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Rapid rise in Mumbai pushes India’s COVID numbers to month high

MUMBAI, June 2 – India’s health ministry reported 3,712 new coronavirus infections for the past twenty four hours on Thursday, the highest in nearly a month, driven up by a record number cases recorded in the financial capital, Mumbai. The city reported 739 cases on Wednesday night, more […]

Lata Mangeshkar, legendary Indian singer, dies at 92

NEW DELHI — Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by a billion people in South Asia, has died. She was 92. The iconic singer died Sunday morning of multiple organ failure at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, her physician, […]

PM condoles the deaths in the building fire at Tardeo, Mumbai

Approves ex-gratia from PMNRF DELHI, JANUARY 22: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed sorrow on the deaths in the building fire at Tardeo in Mumbai. He conveyed condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for quick recovery of the injured. He also approved ex-gratia of Rs. […]

Fire kills two in high-rise building in Mumbai, 15 injured

MUMBAI, Jan 22 – At least two people were killed and over 15 injured when a large fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Saturday, authorities said. Dozens of fire fighting trucks rushed to douse the flames and rescue hundreds of […]

Govt must take strong steps against Pak and China, or else they will pose threat to India’s existence: Sena

Mumbai, Oct 13:  Amid tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said if strong steps are not taken by the central government, China and Pakistan will come together and pose a threat to the very existence of India. Referring to the BJP, […]

Mumbai gets ready to celebrate its biggest festival amid surging coronavirus cases

MUMBAI, Sept 9 – As India’s financial capital, Mumbai, gets ready for its biggest festival of the year, daily coronavirus cases have surged, rising more than two-fold in less than a month, even as authorities imposed curbs to prevent a further spike. Markets were bustling and streets were […]

Car bomb, corruption and COVID: ‘Sordid’ drama rocks India’s finance capital

A senior Mumbai police officer filed a complaint in the Supreme Court on Monday accusing a state government minister of corruption, the latest development in a bizarre case that has transfixed the media for weeks. “Each sordid revelation… has chipped away at public confidence in the functioning of […]

Mumbai braces for monsoon diseases amid strain of a pandemic

MUMBAI – For doctors and healthcare workers in India’s financial capital Mumbai who are grappling with surging coronavirus infections, the onset of the annual monsoon poses a serious threat – a new wave of patients with vector-borne diseases. Already stretched by a shortage of medics and critical care […]

Cyclone spares India’s business capital from major damage

MUMBAI, India — The first cyclone in more than a century to hit India’s financial capital of Mumbai appeared to have largely spared the metropolis on Wednesday. No deaths or major damages were reported as workers began clearing fallen trees and other debris from affected areas along India’s […]

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