In Mumbai, Kush Khandare, 20, suffered an epileptic attack when he climbed the first layer of a human pyramid.
Waterlogging was reported from areas like Dadar, Wadala, Worli, Kurla, Chembur, Bandra, Andheri, Kandivili, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg and Bhandup, among others.
Three Lebanese football officials have been charged with receiving sexual bribes to fix an AFC Cup match in Singapore, a government law-enforcement agency of the island city-state said on Thursday.
A four-member Mumbai Police team began searches at the residence of suspended CSK CEO Gurunath Meiyappan on Sunday.
Railway services across city on the Western Railway and Central Railway came to a grinding halt at 10.05 am, as a result of the power outage.
The Santacruz observatory recorded 286.4 mm rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, making it the fourth highest rainfall in Mumbai since 1974, an Indian Meteorological Department official said.
New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder told police he has no memory of the vicious attack that left him critically injured in hospital last week.
A controversial advertisement in a Hong Kong daily branding Chinese as "locusts" has evoked angry reactions in China amid growing resentment among people in the island city over rising mainland influence.
The government and MMRDA are keen to develop the 22-km link, which will connect Sewri on the island city to Nhava Seva in Navi Mumbai, on an engineering, procurement and construction basis and not on the build-operate transfer model, considering past experience.
'I think as a nation we all aged a year in that super over. I feel nothing but pride. What a team'
Textiles-to-aviation conglomerate Wadia Group, which made a foray into the real estate space recently with a new company Bombay Realty, on Tuesday launched a fully integrated, mixed use development project -- 'Island City Centre' -- in south central Mumbai.
The island city of Indonesia serves as a grim reminder of the urban squalor that awaits most Asian cities.
Home prices in Mumbai are headed for a sharp correction, while others may remain stagnant due to rising unsold stock, says a report from Bank of India Merrill Lynch.
The project, titled New Cuffe Parade, will come up at Wadala and is spread across 23 acres over the next five to seven years.
As per the meteorological department, Colaba recorded 63.2 mm and Santacruz got 83.3 mm of rainfall since Wednesday. Incidents of water-logging were reported from several parts of city and suburbs like Vile Parle, Andheri Subway, Hindmata and others, civic officials said. Trains on both Western and Central lines were running late by 10 minutes, railway officials said. Flight operations were normal, airport officials said.
According to estimates, about 7,000 new luxury apartments are expected to be available in the city in within a year, for over Rs 4.7 crore (Rs 47 million) each.
It is an office forgotten by time and the government of India. Here, in a small room that seems 150 years old -- with mouldy walls, endless racks of dusty files and rickety desks -- sit some of the most powerful men of Navi Mumbai. These men lord over the mammoth township located on the outskirts of the island city.
Monsoon in Mumbai is likely to get stronger and the city may experience heavy rainfall over the next 48 hours, a senior MeT official said on Thursday.
The Bill will become a law once the legislative council gives its nod to it, which is expected on Monday. An obvious fallout of the new law would be that it would increase the property tax bill for those who live in the island city and reduce the burden on those who live in the suburbs. However, those whose tenements are less than 500 sq ft will continue to pay the tax at the present rate.
The Indian Meteorological Department, meanwhile, warned of intense spell of 30 to 50 mm rainfall per hour with strong winds in Mumbai and suburban areas.
Tourism boards have turned innovative in radio advertising when it comes to promoting their destinations among Indian travellers.
The Maharashtra government's decision on the successful bidder to build its showcase project of around Rs 4,500 crore (Rs 45 billion), Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) or sea link between Sewri in island city of Mumbai and Nhava Sheva, is going to be watched keenly by the corporate world as Anil Ambani's Reliance Energy (REL)-led consortium is all set to submit its bid by December 15 after a long drawn legal battle.
The organisers sprung a surprise by awarding the third wild card to Bartolome Salva-Vidal of Spain.
An increasing number of hotels in India are giving rooms a new look.
The total wealth of top 100 real estate barons accounted for Rs 2.37 trillion ($32.7 billion) in 2018, up 27 per cent against 2017's cumulative wealth of Rs 1.87 trillion ($28.6 billion).
India figured in the top five markets for generating tourists for Singapore last year, the Singapore Tourism Board said.
'India was 10 years old when Guru Dutt made Pyaasa, but even at that young age, its poets -- including the film's lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi -- appeared disappointed with the direction the country was taking.'
Somaiya, an old BJP hand and one of its leading speakers on economic issues in Parliament, had been a trenchant critic of the Sena.
In view of increased threat along maritime border with Pakistan, Navy will commission a new base near Porbandar in Gujarat to strengthen surveillance and security apparatus in the region.
According to disaster management control room of the civic body, no injury or casualty has been reported so far.
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai MCGM has announced a 20 per cent cut in water supply from midnight tonight as it looks to cope with the crisis arising out of the "poor rainfall" received by the city in June.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
The hits and misses of the week.
'After Gully Boy, many interesting projects started coming my way.' 'But things really changed with the Filmfare. Now, people notice me.' 'It's a good space, where you don't have to tell people who you are.'
Aseem Chhabra lists the elements that he loved and was pleasantly surprised by in the movies.
Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade.
On July 31, one of the five shortlisted companies, IRB Infrastructure, had said it would not bid for MTHL.
Locations such as Chembur, Ghatkopar, Navi Mumbai and Andheri will be the future growth centres.
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