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A weary Mumbai gets a month's rain in three days

MUMBAI, Aug. 19 -- Three days of pounding rain left Mumbai bedraggled and weary on Monday, but it wasn't only because several places had breached the 150-mm mark - it was because, in just 81 hours, fr... Read More


Amid Monday downpour, wall collapse kills watchman, man drowns in BKC

India, Aug. 19 -- The incessant rains on Monday resulted in two deaths, the first due to a wall collapse in Malabar Hill and the second due to a drowning in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). A third per... Read More


Wettest August night in 5 years; 2 die in landslide

MUMBAI, Aug. 17 -- Citizens woke up on Saturday to the aftermath of its rainiest night since 2020, as torrential downpour battered Mumbai between Friday night and early Saturday morning. Several neigh... Read More


Wettest August day since 2020: Mumbai records 200mm rain overnight, 2 dead in Vikhroli landslide

India, Aug. 17 -- The city woke on Saturday to the aftermath of one of its wettest nights in recent years, as torrential rain battered Mumbai while most were asleep. Between late Friday night and earl... Read More


Two killed, two injured in Vikhroli landslide amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai

India, Aug. 16 -- Two people were killed and two others injured in a landslide that struck Parkside in Vikhroli, in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, amid incessant rainfall in Mumbai, pol... Read More


Malabar Hill residents demand safe footpaths after woman's death

MUMBAI, Aug. 16 -- The fight for footpaths in one of Mumbai's most upscale neighbourhoods has turned urgent after the death of 75-year-old Neeta Shah, a familiar face in Malabar Hill's morning and eve... Read More


New promenade on Coastal Rd is open

Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- In early May, when a content creator, Soumya Mandvikar, made a reel on how to reach the newly done Worli seafarers promenade, it was a path filled with obstacles. From the Venus Apa... Read More


Malabar Hill residents demand safe footpaths after morning walker's fatal accident

India, Aug. 16 -- The fight for footpaths in one of Mumbai's most upscale neighbourhoods has turned urgent after the death of 75-year-old Neeta Shah, a familiar face in Malabar Hill's morning and even... Read More


Coastal Road Promenade opens to public

India, Aug. 16 -- In early May, when content creator Soumya Mandvikar made a reel on how to reach the newly done Worli seafarers promenade, it was a path filled with obstacles. From the Venus Apartmen... Read More


Jai Bhim Nagar residents brace for another eviction, a year after losing their homes

India, Aug. 15 -- On a recent muggy afternoon, 55-year-old Meenabai Govind Limbole sat on the edge of a footpath along Powai Plaza, watching the traffic crawl by. A plastic sheet hung limply over the ... Read More