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MUMBAI: Usually, an infrastructure project subject to delays in completion witnesses a sizeable cost escalation. This time around, however, a project's cost has been trimmed by nearly 40% by deleting some of its components and changing its design. This is the Uttan-Virar Sea Link (UVSL), to be implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The changes happened on the directive of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday. As per the estimates and plans prepared ...Read More >
Mumbai: Upset by the city police's alleged pressure to remove loudspeakers from mosques, some mosques in the city have found a solution through the introduction of a dedicated mobile Azaan app to relay call to prayers five times a day, directly to the worshippers.Globally, Muslim citizens, including those in the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia and UAE, use Azaan apps to get notification for Azaan time for the masjid located in specific areas.Developed by a group of volunteers in Tamil Nadu , the online ...Read More >
Mumbai: Amid intermittent showers across Mumbai, the weather bureau's Colaba observatory on Thursday surpassed the city's average June rainfall, four days before the month-end. It has recorded 548.2mm of rainfall so far against the monthly average of 542.3mm. The Santacruz observatory, which typically receives more rainfall and is considered Mumbai's benchmark, has logged 478.9mm of its June average of 537.1mm.Island city saw multiple triple-digit rain days this month. Despite a dry spell at the ...Read More >
Palghar, Maharashtra: Avinash Dhodi, the main accused in the brutal murder of Shiv Sena office-bearer Ashok Dhodi, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning from Silvassa, ending a five-month-long manhunt. Dhodi had been on the run since the murder in January this year, evading police efforts across multiple states. The crime, which stemmed from a family land dispute, took place on January 20, 2025. Avinash Dhodi, reportedly enraged over the issue, intercepted his brother Ashok Dhodi's ...Read More >
Mumbai: IMD has issued a light to moderate rainfall warning for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad from June 9-12.In the 24 hours ending 8am on Sunday, 25mm of rainfall was recorded in the city, 14mm in the eastern suburbs and 6mm in the western suburbs. While a brief spell of intense rain was recorded on June 7 in the city and adjoining areas, the following day saw only light rain.The water stocks in the lakes supplying to Mumbai were at 1.55 lakh million litres -- 10.7% of the required quantum ...Read More >
Shillong, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missing on May 23 while visiting Meghalaya's Sohra-Cherrapu ...Read More >
Mumbai: Many parts of Mumbai, Thane, and Navi Mumbai recorded intense rainfall for a brief period on Saturday afternoon. By evening, the rain had subsided.The IMD has issued a yellow alert for the city and adjoining districts of Thane, Raigad, and Palghar for Saturday, indicating thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, heavy rains, and gusty winds at isolated places. However, from June 8, light to moderate rains are expected up to June 11.IMD officials said the rains were due to the incursion of ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its five-day forecast issued on May 7 (Saturday) afternoon, has kept Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts under a yellow alert till 8.30 am on Sunday - indicating moderate to heavy rainfall to lash over the island city and suburbs. Meanwhile, the Raigad and Ratnagiri districts of coastal Maharashtra have been kept under a yellow alert for the next 48 hours. The weather bureau's forecast shows that no alert has been issued for Mumbai between June 8 ...Read More >
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 18 teams across Maharashtra for rapid rescue and relief operations, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted above-normal monsoon rainfall this year, with urban areas like Mumbai already showing signs of strain, Mid-day reported. Between May 25 and 26, NDRF teams responded to emergencies in Pune, Solapur, and Satara. While local agencies managed to rescue nine people in Baramati and Indapur, NDRF teams were redirected to ...Read More >
Two men, including the victim's cousin, have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 14-year-old tribal girl in Palghar district, Maharashtra Two men have been arrested for gangraping a 14-year-old tribal student in Palghar district. The case was initially registered under Zero FIR at Mandvi police station in Virar East and later it was transferred to Manor police station on Monday. One of the accused is the victim's cousin, a senior officer in the Palghar police stated. He added, "The incid ...Read More >
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