Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has authored a booklet on the Cauvery water scarcity which is being translated into Tamil and will be freely distributed in Tamil Nadu.


The 45-page booklet in Tamil will be first handed over to Tamil Nadu ministers, MLAs, MPs and main opposition parties. The book contains the basic points that Karnataka had raised in the Supreme Court.


Kumaraswamy's idea will obviously be opposed by the DMK and the AIADMK.

Kumaraswamy has explained how the water from Cauvery is in short supply, but if torrential rains take place the water will be made available to Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

The Union Cabinet is likely to discuss the Coimbatore Metro Rail project in early July, according to a highly-placed government source.


The project which is likely to be completed in four years will commence in 2019. This will be the second big infrastructure project in Tamil Nadu after the Chennai Metro.


Once the Union Cabinet approves the project, the state government and the Metro Rail Company can seek foreign investment.


It has been the late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's  pet project which is why incumbent E Palaniswamy  government is keen to implement it. The foundation stone is likely to be laid by September 15, the birthday of DMK founder C N Annadurai. The AIADMK government is keen to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath targeted the Congress today claiming those who had once imposed Emergency in the country were talking of democracy now.


"It is unfortunate that a party that imposed Emergency 43 years ago is talking about democracy now," Adityanath said at an event in Lucknow.


He said June 25 was a very important day as on this day Emergency was imposed in the country in 1975.


"It is surprising that those who imposed emergency are talking about democracy. Those who indulged in corruption are talking about morality, the communal are talking abut humanity and casteists are demanding social justice," Adityanath said attacking opposition parties.


He said time had come for people to start the preparations for teaching a lesson to those who issue such contradictory statements. --  PTI

The state-wide plastic ban which came in to effect from last Saturday has caused a 50 per cent drop in business due to lack of packaging alternatives, according to the Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association.


"The plastic ban has led to a big loss of business at the over 3 lakh kirana stores across Maharashtra. Business is down 50 per cent," association president Viren Shah said.


The Retailers Association of India blamed the situation to the prevailing confusion in the market, as the state administration is yet clear some doubts about what type of plastic bags is allowed.


An advisory committee headed by Praveen Pardesi, additional chief secretary to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had on June 20 allowed some relaxation in plastic packing at retail level, with non-woven carry bags being allowed as an alternate to plastic bag of 60 gsm, the RAI said.


"But, the same report has not yet been cleared as yet, and there is still confusion," Kumar Rajagopalan of the Retailers Association told PTI. He indicated that while the committee had sought inputs from retailers, the ban has been implemented without incorporating the minutes of the meeting, and this will cause a lot of chaos.


The government said a person who carries a single-use non-recyclable plastic item, will face a fine of Rs 5,000 for the first violation and double that amount second time and Rs 25,000 for the third offence.

The state-wide plastic ban which came in to effect from last Saturday has caused a 50 per cent drop in business due to lack of packaging alternatives, according to the Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association.


"The plastic ban has led to a big loss of business at the over 3 lakh kirana stores across Maharashtra. Business is down 50 per cent," association president Viren Shah said.


The Retailers Association of India blamed the situation to the prevailing confusion in the market, as the state administration is yet clear some doubts about what type of plastic bags is allowed.


An advisory committee headed by Praveen Pardesi, additional chief secretary to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had on June 20 allowed some relaxation in plastic packing at retail level, with non-woven carry bags being allowed as an alternate to plastic bag of 60 gsm, the RAI said.


"But, the same report has not yet been cleared as yet, and there is still confusion," Kumar Rajagopalan of the Retailers Association told PTI. He indicated that while the committee had sought inputs from retailers, the ban has been implemented without incorporating the minutes of the meeting, and this will cause a lot of chaos.


The government said a person who carries a single-use non-recyclable plastic item, will face a fine of Rs 5,000 for the first violation and double that amount second time and Rs 25,000 for the third offence.

At least 11 fresh cases of malaria have been reported during the past week in Delhi, pushing the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this season to 40, according to a municipal report released today.


Only four fresh cases of dengue, another vector-borne disease, were reported in Delhi between June 16-23, meaning malaria spread faster than dengue in the national capital.


