Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre has been arrested in connection with the alleged assault of doctors and nurses at KDMC's Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli, Thane district. Produced before a Kalyan court, Mhatre was remanded to three days of police custody. The incident has triggered protests by doctors across Maharashtra, with two of the allegedly assaulted doctors resigning over safety concerns.

Mumbai rains have pushed Vasai-Virar into a full-blown flood crisis. Relentless rainfall has submerged roads, housing societies and markets, while lakhs of residents are battling a 70-hour power outage that has triggered a severe drinking water shortage. Shocking visuals show people wading through five feet of floodwater, commuters walking along railway tracks after train disruptions, and long queues forming for drinking water as electricity cuts cripple water supply pumps.