A brief pause in Mumbai's monsoon has pushed vegetable prices up by 20-30 per cent, with vendors blaming weather-related crop damage, storage losses and lower arrivals. Traders say prices could increase further if the dry spell continues or heavy rain disrupts supply again in the coming weeks.

Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled on Tuesday as a sharp surge in crude oil prices due to the renewed flare-up in West Asia dented investors' sentiment