A mild earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, hit Mumbai, Pune and parts of Maharashtra. There are no reports of any damages or casualties. The earthquake has the epicentre in Koyna region of western Maharashtra. The quake jolted Western Maharashtra at 6:34 PM today.
Tremors were felt in several areas of Mumbai, Satara, Kolhapur and [...]

Noted Marathi actor Nilu Phule passed away at a hospital of Pune on Sunday night following a cancer.
He was 77 years old. Phule wais survived by his wife and a daughter.
Phule’s role as a corrupt politician in Jabbar Patel’s Marathi film “Saamna” and a similar negative role in Mahesh Bhatt’s Hindi film “Saransh”, are memorable [...]

At least 13 women have been killed and 18 went missing after two boats capsized in western India. They were returning home from the fields when their vessels overturned Saturday evening in a river at Bhandara district of Maharashtra.
The two boats were carrying 35 women, mostly farm laborers. Four were able to swim ashore. Rescuers [...]

Marathi poet, writer, lyricist and music director Shantaram Nandgaonkar passed away on Saturday morning in Mumbai after a long illness. He was 75 years old. Mr. Nandgaonkar was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and related ailments for the past three years.
He had been in the Bombay Hospital for the past six months where he died this [...]

A portion of a three-storey building collapsed around midnight today, killing one and injuring three
others. The building is located in Khau Galli, Zaveri Bazar, south Mumbai. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai had declared the building dangerous to live in, and had evacuated it. All the residents had shifted out two days ago.
Ramsingh Varma, 35 years [...]

Heavy monsoon disrupts life of Mumbai, all you see is flooded streets with pedestrians walking through knee-deep water facing lots of difficulty in commuting. Many commuters were stranded on the flooded streets as their vehicles broke down. Traffic Jam is also a major problem.
Some educational institutes in the city declared holiday, in afternoon on account [...]