Of the total 40 malaria cases, 19 were reported in June, 17 in May, one each in April and March, and two in February. Of the 28 dengue cases this season, six were reported in January, three in February, one in March, two in April and 10 last month and six in June, according to the report.


"It is not unusual for malaria cases to be reported in larger number compared to dengue, as both have different carriers," a senior doctor at a government-run hospital said. "But people must take all precautions, like wearing full-sleeved clothes and not allowing breeding of mosquito larvae inside homes. Water coolers should be dried up when not in use as dengue infection - carrying mosquitoes breed there a lot," she said.


The cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November, but the period may stretch to mid-December. No vector-borne disease case was reported till January 13.


Also, no fresh case of chikungunya was reported in the past one week, the figure remaining at 14. -- PTI

The Aam Aadmi Party today demanded scrapping of the Union government's redevelopment plans of south Delhi saying it would have a "disastrous" effect on the city.


The AAP raised the demand while welcoming the Delhi High Court's stay on felling of trees for redevelopment project and asserted that its government in Delhi will not allow any more trees to be cut.


"The BJP leaders are evading the issue. If they want to save the trees, this project should be scrapped by the Centre," said AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj. How can the national capital afford felling of over 16,500 trees for a housing project, the Delhi High Court asked today. Taking note of the views expressed by the court which appeared inclined to order an interim stay of the tree chopping process, the National Buildings Construction Corporation, tasked with redeveloping half a dozen south Delhi colonies, agreed not to cut any tree till July 4. Bhardwaj said the court also allowed the Delhi government to become a party in the case.


"The Delhi government will not only try to revoke the permission given earlier to fell trees, but it will also ensure that no new permission is given to cut them," he said. Bhardwaj also said the permission for cutting trees was given in "chunks"by the Lt Governor and the total number stood between 16000 and 17000.


He also suspected that the project was aimed at "commercial" purpose instead of providing accommodation to the bureaucrats. "The big complexes proposed to be constructed and the photos I have seen (of the project) appear to be for commercial exploitation and not for accommodating the bureaucrats."


The felling of the trees, numbering around 16,000-17,000 under the project will have a "disastrous" effect on Delhi and the people are very anguished over it, he said. The AAP spokesperson said the Centre should shift the project to any other place like Gurgaon, Nodia, Rohini or Dwaraka, if the cutting of trees was unavoidable. -- PTI

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Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today slammed the government for terming the Goods and Services Tax as a "celebration of honesty", saying if that was the case, why did the BJP oppose it for five years prior to coming to power in 2014.


In a series of tweets, the senior Congress leader asked the government whether it knew that millions of traders and exporters were affected because their money was stuck and not being refunded promptly after the implementation of the GST regime, which completes one year.


"If GST is a 'victory of integrity' and 'celebration of honesty', why did the BJP oppose it and stall it for 5 years? Why do the PM, FM and Acting FM refuse to speak on the numerous flaws in the implementation of GST?" he asked.


Describing the GST as a fine example of cooperative federalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had yesterday said the new system was a "festival of honesty" which had ended 'inspector raj' in the country. Chidambaram also asked how long can the government use the temporary Form GSTR-3B? "Is it legally valid?"


"Why have GSTR-Form 2 and GSTR-Form 3 not been notified even after 12 months?" he asked. Filing GSTR 3B form is mandatory for all those who have registered for the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The GSTR 3B is a simple tax return form introduced by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) for the month of July and August. The forms - GSTR-1, GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 - for the months of July and August are to be filed in the month of September. The GST has come into effect in the country on July 1, 2017. -- PTI

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday assured no tree will be cut till he is in office.Singh's comment comes after he was trolled over a plan to cut more than 17,000 trees in the national capital to make way for an office and residential complex for government officers.


"Till the time I (Hardeep Singh Puri) am a minister no tree will be cut; for every tree that is cut we will plant 10 more. Green cover will go up by three times after re-development of seven colonies in South Delhi. Young activists are too fast to blame," Singh said.


