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Cooling operations on at fire-hit MTNL building in Mumbai

Cooling operations on at fire-hit MTNL building in Mumbai

Rediff.com23 Jul 2019

The third, fourth and fifth floors of the nine-storey building were the worst affected due to the blaze, Mumbai fire brigade chief P S Rahangdale told PTI on Tuesday.

Air quality worsens in many parts of India post Diwali

Air quality worsens in many parts of India post Diwali

Rediff.com5 Nov 2021

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the 24-hour average concentration of lung-damaging fine particles known as PM2.5 in Delhi-NCR shot up from 243 micrograms per cubic metre at 6 pm on Thursday (Diwali day) to 410 micrograms per cubic metre at 9 am on Friday, around seven times the safe limit of 60 micrograms per cubic metre.

Mumbai: Fire breaks out in MTNL building; 84 rescued

Mumbai: Fire breaks out in MTNL building; 84 rescued

Rediff.com23 Jul 2019

There have been more than 49,000 fire incidents in Mumbai in the last one decade, killing over 600 people, the Maharashtra government had told the assembly in November 2018.

Ouch! Mumbai among the worst cities to visit

Ouch! Mumbai among the worst cities to visit

Rediff.com26 May 2014

This TripAdvisor survey is bound to leave Mumbaikars fuming.

Heavy rains continue to batter Mumbai for 2nd day

Heavy rains continue to batter Mumbai for 2nd day

Rediff.com29 Jun 2019

The metropolis also saw two other incidents of wall collapse amid heavy rains since Friday, injuring five persons.

COVID-19: How Britain's Silverstone circuit could help F1

COVID-19: How Britain's Silverstone circuit could help F1

Rediff.com2 May 2020

Silverstone managing director, Stuart Pringle made clear that everything had to be done so as not to put stress on policing or divert medical resources away from the fight against the coronavirus.

How a mysterious professor made billions from stocks

How a mysterious professor made billions from stocks

Rediff.com17 Apr 2014

Mankekar has significant stakes in USL, Talwalkars, etc, but the worth of his overall holdings isn't known.

F1: Hungarian GP will be held without spectators

F1: Hungarian GP will be held without spectators

Rediff.com1 May 2020

'We do believe that staging the event behind closed doors, which our fans can still watch on television, is preferable to not having a race at all.'

Sushant Singh Rajput's TOP 5 FILMS

Sushant Singh Rajput's TOP 5 FILMS

Rediff.com21 Jan 2021

Subhash K Jha picks his favourite five Sushant performances.

Ask Ajit: 'Want to invest Rs 2 lakhs, please advise'

Ask Ajit: 'Want to invest Rs 2 lakhs, please advise'

Rediff.com22 Nov 2021

Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.

PIX: 18 killed in stampede, lakhs gather to attend Syedna's last journey

PIX: 18 killed in stampede, lakhs gather to attend Syedna's last journey

Rediff.com18 Jan 2014

18 people were killed and over 40 injured in a stampede as thousands of mourners converged to pay their last respects to the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community Syedna Burhanuddin in upscale Malabar Hill in South Mumbai in the wee hours on Saturday, in worst such tragedy in the metropolis.

AAP ki kasam! When Mumbai fell for Kejriwal

AAP ki kasam! When Mumbai fell for Kejriwal

Rediff.com14 Mar 2014

Mumbaikars jumped out of vehicles to take a closer look at the 'aam aadmi' hero. They WhatsApped images of him, requested selfies. Arvind Kejriwal swept Mumbai off its feet on Wednesday, and how! Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on the metropolis's response to the man of the masses.

Covid-19: Mumbai to ramp up testing to 4,000 a day

Covid-19: Mumbai to ramp up testing to 4,000 a day

Rediff.com21 Apr 2020

Mumbai, with an estimated population of nearly 20 million, has been testing 1,200-1,400 people per day. Delay in the delivery of rapid antibody test kits has forced the BMC to restrict its testing net.

