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10:02 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Heavy rains lash Thane and Palghar; One dead, several shifted to safer locations
Heavy rains affected the normal life in Thane district on Wednesday, cutting off villages, inundating houses, and triggering landslides, officials said. A man died after falling into a water-filled quarry while an inundated bridge in Kalyan area was closed amid downpours. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) recorded 186.91 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 8:30 AM on Wednesday: PTI
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3 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours 53 minutes ago
09:57 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Onion prices double after Bangladesh allows import: farmers` body
Onion prices spiked from about Rs 800 per quintal to Rs 1,600 after Bangladesh allowed its import from India, according to a farmers` association. "The prices had slumped to Rs 800-1,200 per quintal in recent months. After Bangladesh allowed the import from India, prices of onions have increased to about Rs 1,500 to 1,600 per quintal," Maharashtra State Onion Producers Association president Bharat Dighole told PTI. However, the rise in the prices of the kitchen staple is still low compared to the production cost, which is over Rs 2,200 per quintal, according to Dighole: PTI
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3 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours 4 minutes ago
09:46 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Ailing health worker airlifted to hospital as rains pound Gadchiroli
An ailing woman health worker was airlifted to hospital in Maharashtra`s Gadchiroli district after the roads were cut off due to floodwaters, police said on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, a school headmaster drowned in a swollen stream, officials said. Seema Bambole, posted at the Primary Healthcare Center at Arewada village under Bhamragad police limits, developed a serious medical condition on Tuesday as rains pounded the region
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3 months 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours 25 minutes ago
09:25 PM
Mumbai News LIVE Updates: First in Maharashtra, drug trade gang booked under amended MCOCA
In a first such action in Maharashtra, police have booked an organised gang of drug traffickers under the amended MCOCA, which brings narcotics crimes under the purview of the stringent anti-organised crime law, officials said on Wednesday. The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Bandra unit arrested three drug traffickers on August 7 for allegedly possessing 766 grams of Mephedrone. Two others, including the kingpin, are on the run, an official said