North Western railways will run a special weekly train between Bangalore and Jodhpur to meet increased passenger traffic.
Western Railway pipped holders Punjab and Sind Bank 4-3 in a thrilling final of the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament
Mumbai received 231.4 mm rain in the last 24 hours, while Thane received 229.81 mm.
The shuttle train derailed between Palgarh and Umroli on the Virar-Dahanu Road section. Two were injured.
The West and South zone teams were beaten by Western Railway and Pamposh Orissa respectively in the Tommy Emar Gold Cup women's hockey tournament.
The rail ministry has fitted 7,000 bio-toilets and the target is to fix 30,000 for the year.
Private weather agency Skymet said Mumbai is at 'serious risk of flooding' between July 3 and 5.
Kannamwar has also officiated as a chair umpire in the Australian, US, French Open and the Olympic Games.
Team India's Jasprit Bumrah, India women's cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur and shooter Heena Sindhu have exceeded expectations to make the cut.
The India forward scored the only goal in the first leg semi-final against Western Rly in the Bombay Gold Cup.
Around 15 commuters fell into a gutter after a cement slab caved in due to the heavy morning rush at platform No. 1 at the Vasai railhead on Tuesday morning.
Mohammed, who works as a peon in the Churchgate office, found an unattended bag lying near the Western Railway headquarters.
They beat Western Railway and Karnataka XI in the semi-finals of the Bombay Gold Cup hockey.
South Central Railway and Western Railway cakewalked into the second round in the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
An American national was attacked and robbed of her mobile phone in the ladies' compartment of a local train in Mumbai on Sunday.
Heavy rains lashing Mumbai since Sunday have thrown rail, air and road traffic out of gear, with several trains and flights being cancelled. With IMD forecast of heavy rains for Tuesday, the authorities declared a holiday in the city and adjoining regions, asking people to avoid stepping out of their houses.
A major tragedy was averted on early Tuesday morning, when a keyman noticed a rail fracture between Palghar and Kelwe Road stations, and sounded an alert to officials.
Tuesday's bridge collapse once again puts the spotlight on the city's urban infrastructure and a dire need for its development.
In another match in the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament, EME and Western Railway played out a 2-2 draw.
Meet Manju Devi, porter number 15, who overcame all odds to stand tall and become one of the 112 women achievers of the nation.
The Maharashtra government has directed all schools and colleges in the city and neighbouring Thane district to remain closed on Saturday.
A 58-year-old man died after a power transformer fell on him in Raigad district. 2 people died and 3 were injured in two separate cyclone-related incidents in Pune.
In just 10 days, the city received 864.5 mm rain, which is nearly equal to what it gets in an entire month.
The train, operated by the Western Railway, began its journey at 10.32 am from Borivili station in the north of the city to Churchgate in south Mumbai.
Last week's slum fire at Bandra east highlights the stark difference between the two sides of the neighbourhood's railway station. But Piyush Goyal can change it, says Anil Singh.
The civic authorities have moved to clear roads which have become slushy and strewn with garbage, and are also gearing up to tackle rush of patients in municipal hospitals.
Intercepted call records have shown that the accused in the Rs.10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery scam had hatched a conspiracy and held several meetings to fulfil their objective, the Central bureau of Investigation said.
Many towns in Gir Somnath turned into islands as the district has been witnessing heavy rains for the third consecutive day.
If we have to develop this nation, says Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, it can only happen in a public-private partnership, when you and we work together as one.
The FoBs were constructed by the Army Engineers in a record 117 days.
Though the "eye of the storm" is away from land, the cyclone's outer periphery would leave its impact on the coast.
A dense blanket of fog enveloped the entire North India affecting schedule of at least 70 trains and hitting road traffic adversely while there was no let up in cold wave on Saturday which claimed five lives in Uttar Pradesh and two in Punjab.
The human toll in the floods and relentless rain across the country reached almost 200 by Thursday, even as thousands in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, and elsewhere were forced out of their homes into temporary shelters.
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