IMD forecasts heavy rainfall in Mumbai, adjoining areas

In the wake of this forecast, Mumbai civic body has kept all its systems well equipped to tackle any eventuality taking place due to rising water levels. Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra throughout the night. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rains for Mumbai and many of … Read more

Heavy rain floods southern Japan; leave over dozen missing

More than 75,000 residents in the southern prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima were asked to evacuate following pounding rains overnight. Television footage showed large areas of Hitoyoshi town in Kumamoto inundated in muddy waters that gushed out from the Kuma River. Many cars were submerged up to their windows. Mudslides smashed into houses and floodwaters … Read more

Sri Lanka drops 2011 cricket WC final probe due to lack of evidence

Chief of the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Senior Superintendent of Police Jagath Fonseka said, the statements of three cricketers summoned so far are genuine and has revealed the practical reason for a change in squad during the tournament. He said that the summoning of various cricketers to record statements had caused a crisis in the … Read more