Sources: Al Jazeera
At least fifteen people are killed after an Indian Navy craft collides with a passenger ferry off the coast of Mumbai, India. 2024-12-18
Maharashtra will impose a curfew in Mumbai and other major cities from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. IST beginning tomorrow until January 5 in order to prevent the spread of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that was discovered in the United Kingdom. The state government also imposes a 14-day quarantine for anyone travelling from Europe and the Middle East. 2020-12-21
Rwanda confirms the country's first case of coronavirus, an Indian citizen who arrived in the country on March 8 from Mumbai. 2020-03-14
A communal toilet collapses in Bhandup, Mumbai, India. Several people are trapped and require rescue, with two dying "en route" to hospital. 2018-04-28
A rickety multi-story apartment building collapses in the Indian city of Mumbai resulting in at least 24 deaths with at least 12 people missing. 2017-08-31
Indian women's rights activists are barred by angry villagers and local authorities from entering Shani Shingnapur temple despite a court ruling guaranteeing access. Breaking with a centuries-old tradition, the high court in Mumbai ruled women have a fundamental right to enter Hindu temples across the state of Maharashtra, and the government has the responsibility to protect their rights. Bhumata Ranragini Brigade leader Trupti Desai and 25 other supporters were detained by police. All India Mahila Congress President Shobha Oza and Delhi Commission for Women chairwoman Swati Maliwal called the actions of locals and authorities "completely shameful." 2016-04-2
Two express passenger trains (12 coaches of the Kamayani Express; to Varanasi from Mumbai, or Bombay) derail, after being partially swept off a bridge while crossing flooded tracks in India's Madhya Pradesh state leaving at least 31 people killed and about 100 others injured. Related to this incident are monsoon rains and the end of a cyclone which have killed more than 100 people in India. 2015-08-4
A 7-story building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing 7 people and injuring 4. 2014-03-14
Indian actor Rajesh Khanna dies at 69 in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. 2012-07-18
Mumbai's Oberoi Hotel reopens 18 months after sustaining damage in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 2010-04-24