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Mumbai's Monorail Services Halted For Hours After 2 Coaches Catch Fire
Mumbai's monorail services were stopped for hours after two coaches caught fire in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire broke out at the Mysore Colony station around 5 am, when the monorail started the day's first trip.
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Mumbai University Students Apply Brakes On Career As Re-Evaluation Results 'Delayed'
Vatsal Shah, 21, who bagged a job with a top tech firm three months ago, may lose his chance, not because he lacks talent but because Mumbai University is yet to release his re-evaluated marksheet. Like Mr Shah, more than 29,000 students of the university, Mumbai's oldest, are still struggling with re-evaluation related delays
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Man With 11 iPhone X Detained At Mumbai Airport
A man was detained with 11 brand new iPhone X worth over 10 lakhs at Mumbai airport, the Customs official said on Sunday. Bhavesh Ravjibhai Virani was detained on his arrival in Mumbai from Hong Kong on Saturday.
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Couple Trying To Extort 7 Crore From IAS Officer Nabbed By Maharashtra Police
The Thane police has arrested a private detective and his wife who were trying to extort seven crore rupees from a senior IAS officer from Maharashtra. Satish Mangle had allegedly demanded the sum for retracting allegations of corruption against suspended civil servant Radheyshyam Mopalwar. He also threatened to leak his phone call recordings if th...
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Man Hung Upside Down, Beaten To Death As Cops Watch In Video Gone Viral
A man is strung upside down to a tree, his hands and legs tied, and thrashed mercilessly in a video from Thane near Mumbai that has gone viral. He died soon after.
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Ally Shiv Sena's Classic Opposition Move: A Booklet Against The BJP
The Shiv Sena, the BJP's cantankerous partner now accused of playing a double role by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has made a classic opposition move, distributing a booklet to its party workers titled "Scamster BJP".
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Route For Planned Bullet Train Loss-Making, 40% Seats Empty, Reveals RTI
A Right to Information or RTI query has revealed that over 40 per cent of seats on the bullet train route in the last three months have been going vacant and the losses on this sector have mounted to Rs 29.91 crore.
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'Take It Or Leave It': Sena Answer to Devendra Fadnavis' Ultimatum
A day after senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut declared ally BJP his party's "principle enemy," an editorial in the Sena's mouthpiece Saamana has suggested that Maharashtra's Devendra Fadnavis government assess their partnership and "leave it," if not satisfied
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After Fire At Mumbai Slum, Thousands Left Homeless
At the Behrampada slums in Mumbai's Bandra, thousands of families are spending the night in the open, some by the railway tracks as locals whizzed past them. A huge fire that broke out this afternoon in the slum burnt down their houses, leaving them homeless.
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Dead 40-Foot Whale Found In 2 Pieces On Mumbai Shore
A 40-foot carcass of the Bryde's Whale washed up the coast of South Mumbai in Colaba during high tide on Monday.
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Ahead Of Diwali, Mumbai Skyline Covered In Haze This Morning
Mumbai woke up to a hazy day on Wednesday, clouding a view of the city's skyline and triggering concerns of a continuing drop in air quality over the next few days. The city's air, usually much better than national capital Delhi, is expected to decline sharply on Diwali night when it is likely to fall to from 'moderate' category to "poor".
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Rain To Blame For Mumbai Stampede That Killed 23, Says Railways
The stampede at a Mumbai railway bridge that left 23 dead last month has been blamed on rain and rumours by a safety committee of the railway ministry, which does not refer to any official negligence.
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Woman Gives Birth On Mumbai Local, Doctor Boarded Train For Delivery
The fast local, headed for Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, was somewhere near Dadar when Salma Shaikh went into labour. On seeing her condition, fellow passengers tried to calm her down and informed the railway police. A doctor and support staff from One Rupee Clinic on Dadar station rushed to help her.
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'His Face Was Completely Crushed,' Says Family Of Mumbai Stampede's Youngest Victim
Akash Parab has no knowledge of his 11-year-old brother Rohit's demise. Rohit is the youngest victim of the Elphinstone Road station stampede that killed 23 and injured more than 30. As Akash, 19, lay in ward number 20A of Mumbai's KEM hospital, his wounds, after being trampled over in the stampede yesterday, are raw and visible. His family doesn't...
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Dahi Handi 'Adventure Sport', Agrees Bombay High Court, Eases Restrictions
The Bombay High Court today eased restrictions on the Dahi Handi festival which annually sees several young children getting injured. Accepting the state government's assertion that Dahi Handi is an "adventure sport", the court agreed to lower the age limit for participating 'Govindas' to 14.