Like ice-candy? Then don't read this

Like ice-candy? Then don't read this

Rediff.com10 Aug 2004

Ice-candies sold in Kolkata full of enteric microbes.

PIX: Mumbai's Govindas reach stunning heights for dahi handis

PIX: Mumbai's Govindas reach stunning heights for dahi handis

Rediff.com29 Aug 2013

The festival of 'dahi handi' was celebrated across the metropolis and neighbouring Thane district amid fervour that underscores indomitable spirit of an average Mumbaikar shrugging off the drudgery associated with daily life.

Students in Mumbai carry out anti-CAA protests

Students in Mumbai carry out anti-CAA protests

Rediff.com16 Dec 2019

Students in large numbers hit the streets in Mumbai on Monday to express solidarity with the students of the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University protesting against the amended Citizenship Act as agitation against the new law in other parts of the country found resonance in the metropolis.

Bengal, Odisha evacuate lakhs of people as 'Yaas' nears coast

Bengal, Odisha evacuate lakhs of people as 'Yaas' nears coast

Rediff.com25 May 2021

West Bengal and Odisha have evacuated lakhs of people from vulnerable areas to safety as severe cyclonic storm 'Yaas' is nearing the coast and is expected to make landfall near Dhamra Port in Bhadrak district early on Wednesday morning.

Lost gold city may be hiding in Honduras rain forest

Lost gold city may be hiding in Honduras rain forest

Rediff.com16 May 2013

Archaeologists and filmmakers Steven Elkins and Bill Benenson announced last year that they had discovered possible ruins in Honduras' Mosquitia region using lidar, or light detection and ranging.

There Is No One Indian Cuisine

There Is No One Indian Cuisine

Rediff.com16 Dec 2021

Each region in India has its own culinary narrative that speaks through its distinct dishes. Each cuisine packs within itself, textures, layers, ideas and historical nuggets so that all of Indian food cannot be pigeonholed together to say that there is one Indian cuisine. A fascinating extract from Sonal Ved's Whose Samosa Is It Anyway?.

IOC opts for stability, money in picking Tokyo

IOC opts for stability, money in picking Tokyo

Rediff.com8 Sep 2013

The International Olympic Committee was in no mood for new adventures when it picked Tokyo as the host of the 2020 summer Olympics, opting for a "safe pair of hands" that could also boost its finances.

PIX: Bhupen Hazarika's body arrives in Assam, last rites today

PIX: Bhupen Hazarika's body arrives in Assam, last rites today

Rediff.com7 Nov 2011

The singing legend died in Mumbai on Saturday due to multiple organ failure. He was 86.

Singapore has started losing its economic prowess

Singapore has started losing its economic prowess

Rediff.com4 May 2013

For the first time in the history residents have turned against the government, raising dissent over high living costs and immigration policies.

PICS: Snapshots of a city that never sleeps

PICS: Snapshots of a city that never sleeps

Rediff.com3 May 2013

Bombaywalla.org attempts to make sense of the city that never sleeps.

Patna SP quarantined in Mumbai: Bihar DGP warns of legal action

Patna SP quarantined in Mumbai: Bihar DGP warns of legal action

Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

Pandey expressed bewilderment over no positive response from the municipal authorities in Mumbai, whom he accused of keeping IPS officer Vinay Tiwari in virtual house arrest, despite being informed about the adverse remarks made by Supreme Court against their action.

Devotees bid farewell to Ganpati Bappa

Devotees bid farewell to Ganpati Bappa

Rediff.com13 Sep 2019

Devotees bid a grand farewell to their beloved Lord Ganesh as the immersion of idols began across Maharashtra on Thursday, marking the end of the 10-day-long mega festival.

Pix: Monday manic in Mumbai as autorickshaws keep off roads

Pix: Monday manic in Mumbai as autorickshaws keep off roads

Rediff.com3 Oct 2011

A section of auto ickshaws in the metropolis kept off roads to demand a fare hike causing inconvenience to office goers in the morning rush hour.

