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Mumbai Metro accident: One killed, 11 injured (Lead)


September 4th, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) One person was killed and 11 others were injured when a slab of a staircase of an under-construction Metro railway station collapsed here Tuesday, officials said."One ... Read more...

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Mumbai Metro accident: One killed, seven injured


September 4th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) One person was killed and seven others were injured when a slab of a staircase of an under-construction Metro railway station collapsed here Tuesday, officials said.The ... Read more...

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Two drown off Mumbai’s Juhu beach


August 20th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Two men Monday drowned off Juhu beach after they went for a swim in the sea, police said here."Two men were found drowning at the beach ... Read more...

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14 rescued from Mumbai building fire (Lead)


August 9th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Fourteen people were rescued from a building here after a fire engulfed the ninth floor of a commercial complex Thursday, officials said.The trapped ppeople were working ... Read more...

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Five trapped in Mumbai fire


August 9th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) A fire broke out in a commercial complex in Mumbai Thursday and five people remained trapped in the building as fire fighters strove to douse the ... Read more...

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Fire in Mumbai mall


July 25th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) A fire broke out in the topmost floor and the food court of Oberoi Mall in northwest Mumbai Wednesday, officials said. No casualties have been reported.Preliminary ... Read more...

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One killed in Mumbai monorail project site accident


July 20th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS)At least one person was killed and five others were injured when a slab of the under-construction monorail crashed in a slum area late Thursday, officials said.The ... Read more...

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Three drown, one missing off Mumbai coast


July 14th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Four people, including two students drowned in two separate incidents at two different places in Mumbai Friday. While a search is on for another student ... Read more...

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Heavy rains lash Mumbai, surrounding areas


July 4th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and surrounding areas, including Thane and Raigad, Wednesday, disrupting road and rail traffic, officials here said.Although the downpour offered respite from the ... Read more...

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Mantralaya fire toll rises to five (Second Lead)


June 22nd, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The toll in the major fire that swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or state secretariat here climbed to five with two more bodies recovered from the sixth ... Read more...

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Mantralaya fire: toll climbs to three (Lead)


June 22nd, 2012 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The death toll in the major fire that swept the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat here rose to three, an official of the city disaster control said.While ... Read more...

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Mantralaya fire continues second day


June 22nd, 2012 - 10:39 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The fire in the Maharashtra Mantralaya or secretariat which claimed two lives, and injured over a dozen more here continued Friday morning, with officials saying the ... Read more...

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India, US to cooperate on labour issues


February 3rd, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) India and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a framework for conducting a dialogue and to cooperate on future labour and employment ... Read more...

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Toll in 13/7 Mumbai triple blasts climbs to 27 (Lead)


September 15th, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) The toll in the July 13 Mumbai triple blasts climbed to 27 with one more injured succumbing here Thursday evening, an official said.The victim has been ... Read more...

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Disaster control teams deployed in flood-hit Bihar


August 19th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 19 (IANS) Five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in five flood-hit districts of Bihar for rescue and relief operations, officials said Friday.The ... Read more...

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Mumbai blasts toll rises to 26


July 30th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) The death toll in the July 13 Mumbai serial blasts rose to 26 Saturday as another injured succumbed to his injuries at Harkishandas Hospital here, officials ... Read more...

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Mumbai blast toll rises to 25


July 28th, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) The deaths in July 13 serial blasts in Mumbai rose to 25 Thursday as another injured died of his injuries at a hospital here, officials said.According ... Read more...

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Mumbai blast toll rises to 24


July 25th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) The toll in July 13 serial blasts rose to 24 Monday, with another injured succumbing to his injuries at a hospital here, an official said. According ... Read more...

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Mumbai blasts toll rises to 22


July 23rd, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) The deaths in July 13 Mumbai serial blasts rose to 22 Saturday with another injured succumbing at Sir J.J. Hospital here, officials said.According to the Brihanmumbai ... Read more...

