Mumbai police on rain bandobast

Chalk one up for the Mumbai police. With the season's first rain dampening the unnecessarily hyped monsoon preparedness of various civic and state agencies, the understaffed and overworked force has decided to chip in to shelter citizens from the many annoyances of the city's unremitting rains.

In a week of exceptionally heavy rain for Mumbai, meet its biggest pothole.

At least 10 people have died and five others injured after a five-storey building collapsed in central Mumbai's Mahim area on Monday. Locals say they may a few still trapped in the debris.

After a day of heavy rain, a five-storey building partially collapsed in central Mumbai's Mahim area today. Two people were killed in the collapse.

Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and coastal Maharashtra for the second consecutive day Monday, disrupting normal life in the region, officials said.

Two young men were killed early on Saturday when the wall of a shopping complex collapsed in Mumbai following torrential pre-monsoon rains, said officials.

Temperatures dropped slightly today at most places across North India after Thursday's rains, even as hot and humid conditions persisted in the region.

The start of the IPL play-off game between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals was delayed by an hour on Friday due to rain.

In a fascinating contest of ebbing fortunes which started more than an hour late due to rain, Mumbai managed, just about, to overcome a stirring challenge from Rahul Dravid's brave Rajasthan Royals, squeaking home by four wickets with one delivery to spare.

In Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park, considered the nesting ground for icons like Sachin Tendulkar, cricket pitches are watered with clean treated drinking water every single day.

In the wake of the July 2005 deluge, the fire department decided to learn from its mistakes. Drawing up lofty and elaborate plans was easy no less than six state-of-the-art command centres were to dot the length and breadth of the city.

Mumbai Indians too are on the verge of an exit now after Kolkata Knight Riders were dumped out by rain on Wednesday.

While the city witnessed heavy showers on Monday, sending its residents for cover and bringing vehicular traffic to a standstill, the city's traffic cops, against all odds, managed to keep vehicles moving by standing their ground and directing traffic.

Incessant rains for the second day in a row wreaked havoc in Thane district, cutting off several low lying areas, leaving thousands of people marooned.

Weather in Mumbai: Incessant heavy rain since early Monday morning in Mumbai has left several low-lying areas inundated and affected local train services and thrown normal life out of gear.

After a day of heavy rains - the heaviest of the season - parts of the city and its immediate outskirts are still receiving heavy rainfall.

Mumbai has been hit by the heaviest rain of the season today, throwing rail, road and air traffic out of gear. Local trains are running late, and all flights have also been delayed by 15 to 20 minutes.

After long spells of little or no rain, the city witnessed heavy rains today affecting rail and road traffic. Heavy rains lashed Mumbai today delaying trains, slowing traffic and inconveniencing commuters who stepped out for work.

Worried by the deficient rains this year, Mumbai's civic body has decided to resort to 'artificial rains' at a cost of Rs 6.5 crore, an official said here on Thursday. Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Sitaram Kunte announced the decision even as the city's water collection and storage remained around 30 percent deficient, with the peak monsoon dr...

A summer drought makes a bad situation worse for an Indian economy already crippled by a sharp slowdown in growth, persistent inflation and a politically hamstrung government. Late on Thursday, New Delhi confirmed the first drought in three years as monsoon rains are likely to be less than 90% of the long-term average, dealing a blow to Asia's third-largest economy, w...

Monsoon rains will not be enough to save the country from its first drought in three years, the weather office said on Thursday as it forecast that the El Nino weather pattern should reduce rains again in the second half of the June to September season. Monsoon rains are considered deficient - a drought in layman's terms - if they fall below 90 percent of a 50-year av...

Years of living in Mumbai and working for a 24-hour news channel are sure-shot ways of hating the rain. So naturally, moving to Delhi meant goodbye to the rain madness. I cannot, for a moment, even remotely imagine standing near Milan Subway (which by definition is a low-lying area) and wonder why it's getting flooded.

Water supply to the maximum city may well be hit if the rain gods do not relent soon enough. Reservoirs that supply water to Mumbai throughout the year have not seen a rise in water levels due to poor rainfall.

Even as Mumbai and its fortunes continue to sink steadily with every falling droplet, the mayor and many senior corporators are floating and absorbing ideas in Singapore at a study tour about 'landfill and water management'.