The 24-year-old victim, who worked as a maid and lived in Kalyan, was found hanging from a tree on Nashik-Mumbai Bypass road in Bhiwandi area here on August 9.
The blaze erupted around 10.30 pm on Sunday in the office of a printing services company on the ground floor of the building in Press Bazar locality and spread to its upper floors, an official said.
Different parts of Maharashtra face severe waterlogging and flood-like situation following incessant heavy rainfall.
Parts of Mumbai continued to receive heavy rains along with gusty winds of upto 70 kmph for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. According to the officials, normal life was thrown out of gear while suburban train services were disrupted due to the heavy downpour.
Notices have been sent to schools, which have been classified as unauthorised and managements have been ordered to shut these institutions, education officer (secondary) Seshrao Bade has said in his order.
A loud explosion was heard in the MIDC area in Dombivali in Thane district at around 5:30 pm on Monday and officials said it may have come from a chemical unit there.
The coronavirus-induced lockdown has been extended till August 31 in the containment zones of Maharashtra's Thane district, a senior official said onSaturday.
An on duty Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel and Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) personnel K Sahu and Somnath Mahajan respectively saved the life of a 52-year-old passenger.
Lockdown in Thane city for containment of coronavirus was lifted on Saturday, barring the areas which are infection hotspots. Municipal Commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma said in a late evening order that the latest lockdown, imposed on June 10, was being withdrawn from areas where the coronavirus spread is not very serious.
Day after the encounter of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey, two close aides of the criminal has been arrested from Maharashtra's Thane. Two suspects who have been arrested identified are Arvind urf Guddan Trivedi and Sonu Tiwari.
Amid heavy rains in Mumbai and its neighbouring Thane city, civic authorities have reported collapse of 2 walls. No casualties were reported in both these incidents, an official said.
The India Meteorological Department has forecast extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Mumbai for Sunday. Following prediction by the IMD, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has requested Mumbaikers to stay away from the sea-shore as high tides are also expected in the day.
The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation, all part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), jointly decided on the complete lockdown for next 10 days in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in these areas.
Mumbai received heavy rainfall in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday at isolated places with more thundershowers expected today at various places. Mumbai's Lower Parel area also received heavy rainfall causing water-logging issues adding to the vows of the Mumbaikars. The weather department has predicted more rain to occur in next 24 hours at isolated place in Mumbai including Navi Mumbai, Thane and Raigad.
After a series of trials, the single emergency helpline number 112, which will connect people in distress with the police, has been made operational in five cities of Maharashtra, officials said on Friday.
Two deer strayed into a residential area in Thane district in Maharashtra and got injured while trying to enter through a narrow space between grilles of a housing society's main gate on Tuesday, an official said. Thane's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) got a call around 12. 30 am about a deer getting stuck and injured in the process of entering the housing complex located on Ghodbunder Road.
Two persons were found dead inside the water tank of a restaurant at Mira Road in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.
Cyclone Nisarga is likely to make landfall near Alibaug tomorrow and at the time of landfall, the wind speed is expected to be 100 kmph, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) official Dr Anupam Kashyapi said on Tuesday.
At least 18 mourners, who attended the funeral of a COVID-19 patient, have tested positive for the infection in Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtra's Thane district, a civic official said on Saturday.
Only milk and medical shops will be open in Mumbra from 7 am to 9 am, while all other shops, including of vegetables and groceries, will remain shut till further orders, municipal commissioner Vijay Singhal said in an order.
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