Gas leak at Maharashtra chemical factory, people face breathing trouble

A gas leak occurred at a chemical factory at Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district, due to which a number of people living around the unit faced difficulty in breathing for a few hours, an......

Number of coronavirus cases up to 137; Maharashtra highest with 39

India on Tuesday reported its third coronavirus fatality with a 63-year-old dying in Mumbai, health ministry officials said as the number of positive cases rose sharply to 137 and more parts of the......

RTI activist challenging MLA shot at in Thane

A Right to Information activist Arun Sawant was critically injured after being shot by two unidentified men in Thane. Sawant was shot on his way back from the Badlapur Municipal Council, where he......

'Police is not in the disaster management plan'

The Maharashtra police is not part of the state's disaster management plan, Maharashtra Director General of Police Dr P S Pasricha told rediff.com.So as a lesson from Mumbai's flood disaster, the......