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Another Mumbai blast injured dies, toll 21


July 23rd, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) The toll in last week's Mumbai serial blasts reached 21 Friday with another injured succumbing at the Harkisondas Hospital here, officials said.According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal ... Read more...

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Mumbai triple blasts toll rises to 20 (Lead)


July 19th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) The death toll in the triple blasts has risen to 20 with a critically injured victim succumbing to his injuries at the Sir J.J. Hospital here ... Read more...

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Mumbai blasts toll rises to 20


July 19th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 19 (IANS) The death toll in last Wednesday's triple blasts has risen to 20 with a critically injured victim succumbing to his injuries at the Sir J.J. Hospital ... Read more...

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Mumbai blasts toll rises to 19


July 16th, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) The toll in the Mumbai triple blasts rose to 19 with a victim succumbing to his injuries at Saifee Hospital early Saturday, an official said.The victim ... Read more...

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Mumbai blasts death toll rises to 18


July 15th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) A critically injured victim of Wednesday's triple blasts succumbed to his injuries at Bombay Hospital here Friday evening, taking the toll to 18, an official said.The ... Read more...

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Mumbai serial blasts toll rises to 22


July 14th, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) The toll in the Mumbai triple blasts has increased to 22 with one more person succumbing to injuries in a hospital Thursday morning, an official said."One ... Read more...

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Mumbai blasts: Eight dead identified


July 14th, 2011 - 2:22 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) The authorities had succeeded in identifying eight of the 21 people declared dead in the serial blasts, while five dead were listed as unidentified.The dead identified ... Read more...

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Cyclone Phyan floses force as it crosses India’s west coast (Fourth Lead)


November 11th, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Cyclone Phyan lost its severity as it crossed India's west coast just north of this metropolis Wednesday evening, but brought with it heavy rain over the ... Read more...

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Disaster control teams on alert for cyclone Phyan: Ministry


November 11th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The union home ministry put its disaster management teams on alert in Maharashtra and Gujarat to meet any eventuality as Cyclone Phyan crossed India's west coast and ... Read more...

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Cyclone Phyan weakens as it crosses India’s west coast (Third Lead) (With Images)


November 11th, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Cyclone Phyan crossed India's west coast just north of this metropolis Wednesday evening and weakened into a tropical storm, but still dumped a huge amount of rain over ... Read more...

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India’s west coast on alert for Cyclone Phyan (Second Lead)


November 11th, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Ahmedabad, Nov 11 (IANS) India's western coastal states went on a state of high alert as Cyclone Phyan moved menacingly over the Arabian Sea Wednesday afternoon, schools, colleges and offices shut in ... Read more...

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Mumbai gets into disaster control mode


November 11th, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) School children and office goers in Mumbai rushed home Wednesday afternoon as the government went into disaster control mode with Cyclone Phyan expected to hit India's western coast. ... Read more...

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Four children among 10 killed in Mumbai landslide (Lead)


September 4th, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) At least 10 people, including four children, were killed when they they were buried in a landslide following heavy rains in this Maharashtra capital, officials said Friday. At ... Read more...

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Swine flu kills nine more, India toll 75 (Roundup)


August 26th, 2009 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Nine more people succumbed to influenza A (H1N1) virus Wednesday, taking the total number of swine flu deaths in the country since Aug 3 to 75. Five ... Read more...

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Two more swine flu deaths in India, toll jumps to 68 (Lead)


August 26th, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Pune/Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) India reported two more swine flu deaths Wednesday with a 28-year-old businessman in Mumbai and a 35-year-old woman in Pune succumbing to the H1N1 viral infection, taking the ... Read more...

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Mumbaikar succumbs to swine flu, city toll 7


August 26th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Mumbai recorded its seventh H1N1 casualty Wednesday with a 28-year-old businessman dying at the private Hiranandani Hospital here, according to an official. The victim, Sandeep Gaikwad, was admitted to ... Read more...

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