IMD issues orange alert for heavy rain in Mumbai

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Wednesday after falling sharply in the previous session, following softening crude oil prices and buying in blue-chips.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 187.63 points to 76,388.31 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 57.75...

Heavy rain lashed Mumbai through the night, leading to widespread waterlogging in several low-lying areas of the city, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD)issued an Orange Alert for Mumbai and adjoining districts.The alert, issued early Wednesday morning, warned of moderate to intense...

Trinamool Congress (TMC) joint secretary Derek O'Brien on Wednesday targeted the BJP over reports that eggs might be excluded from midday meals in West Bengal, alleging that the new government was depriving children of nutrition and trying to impose vegetarianism in the state.Presenting the BJP...

The US Senate on Tuesday (local time) approved a resolution directing US President Donald Trump to remove American military forces from the conflict with Iran, marking a rare bipartisan rebuke of the administration's military authority and signalling concerns in Congress over potential escalation...

Madhya Pradesh BJP president Hemant Khandelwal has termed the land scam allegations against Chief Minister Mohan Yadav as baseless, saying whenever the state has a CM from the backward class, the Congress attempts to weaken him.Referring to a report in the Indian Express that claimed Yadav and...

Around 400 migrant workers, mostly from India and Bangladesh, have accused two Singapore-registered companies owned by foreigners of not paying their wages, according to media reports on Wednesday.The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Monday took up the complaints of first 100 workers from India and...

Mumbaikars woke up to heavy overnight rains on Wednesday, while all major subways in the city stayed open and traffic movement was largely smooth, officials said.The India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for Mumbai and Palghar at 4 am on Wednesday, valid for three hours, warning of...

At least three persons were injured on Tuesday after a stampede outside the JSCA stadium here, where a cricket match was on, the  police said.The incident took place at the West Gate of the stadium, when a large number of people were trying to enter the facility at the same time.There was no...

The Haryana police on Tuesday arrested two men after registering a case on a complaint by a person who alleged that he was approached for procuring a fabricated forensic report of a viral video linked to the controversy involving the Punjab chief minister.The development comes amid a political...