Meanwhile, KK Mishra, who had filed a public interest Litigation (PIL) in the Delhi High Court over the same, hoped that the court took cognizance of the matter and put a stay on the order.


"More than 20,000 trees will be cut in main south Delhi area. A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report states there is a deficit of nine lakh trees in Delhi. I hope the court will put a stay on the order," Mishra told ANI.


Mishra also stated how over 20,000 trees were slated to be cut in the main South Delhi area.Locals in the national capital are protesting since June 22. Held under the 'Delhi Trees SOS' campaign, the protests were called to aware people about the redevelopment project and urge the government to avoid cutting trees for the same. -- PTI

How can the national capital afford the felling of over 16,500 trees for a housing project, the Delhi High Court asked today. Taking note of the views expressed by the court which appeared inclined to order an interim stay of the tree chopping process, the National Buildings Construction Corporation, tasked with redeveloping half a dozen south Delhi colonies, agreed not to cut any tree till July 4.


The NBCC made the statement after a vacation bench of Justices Vinod Goel and Rekha Palli asked, "Can Delhi today afford cutting down of so many trees for a housing complex? We could understand if it was a road-widening work which is inevitable."


It initially asked NBCC to "stay its hands" till July 2 when a similar issue would be heard by the National Green Tribunal and asked the petitioner, an orthopaedic surgeon, to approach the tribunal. The court's observations came after the NBCC said the NGT had the jurisdiction to hear pleas challenging environment clearances granted to any project by the Centre. NBCC, represented by senior advocate J P Seng, told the court that it has also deposited Rs 8 crore with the tree authority for permission to fell trees. Central government standing counsel Ripudaman Bhardwaj, appearing for ministries of Environment and Housing, said the ECs given by the Centre were in accordance with the earlier orders of the NGT.


The six south Delhi colonies where the trees would be felled are Sarojini Nagar, Naoroji Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Thyagaraja Nagar, Mohammadpur and Kasturba Nagar, the petition has said. --  PTI

The summer heat took its toll on an IAF personnel who collapsed during the guard of honour ceremony organised at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for visiting Seychelles President Danny Faure.


Faure, who is on his first bilateral visit to India, was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Modi this morning.


After the ceremony ended and the dignitary had left, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked up to the airman and enquired about his health. Modi asked him to be careful about his health. After spending a few minutes with him, Modi left for his official residence, sources in the Prime Minister's Office said.


The airman had fainted when the guard of honour was being presented to the visiting dignitary. He was attended by his colleagues and others present there. -- PTI

Disaster Management Cell tweets: Weather Forecast by IMD @ 02.00 pm.
24 hours: Intermittent rain/thundershower likely to occur in city and suburbs with very heavy falls at a few places.
48 hrs: intermittent rain/thundershower likely to occur in city and suburbs with heavy at one/two places. 

Union Minister Arun Jaitley, in a three-part blog on the Emergency on its 43rd anniversary today, compared former PM Indira Gandhi with Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler.


He also writes about his own tryst with the Emergency.


Excerpts from Arun Jaitley's blog.

"Having imposed Emergency on 26th June, 1975, Mrs. Indira Gandhi got issued a proclamation under Article 359 suspending fundamental rights.  As a result of this, the right to free speech and personal liberty was gone.  Only censored news was available.  On June 29th, in order to deflect attention from the suspension of democracy in India, she announced a Twenty Point Programme for the revival of Indian economy.


"Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany on 30th January, 1933.  He did not have an absolute majority in Parliament.


"Hitler continued to maintain that his actions were within the four corners of the Constitution.  Mrs. Gandhi imposed the Emergency under Article 352, suspended fundamental rights under Article 359 and claimed that "disorder was planned by the opposition in the country".  The security forces were being asked to disobey illegal orders and, therefore, in the larger interest of the nation, India had to become a "disciplined democracy".


"Both Hitler and Mrs. Gandhi never abrogated the Constitution.  They used a republican Constitution to transform democracy into dictatorship.


