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Navi Mumbai: Five students from Sion Koliwada were stranded near Pandavkada waterfall atop Kharghar hills on Monday afternoon after a stream overflowed during heavy rain and blocked their path. They were rescued by Kharghar fire brigade personnel in 90 minutes of an alarm being raised. Kharghar fire officer Pravin Bodake said, “Our rescue team reached…

Kalyan/Mumbai: The Covid test for a 47-year-old Kalyan resident came back positive a day after her death, making her the fifth person with the coronavirus to die within an eight-day period in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The woman was taking out-patient treatment for typhoid for 10 days but was rushed to a private hospital…

Mumbai: A 29-year-old delivery boy has lodged a police complaint against three transpersons for demanding money from him and threatening to frame him in a fake offence if he did not pay up. On May 24, around 8.45 pm, the complainant had gone to attend nature’s call in the mangroves at Carter Road as he…

MUMBAI: The under-construction Acharya Atre Chowk station on Mumbai’s fully underground Metro Line 3 (Colaba–Bandra–SEEPZ) corridor experienced water seepage on following a spell of intense rainfall on Monday.The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRC), which is executing the project, confirmed the incident and said the affected section is not yet open to the public.The incident…

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court vacation bench on Monday restrained Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) from making a final decision on bids invited on May 17 to replace Celebi for ground and bridge handling services at Mumbai International Airport.This decision will remain in effect until the challenge raised by an Indian arm of a Turkish…

MUMBAI: Two people suffered injuries after a fire broke out early Monday morning on the sixth floor of a hotel in Andheri East.The blaze was reported around 3:19am at Hotel Jyoti Dwelling, a seven-storey building located at Dr Charat Singh Colony, New Chakala, Andheri (East). The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) declared it a Level I…

MUMBAI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) further upgraded its weather warning for Mumbai after an orange alert was issued on Monday morning. The IMD issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad at 12:38pm today, warning of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated locations.The Southwest Monsoon made a historic early arrival over Mumbai on May…

MUMBAI: Maharashtra reported 43 new Covid cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to 209. Mumbai continues to see the sharpest increase, with 242 cases reported so far in May, including 35 on Sunday alone.Doctors said Covid appears to be behaving like any other virus and there is no…

Mumbai: The city could see its earliest-ever monsoon, with IMD Sunday saying conditions are favourable for onset in the next three days. The record for the earliest monsoon is May 29, logged in 1956, 1962 and 1971.IMD has records since 1950, said its Mumbai chief Shubhangi Bhute.The southwest monsoon reached Devgad in Konkan on May…