South Mumbai

Fire breaks out in 11-storey residential building in South Mumbai; no casualties reported, cooling operations underway

A fire broke out at an apartment located in an eleven-story building on Nepeansea Road in south Mumbai early Tuesday morning, a fire official said.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Maharashtra reports 162 more COVID-19 cases today; total number rises to 1,297

Maharashtra reported 162 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday, which takes the total number of coronavirus cases in the state to 1,297, the state's health department said

Nearly 50% coronavirus patients from Mumbai found in four civic wards; areas like Worli, Andheri, Lower Parel worst-affected

Nearly 50 percent of the total 590 COVID-19 patients found so far in Mumbai, which has emerged as one of the hotspots of coronavirus spread, are from four of the total 24 administrative wards of the civic body

BMC declares Mumbai's Wockhardt Hospital a containment zone after more staff test positive for COVID-19

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared Mumbai's Wockhardt Hospital a containment zone after three doctors and 26 nurses tested positive for coronavirus within a span of one week.

Manisha Koirala, team Maska on making a Netflix film that documents Parsi culture, and their tryst with the community

Maska, in which Manisha Koirala plays a Parsi woman from South Mumbai, will release on Netflix on 27 March.

Ardhe Akash Maathyavar: Anthology of Marathi poetry turns an empathetic gaze on life on the fringes

Dr Shridhar Pawar's experiences in the by-lanes of Kamathipura — with sex workers, impoverished families, queer groups, migrant populations — inform his poetry in Ardhe Akash Maathyavar.

Inspired by Shaheen Bagh protest, hundreds of women launch anti-CAA sit-in agitation at Mumbai’s Nagpada

Hundreds of women have been sitting on a road in south Mumbai's Nagpada area since the 26 January night against the CAA-NRC-NPR regime, apparently drawing inspiration from New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh protest

Devendra Fadnavis starts vacating chief minister's official residence in south Mumbai, begins hunts for new home

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday started vacating the official chief minister's residence in south Mumbai.

Fire breaks out at commercial high-rise in Mumbai's Andheri, over 50 people evacuated; no casualties reported

A fire broke out in a commercial high-rise here on Monday, forcing evacuation of 50 to 60 people, a fire brigade official said. No casualty was reported.

As BJP leaders raise rhetoric for need of 'nationwide' NRC, anxiety grips section of Mumbai's Muslim community

In Mumbai, these statements have served to deepen anxieties among a section of the Muslim community. According to local community leaders and social workers, many people have taken action to ensure that they have their identification documents in order.