"Hitler arrested most of the opposition Members of Parliament and, therefore, converted his minority Government in Parliament into a Government which had two-third majority of members present and voting.  He, therefore, brought detailed Constitution amendments vesting all power to one person.  Mrs. Indira Gandhi arrested most opposition Members of Parliament and, therefore, procured, through their absence, a two-third majority of members present and voting and enabling the passage of several obnoxious provisions through Constitution amendments.  The Forty-second Amendment diluted the power of High Courts to issue writ petitions, a power which Dr. Ambedkar had said was the very heart and soul of India's Constitution.  They also amended Article 368 so that a Constitution amendment was beyond judicial review.


"There were a few things that Hitler did not do which Mrs. Gandhi did."


Read the blog here.

Mumbai terror attack mastermind and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit Hafiz Saeed has openly championed the need for violence in the Kashmir Valley.

Addressing his supporters at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Hafiz said, "A new era has begun and with God's wishes Kashmir will be an independent state, there has been a lot of bloodshed in Kashmir, and God almighty is watching, he will deliver his verdict, because all the decisions come from the Heaven and not from Washington. The decisions of that come from the heaven get cemented on the world and Kashmir will be freed."

Saeed's Lashkar-e-Taiba is behind a majority of the terror attacks in the Kashmir Valley. The outfit is also behind provoking local Kashmiri youth to pelt stones on security forces.

Working as a proxy of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Saeed takes every opportunity to praise stone-pelters and Kashmiri militants.

"I remember those who have lost their lives and those spirited individuals who use stones against the Indian Army's bullets and `Allah' is watching. Even when they are dying they still speak of the unity of Pakistan and Kashmir. This is the new era of Kashmir, and this (Indian Prime Minister) Modi cannot stop it. Because when it comes to the will of God, every decision and verdict will flow from the heavens above", said Saeed in his address. -- PTI

Hafiz Saeed is now making an all out effort to ensure that the Jamaat-ud-Dawa secures seats in the National Assembly of Pakistan.

His son and son-in-law are among 265 candidates fielded by Jamaat-ud-Dawa for national and provincial assembly seats across Pakistan in the July 25 general election, with the banned group's political wing vowing to make the country a "citadel of Islam".

"We want to make Pakistan an independent state of `Allah', and protect all our Muslim brothers, and we are preparing that, we the only Islamic Nuclear state in the world be capable of leading the entire Muslim world", said Saeed in his public address.

The Monsoon session of Parliament will commence from July 18 and end on August 10, the Cabinet Committee of Parliamentary Affairs recommended today. The CCPA, chaired by Home Minister Rajanth Singh, met in New Delhi today to recommend the dates. The President will now formally convene the session. The session will have nearly 18 sittings, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ananth Kumar told reporters here. -- PTI

Monsoon session of Parliament to be held from 18th July till 10th August. It will comprise 18 working days.

India today dubbed as "misleading" media reports that it had reduced exports of essential goods to Maldives, saying requirements were calculated based on actual utilisation in the recent past and were consistent with the trade agreement between the two sides.


According to reports in a section of the media, India has lowered the limits on the export of certain essential commodities such as potatoes and onions to Maldives.


Reacting to the media reports, that come amid a strain in bilateral ties, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar reiterated that India remains firmly committed to strong people to people ties between the two countries and will ensure that the people of Maldives do not have to endure any hardships.


India's ties with Maldives nose-dived after it criticised the Abdulla Yameen government for imposing a 45-day emergency in the archipelago nation earlier this year. -- PTI


Image: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen

Shania Twain says besides leaving a permanent scar on her neck, the Lyme disease has changed her voice forever. The 52-year-old singer, who was diagnosed with the condition in 2003, made a comeback recently after a hiatus of 15 years. Twain opened up on how Lyme altered her life.


"Does my voice sound deeper? It does, though, doesn't it?" she told The Mirror newspaper. The singer said when she was diagnosed she feared she would not be able to sing again but she was lucky that her condition was diagnosed and treated so quickly.


"I thought I'd never sing again... It was nerve damage from Lyme disease. I saw a tick fall off me and I got treated right away, otherwise the damage would have been a lot more extensive.


"I was on tour, and I almost fell off the stage every night because I was so dizzy. I felt lucky when I found out the cause, because the disease can go to your brain or heart," she said.


