Man dies, 18 hospitalised after chlorine gas leak near Mumbai

A 59-year-old man died and 18 others, including five fire brigade personnel, were hospitalised after chlorine gas leaked from an old cylinder in Vasai town in Maharashtra's Palghar district on......

Another rebuff? Shinde left out of Maharastra disaster agency

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's exclusion from the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) has raised eyebrows in political circles and triggered speculation of a rift in the......

Electric firecrackers likely caused blaze at Goa nightclub: CM

A preliminary inquiry into the devastating nightclub fire in Goa suggests that "electric firecrackers" were set off inside the premises, sparking a blaze that claimed 25 lives, Chief Minister......

Alert as 3 suspicious containers wash ashore near Mumbai

Three suspicious containers were found washed ashore in the coastal areas of Palghar district in Maharashtra on Sunday, a civic official said. Image used for representational purposes only.......

Maharashtra facing 'historic economic crisis': Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said Maharashtra was facing a "historic economic crisis" and the state government has no option but to take a loan to help the flood-affected......