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Mumbai's Monorail Services Halted For Hours After 2 Coaches Catch Fire
Mumbai's monorail services were stopped for hours after two coaches caught fire in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire broke out at the Mysore Colony station around 5 am, when the monorail started the day's first trip.
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Mumbai University Students Apply Brakes On Career As Re-Evaluation Results 'Delayed'
Vatsal Shah, 21, who bagged a job with a top tech firm three months ago, may lose his chance, not because he lacks talent but because Mumbai University is yet to release his re-evaluated marksheet. Like Mr Shah, more than 29,000 students of the university, Mumbai's oldest, are still struggling with re-evaluation related delays
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Man With 11 iPhone X Detained At Mumbai Airport
A man was detained with 11 brand new iPhone X worth over 10 lakhs at Mumbai airport, the Customs official said on Sunday. Bhavesh Ravjibhai Virani was detained on his arrival in Mumbai from Hong Kong on Saturday.
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Couple Trying To Extort 7 Crore From IAS Officer Nabbed By Maharashtra Police
The Thane police has arrested a private detective and his wife who were trying to extort seven crore rupees from a senior IAS officer from Maharashtra. Satish Mangle had allegedly demanded the sum for retracting allegations of corruption against suspended civil servant Radheyshyam Mopalwar. He also threatened to leak his phone call recordings if th...
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Man Hung Upside Down, Beaten To Death As Cops Watch In Video Gone Viral
A man is strung upside down to a tree, his hands and legs tied, and thrashed mercilessly in a video from Thane near Mumbai that has gone viral. He died soon after.
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Ally Shiv Sena's Classic Opposition Move: A Booklet Against The BJP
The Shiv Sena, the BJP's cantankerous partner now accused of playing a double role by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has made a classic opposition move, distributing a booklet to its party workers titled "Scamster BJP".
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Route For Planned Bullet Train Loss-Making, 40% Seats Empty, Reveals RTI
A Right to Information or RTI query has revealed that over 40 per cent of seats on the bullet train route in the last three months have been going vacant and the losses on this sector have mounted to Rs 29.91 crore.
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'Take It Or Leave It': Sena Answer to Devendra Fadnavis' Ultimatum
A day after senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut declared ally BJP his party's "principle enemy," an editorial in the Sena's mouthpiece Saamana has suggested that Maharashtra's Devendra Fadnavis government assess their partnership and "leave it," if not satisfied
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After Fire At Mumbai Slum, Thousands Left Homeless
At the Behrampada slums in Mumbai's Bandra, thousands of families are spending the night in the open, some by the railway tracks as locals whizzed past them. A huge fire that broke out this afternoon in the slum burnt down their houses, leaving them homeless.
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Dead 40-Foot Whale Found In 2 Pieces On Mumbai Shore
A 40-foot carcass of the Bryde's Whale washed up the coast of South Mumbai in Colaba during high tide on Monday.
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Ahead Of Diwali, Mumbai Skyline Covered In Haze This Morning
Mumbai woke up to a hazy day on Wednesday, clouding a view of the city's skyline and triggering concerns of a continuing drop in air quality over the next few days. The city's air, usually much better than national capital Delhi, is expected to decline sharply on Diwali night when it is likely to fall to from 'moderate' category to "poor".
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Rain To Blame For Mumbai Stampede That Killed 23, Says Railways
The stampede at a Mumbai railway bridge that left 23 dead last month has been blamed on rain and rumours by a safety committee of the railway ministry, which does not refer to any official negligence.
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Woman Gives Birth On Mumbai Local, Doctor Boarded Train For Delivery
The fast local, headed for Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, was somewhere near Dadar when Salma Shaikh went into labour. On seeing her condition, fellow passengers tried to calm her down and informed the railway police. A doctor and support staff from One Rupee Clinic on Dadar station rushed to help her.
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'His Face Was Completely Crushed,' Says Family Of Mumbai Stampede's Youngest Victim
Akash Parab has no knowledge of his 11-year-old brother Rohit's demise. Rohit is the youngest victim of the Elphinstone Road station stampede that killed 23 and injured more than 30. As Akash, 19, lay in ward number 20A of Mumbai's KEM hospital, his wounds, after being trampled over in the stampede yesterday, are raw and visible. His family doesn't...
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Dahi Handi 'Adventure Sport', Agrees Bombay High Court, Eases Restrictions
The Bombay High Court today eased restrictions on the Dahi Handi festival which annually sees several young children getting injured. Accepting the state government's assertion that Dahi Handi is an "adventure sport", the court agreed to lower the age limit for participating 'Govindas' to 14.