Twain said she decided to launch a comeback seven years into her hiatus. "I started writing more intently and I realised that some parts of my voice were still there. It's been a long process, and now surgery."


She launched her comeback album 'Now' last year and described the songwriting process "like a diary entry". "Songwriting is like a diary entry, though sometimes I listen back and think, 'Oh my God, that's way too personal...'," she said. -- PTI


Image: Shania Twain. Pic courtesy @ShaniaTwain

Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath was filmed getting his shoelaces tied by party MLA Rajneesh Singh in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh.


The incident came to light after a video surfaced online, which showed Singh tying Nath's shoelaces after the latter paid tribute to former Himachal Pradesh Governor and Congress leader Urmila Singh.Although the video raised eyebrows, Singh said the gesture was a way of showing respect to the state Congress president.


"He (Kamal Nath) is like a father figure to me... I respect him a lot. Since my school days, I have been touching his feet for blessings. He is close to my family, especially my dad," Singh told ANI.


The Congress MLA further noted that the incident is being misunderstood in the eyes of the public, largely due to the media.


"This incident should not create any controversy because there were too many people in the room when Kamal Nath Ji paid tribute to Urmila Singh. Also, it was difficult for him to find his shoes so I looked for it and placed it before him just to help him out. The media is exaggerating the incident," he said.  -- ANI

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on June 27 a plea filed by 18 disqualified AIADMK MLAs seeking transfer of their case from the Madras High Court to the apex court after the split verdict by the high court.


A vacation bench of justices Arun Mishra and S K Kaul said it will hear the plea day after tomorrow.


Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the 18 MLAs, said it is a serious matter which requires urgent hearing as the high court has given a split verdict on June 14 and the third judge is scheduled to hear the matter afresh.


He alleged that people knew through WhatsApp about the third judge who will be hearing the case after the split verdict. The court said, "we don't go by WhatsApp messages and the matter will be heard on June 27".


The Madras High Court had on June 14 given a split verdict on petitions challenging the disqualification of 18 MLAs loyal to sidelined party leader T T V Dhinakaran, a ruling that maintained status quo in the corridors of power in Tamil Nadu.


A division bench of Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar delivered divergent verdicts on whether the 18 MLAs deserved to be disqualified under the anti-defection law by Speaker P Dhanapal on September 18 last year for approaching the Governor and seeking the removal of Chief Minister K Palaniswami.


The court ruled that the senior-most judge after the chief justice would now hand-pick a judge who will hear the matter afresh. In her 200-page order, the chief justice had upheld the Speaker's decision, saying, "In my opinion, the view taken by the Speaker is a possible, if not plausible view, and I am unable to hold that the said decision is any way unreasonable, irrational or perverse."


Justice Sundar, in his 135-page order, struck a dissenting note, insisting that Dhanapal's order "deserved to be set aside on grounds of perversity, non-compliance with principles of natural justice, mala fides and violation of the constitutional mandate". The chief justice said status quo would continue till the third judge delivered the verdict on the petitions. -- PTI


Image: The 18 MLAs are loyal to sidelined party leader TTV Dinakaran.

The SC to hear on June 27 a plea of 18 disqualified AIADMK MLAs seeking transfer of their case from Madras HC to apex court after split verdict.

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a fresh plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking to implead himself as a party in a petition filed against an Enforcement Directorate officer probing the Aircel-Maxis deal case.


A vacation bench comprising justices Arun Kumar Misra and S K Kaul also agreed to hear the plea of ED officer Rajeshwar Singh that contempt proceedings be initiated as attempts have been made to thwart the ongoing investigation in the Aircel-Maxis case.


Recently, a fresh petition was filed by one Rajneesh Kapur alleging that Singh, the investigating officer in the Aircel-Maxis case, has amassed disproportionate assets beyond the known sources of his income.


Swamy, who had earlier moved the apex court for expeditious investigation in the Aircel-Maxis case, has sought court's direction for making himself as a party in the fresh plea filed by Kapur against the ED official.


