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Mumbai faces severe disruption as heavy rains and strong winds prompt authorities to advise private offices to enable work-from-home. MUMBAI: With heavy rain lashing Mumbai and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Monday advised private companies to allow employees…

Three Dubai-owned vessels, previously implicated in a fuel theft and smuggling racket, are in distress off Mumbai’s coast MUMBAI: An unmanned Nicaragua-flagged merchant tanker, MT Al Jafzia, ran aground near Manori Island on Sunday after its anchor chain snapped amid rough weather, while two other anchored vessels drifted closer to the coast, officials said.The other…

Considering the wind impact, Mumbai has been placed under a ‘red’ alert. MUMBAI: Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Sunday said all Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) schools will remain closed till Tuesday and that the closure could be extended by another day or two amid relentless rainfall in the city.According to news agency ANI, Tawde said…

MUMBAI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a ‘red’ alert for Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds. The weather office also urged people to avoid unnecessary travel as conditions were expected to remain severe through the day.The MeT department upgraded the warning from ‘orange’…

Maharashtra’s Raigad district experienced severe waterlogging on the Mumbai-Goa highway due to heavy rainfall, causing traffic to halt for hours and stranding thousands. MUMBAI: Heavy rain brought traffic on the Mumbai-Goa Highway to a crawl after severe waterlogging inundated key stretches in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, leaving thousands of commuters stranded and triggering hours-long traffic snarls,…

Heavy rainfall has caused significant disruptions on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway and the old highway, leading to traffic suspension. PUNE/MUMBAI: Traffic on both the Pune-Mumbai Expressway and the old Pune-Mumbai highway was suspended on Monday after incessant rain triggered flooding, waterlogging and a landslide, severely disrupting connectivity between the two cities.Authorities urged commuters to avoid all…

The victim, Jyoti Pawar, was found dead in her chawl room with strangulation marks. MUMBAI: Malabar Hill police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly killing his 55-year-old neighbour and robbing her gold chain within 24 hours after her body was found in her chawl room at Nepean Sea Road.The murder came to light on…

The city witnessed triple-digit rains in the last five days, with July 4-5 recording the highest rainfall so far since the monsoon’s arrival. MUMBAI: As persistent showers broke a five-decade-old record in the island city amid unusually strong winds across Mumbai, a tragedy struck Mankhurd late Sunday when a four-storey structure collapsed onto an adjoining…

The incident occurred around 8.30 pm at Chawl No. 5 in Janta Nagar, behind Hanuman Mandir in Mankhurd. MUMBAI: At least six people were killed and one injured after a multi-storey chawl collapsed in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area on Sunday evening amid heavy rainfall.The incident occurred around 8.30 pm at Chawl No. 5 in Janta Nagar,…

The unauthorized structure fell onto an adjoining shanty, injuring a passerby. MUMBAI: Five children aged 2-14 and a 32-year-old woman were killed and a passerby injured after a four-storey slum tenement collapsed onto an adjoining ground-floor shanty in Janta Nagar, Mankhurd, on Sunday night amid heavy rain.Four of the victims belonged to the same family,…