Anand Mahindra Salutes "Unsung Heroes" Who Brave Mumbai Rains

In the midst of heavy rains, when business tycoon Anand Mahindra received his newspaper at his Mumbai home this morning - dry and on time - he took to Twitter to salute the "unsung heroes" who brave the city's torrential downpour to do their duty.

Mumbai Local Train Status: The Central Railways has said that Mumbai local trains on Harbour line will be operated between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Bandra, Vashi and Panvel and Thane-Vashi-Panvel on the Transharbour line, and the fourth corridor to Kharkopar. On the main line, the trains will be operated to cover Thane-Kasara, Karjat and Khopoli...

Large parts of Mumbai, home to India's financial markets and the central bank, were inundated because of incessant monsoon rains over the past 24 hours, prompting the city administration to declare a holiday.

Twenty one people were killed as heavy rain pounded Mumbai and its surrounding areas overnight, flooding the airport and paralysing local trains, the lifeline of India's commercial capital. The city received the heaviest rain over a 24-hour period in a decade. The weather office has sounded a red alert for Mumbai today, warning of more rain. Chief Minister Devendra Fa...

Mumbai was brought to a virtual standstill after heavy rain pounded the city on Monday night, killing more than 20 people in the city and neighbouring Thane. The local trains, a lifeline for Mumbai's 20 million residents, were affected badly with many suburban as well as long-distance trains cancelled. Many flights were diverted and cancelled as well after a Spicejet ...

A 10-year-old girl is trapped under debris after a compound wall collapsed on a house in Mumbai's Malad East after heavy overnight rainfall

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday said that only emergency services will remain functional in Mumbai due to the incessant rains that has affected the road traffic and railways in the city. Sixteen people have died in two rain-related accidents in Mumbai and the neighbouring city of Thane as the city witnessed heavy rain overnight.

The main runway at Mumbai airport is closed after a SpiceJet flight overshot itsmark while landing amid heavy rain at around 11.45 pm yesterday.

Sixteen people were killed in two separate cases of wall collapse in Mumbai and Kalyan after heavy rains hit the metropolis and areas around. Thirteen people were killed and four others critically injured after a compound wall collapsed due to heavy rain in Mumbai's Malad East, officials said. In another incident, a wall of a school crashed upon two adjacent houses in...

The Western Express Highway in Mumbai which leads to the airport was flooded after continuous rain in the city, making it extremely difficult for people running to catch their flights reach the airport on time.

Mumbai is witnessing one of its most intense monsoon spells this year as the city has received 550 mm of rain - average of an entire month of June that has been exceeded in just the last 48 hrs. Trains and flights in Mumbai were affected as the metropolis has received the highest rainfall in a decade over the two-day period.

Heavy rains have lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring areas - the downpur entering its fifth day today. The weather office in Mumbai has said that very intense spells of rain are likely to continue in the districts of Mumbai, Palghar, Thane and Raigad during the next few hours.

Sixteenpeople have been killed overnight in two rain-related accidents in Mumbai and the neighbouring city of Thane as the city witnessed heavy rain overnight. Several suburban and long-distance trains have been cancelled after railway tracks were flooded. The Maharashtra government has declared a public holiday today in Mumbai as a precautionary measure following the...

A SpiceJet plane overshot the runway while landing in Mumbai airport amid heavy rain just before midnight on Monday, officials said. No one was injured in the incident, news agency ANI said.

Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai and its neighbouring areas for the fourth consecutive day today, leaving the city with waterlogging, traffic jams, cancellations and delays in trains.

Mumbai received the highest rainfall in a decade in just two days, affecting trains and flights, resulting in massive traffic jams and flooding homes in low-lying areas. Since Sunday night, it rained a total of 540 millimetres - the highest over a two-day period in a decade, Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi told NDTV.

After the weather department predicted very heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday in Maharashtra, the central railway cancelled four intercity express/passenger trains and diverted the route of one train.

Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and its neighbouring areas for the second consecutive day today. At least five people have been injured in rain-related incidents, officials said.

Mumbai rains live updates: Several areas of Mumbai woke up to heavy downpour today with the weather department predicting heavy rains for the next three days. Today, the minimum and maximum temperatures will hover around 24 degree Celsius and 31 degree Celsius with relative humidity at 89 per cent.

Eight people were killed and five injured in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra where several parts were lashed by heavy rains on Friday, even as dry weather prevailed in northern India.

Several parts of Mumbai today reported waterlogging and flooding as heavy rain lashed the city. The morning showers led to traffic congestion in some areas, including Western express highway and Dharavi. Local trains and flight operation, however, have not been disrupted.

Mumbaikars woke up to monsoon showers this morning with parts of the city receiving moderate to heavy rain.The morning showers have led to waterlogging and flooding in some parts of the city,leading to heavy traffic congestion on these roads, reports said.

With the rains playing truant and water level in the lakes dipping further, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started supplying water to citizens from the reserve stock, officials said on Thursday.

A day after the weather department declared the onset of the south-west monsoon in Mumbai, there is rising concern over how well-prepared the city is to handle the problems that come with it.