Earlier, on June 20, Justice Indu Malhotra recused herself from hearing in the matter without assigning any reason. The apex court had on March 12 set a deadline of six months for the CBI and the ED to complete the investigation into the alleged irregularities in FIPB approval given in the Aircel-Maxis deal case in which former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti have been questioned by probe agencies. -- PTI

"Never a votary of parliamentary democracy, Sanjay Gandhi would have taken over from his mother as President of the Republic. In late 1976, as the horrors of the Emergency-with its forced sterilisations and slum-clearance campaigns that brought untold misery-peaked, and Mrs Gandhi, assailed by doubts, decided to call elections, Sanjay strongly resisted the move. He wanted the Emergency to continue, with Parliament to be replaced by a constituent assembly that would switch to a presidential system. His followers in the state legislatures of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh had passed resolutions to that effect. An ardent Sanjay-ite, Bansi Lal, then defence minister, told Mrs Gandhi's cousin B.K. Nehru, "Get rid of all this election nonsense... Just make our sister president for life and there's no need to do anything else."


India, had Sanjay Gandhi survived the plane crash. Read the column by Sunil Sethi here.

Mumbai rains' death toll: Two persons were killed last evening when a tree fell on them near Metro Cinema in south Mumbai, said an official from the disaster management unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.


A 13-year-old boy was killed and his parents were injured when an adjacent wall collapsed on their house at Wadol village in Ambernath taluka of Thane around 2.15 am today, the district civic body's regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said.


In another incident, a 65-feet compound wall of a housing complex in Thane city collapsed this morning, crushing two cars and another vehicle, he said.


In Mumbai, a huge part of a compound caved-in at Antop Hill area in Wadala. Around 15 cars were damaged with some vehicles getting buried under the debris, an official of the BMC's disaster management cell said.
No casualty was reported in the incident, he said.


Disaster Management tweeted, "The following roads has been restored 1) Maheshwari udyan 2) sion Road no 24 @CPMumbaiPolice.


Image: Seven cars were damaged after the wall of an under-construction building collapsed at Vidyalankar road in Wadala's Antop Hill following heavy rain.  No casualties reported. 

Seven cars were damaged after the wall of an under-construction building collapsed at Vidyalankar road in Wadala's Antop Hill following heavy rain.  

Gujarat: Heavy water-logging in parts of Valsad district's Umbergaon due to continuous rainfall in the region.

Water-logging at Mumbai's Sion area.

The Mumbai police has tweeted saying traffic has been closed off at Khar subway in Santacruz, due to water-logging and traffic has been diverted to Link road.


Traffic on the Western Express Highway slowed down after a tree fell at Mahananda Dairy near NESCO, tweeted Mumbai police. Traffic slowed down towards Girgaum Chowpatty as well after a tree fell at Krishna Sanghi Junction.

Visuals of water-logging from Mumbai's Matunga East area. According to India Meteorological Department, heavy to very heavy rain is likely to continue in the region. Matunga is a low-lying area is perennially flood-prone.

Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai on Monday disrupting both road and rail traffic. Authorities have warned of traffic snarls and waterlogging in the city.


The India Meteorological Departments Mumbai office has said heavy rainfall will continue in some parts of the city and its suburbs after similar conditions over the weekend.


Waterlogging is expected in several areas including Malabar Hill, Hindmata, Dharavi, Byculla, Dadar TT, Kabutarkhana at Dadar, King Circle, Nagpada, Santacruz (East) and Marol Maroshi, Andheri subway, among others, most of which are low lying areas.


Local train services on the western railway during the morning peak hour are operating with a delay of 20 minutes as is Central railway.


Colaba recorded 90 mm and Santacruz recorded 195 mm of rain at 5.30 am. Due to heavy rain between Virar and Surat all long-distance trains arriving at Bandra Terminus, Dadar Terminus and Mumbai Central are expected to be arrived late.


Two people died and five were injured on Sunday after a tree fell on them near Metro Cinema at MG Road in South Mumbai's Marine Lines area.


Image: Due to very heavy rains, the UP line between Bhilad and Sanjan in Mumbai Division was affected from 7.45 am. This ANI image shows flooded rail tracks near Sanjan.