Heavy rains batter Mumbai; trains, road traffic hit hard

Heavy rains batter Mumbai; trains, road traffic hit hard

Rediff.com4 Aug 2020

heavy showers were likely to continue for next 48 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department.

Tata Power faces grimy thermal battle

Tata Power faces grimy thermal battle

Rediff.com9 Jan 2013

The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has scheduled the hearing on January 15.

3 dead as heavy rains lash Mumbai; traffic affected

3 dead as heavy rains lash Mumbai; traffic affected

Rediff.com28 Jun 2019

Waterlogging was reported from areas like Dadar, Wadala, Worli, Kurla, Chembur, Bandra, Andheri, Kandivili, Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg and Bhandup, among others.

Why all coronavirus cases in India are from Kerala

Why all coronavirus cases in India are from Kerala

Rediff.com5 Feb 2020

Wuhan has been a popular destination for Keralites and others as an educational hub with quality and affordable medical courses attracting overseas scholars.

Share of women in boardrooms up for eighth year in a row

Share of women in boardrooms up for eighth year in a row

Rediff.com15 Mar 2021

Investment banking star and Moelis India Chief Executive Officer Manisha Girotra remembers a colleague who wanted to resign because she needed to attend to her parents' health issues in a different state. Rather than quit a promising career, she was given the flexibility of working from home on Fridays, which was unusual in the pre-pandemic days. This allowed her to take care of her parents' visits to the doctor and other health-related needs without quitting her job. She would be back in the city office on Mondays.

Rahul Gandhi's enigma variations

Rahul Gandhi's enigma variations

Rediff.com7 Apr 2013

Is he a hard-nosed prime ministerial aspirant or an earnest visionary?

Delhi, Mumbai moving towards prosperity

Delhi, Mumbai moving towards prosperity

Rediff.com18 Oct 2012

Mumbai and New Delhi figure among 95 world cities identified by the United Nations as those moving towards prosperity.

884 people go missing from Mumbai every month

884 people go missing from Mumbai every month

Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

As many as 884 people, many of them minor girls, went missing every month on an average from the metropolis during the last decade.

Hit-and-run: Verdict on Salman's plea deferred till Jun 24

Hit-and-run: Verdict on Salman's plea deferred till Jun 24

Rediff.com10 Jun 2013

A sessions court on Monday deferred till June 24 its order on an appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan against a magistrate's ruling invoking charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 2002 hit-run-case involving him.

Here's why Olympics must go ahead next year...

Here's why Olympics must go ahead next year...

Rediff.com13 Jul 2020

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has pledged to win public support for the Games, although a media survey showed a majority think they should be cancelled or postponed again.

IndiGo starts flights from Mumbai to 3 cities

IndiGo starts flights from Mumbai to 3 cities

Rediff.com21 Mar 2013

The airline would be operating these flights with the newly acquired Airbus A320 aircraft.

Bengal hospitals are time-bombs waiting to explode

Bengal hospitals are time-bombs waiting to explode

Rediff.com9 Dec 2012

A year after the devastating fire at AMRI Hospital in Kolkata, another inferno is just waiting to erupt anytime in another hospital or nursing home in the state, warns Dr Kunal Saha

For a change, union leader wins bouquets

For a change, union leader wins bouquets

Rediff.com21 Feb 2013

Despite the Shiv Sena deciding to support the two-day trade union strike from Wednesday, the city enjoyed normal functioning of transport, thanks to Hind Mazdoor Sabha president Sharad Rao's decision not to participate.

NSG Mumbai hub safe; commandos move in

NSG Mumbai hub safe; commandos move in

Rediff.com11 Nov 2012

National Security Guard commandos based at their hub in Mumbai have moved into their permanent structures after experts declared them safe for occupation following reports of cracks in them.