As per data of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in just five days 92 tree fall incidents were reported in the city of which 19 were located on BMC-owned premises, and 73 were on private premises.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), predicting heavy to very heavy spells of rain in Mumbai, warned people to remain indoors during the weekend.

According to Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam, almost 80 per cent of the river cleaning is completed and only around 20 per cent is left

The Sandhurst Road station, common to both harbour line and main lines of the CR remains one of the most vulnerable and flood-prone stations. The station has two narrow culverts underneath the elevated tracks that often lead the water from the roads on to the tracks, during heavy rain.

Police suspect they consumed poison as their families were unhappy with their relationship

According to Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), the airport had to accommodate additional flights, which were diverted to the nearby airports on Monday due to heavy rainfall.

On Tuesday, the state government said it has set up the Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Research, Training and Human Development Institute, or SARTHI, in Pune.

Nine months after it was set up by the central government, a Rs 10,000-crore fund for the development of the dairy sector is yet to disburse a single paisa. This was revealed in response to an RTI application filed by The Indian Express with NABARD and the National Dairy Development Board.

The nation-wide strike, called by the Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh from June 1, has so far received a lukewarm response in Maharashtra.

While Indian researchers are often questioned about having ‘fewer’ patents to their credit than their international counterparts, the problem appears to be that of availability of fewer reviewers to check the huge number of patent applications filed every year in India.

A 32-year-old man, who worked as a reporter with a local magazine in Pimpri and is also an officebearer of an anti-corruption organisation, has been arrested in connection with five cases of chain snatching.

The Shah-Thackeray meeting assumes significance as the top BJP leadership has initiated the process of reconciling political differences with its alliance partners in the NDA to present a grand alliance in the 2019 elections.

The programme will aim to dispel taboos related to sexual medical conditions. The IMA will release e-bulletins on male and female sexual dysfunction and encourage sessions once in three months for doctors in its branches across India.

Shirish Kulkarni was arrested on allegations of cheating depositors through investment schemes. He had filed the anticipatory bail plea in February. The court will hear the case Friday.

According to a CBI case, a postman, a public servant, along with a non-public servant were arrested by the CBI’s anti-corruption agency.

The court was hearing a PIL by Pune resident Atul Bhosale, filed through advocate Yuvraj Narvankar, which raised concern over the increasing number of illegal nursing homes and hospitals.

Speaking at an event raising awareness about the harm caused by plastic, Yuva Sena President Aaditya Thackeray said, “Plastic ban will cause some inconvenience to the public, but not as much as demonetisation.”

Members of an NGO informed the police about the truck, suspecting that the vehicle was carrying beef. The police are awaiting forensic confirmation.

Government has decided to provide immediate subsidy to the farmers whose produce could not be procured through NAFED, he said. 

A senior police officer said that authorities at the exam centres in south and suburban Mumbai detected the fraud soon after the exam had begun.

In an editorial in party’s mouthpiece Saamana, the Sena said it was said that the BJP won the general elections in 2014 due to the hard work of sangh pracharaks and swayamsevaks, but it won due to the popularity of Modi.

Through the training on ‘Water Conservation and Drinking Water Security’, UNICEF India plans to help villagers build water supply structures as well as maintain them.

Financial institutions have been told to meet 95 per cent of the target. “We have a formidable challenge this kharif season. Last year, the crop loan disbursement was extremely dismal at 47 per cent,” a source said.

While Bohari was earlier the principal judge at the Nagpur family court, Khullar was the Additional Chief Secretary, Personnel, in the state government. They will be sworn in on Wednesday. Khullar will continue to be on the state government’s payroll till his retirement in February 2019.