seizure comes as voting for 10 Lok Sabha seats which fall under Maharashtra's Vidarbha and Marathwada regions is underway in the second phase of polling.
BMC sets up committee to probe shortage of medicines in civic hospitals, will submit report within two weeks
• 6 years agoAmid reports of shortage of medicines in civic hospitals and dispensaries, the health department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up a committee to inquire into it.
In Mumbai's Dharavi, an NGO trains parents to tackle malnutrition, increases awareness of best health practices
Indiaspend • 7 years agoSNEHA, a local NGO, has worked across 10 beats in Dharavi for five years, and its efforts have reduced wasting among children up to three years of age by 23 percent.
One dead, 36 injured during dahi handi celebrations in Mumbai; police say youth died due to epileptic fit
• 7 years agoThe Disaster Management Cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was alerted to deal with any untoward incident during dahi handi celebrations
Heavy Mumbai rains claim three lives as traffic comes to standstill, road caves in and several flights are delayed
Fp Staff • 7 years agoHeavy rains in Mumbai led by the Southwest Monsoon have claimed three lives in the city and adjoining Thane district so far, according to officials.
Seven cities including Milan, Stockholm bid to host 2026 Winter Olympics, informs International Olympic Committee
• 7 years agoCanada’s Calgary, Austria’s Graz, Swedish capital Stockholm, Sion in Switzerland, Turkey’s Erzurum, Japan’s Sapporo and an Italian bid involving Cortina d’Ampezzo, Milan and Turin are all in the initial process.
Violence hits Mumbai and Aurangabad as Dalit-Maratha clashes over Bhima Koregaon event turns ugly
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAn event led by Dalits to mark the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon battle in Pune district, in which forces of the East India Company defeated Peshwa’s army, turned violent in several cities in Maharashtra