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Tigress Beauty is the seventh big cat to have died at the national park since October last. Officials at the national park said that Beauty had been diagnosed of ‘cystitis’ of the urinary bladder. Source: Mumbai News

Two senior fire officials of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, who have time and again managed to come out of the hands of death, were the ones who were found buried under the debris of the building collapse at Kalbadevi in South Mumbai. Source: Mumbai News

The Met office’s prediction of monsoon hitting the Indian coast at the normal time came as an added pressure on the BMC; the big worry is desilting work (only about 40% of the scheduled work is complete) and engineers are also rushing to complete the massive road work the BMC has undertaken this year. Source: Mumbai News

My son was detained and put through trauma and threats, says the mother of a 14-year-old boy who has moved the Bombay high court for quashing the transfer certificate (TC) issued by the school only because she was among parents who questioned the fee hike. Source: Mumbai News

Now, you can save more money while travelling by Mumbai Metro on the Ghatkopar-Versova corridor. The Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) has launched a “cashback” scheme for users of store value pass also known as trip-based monthly pass. Source: Mumbai News

The panel set up by BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta, to enquire into Saturday’s fire at Kalbadevi, faces the tough challenge of ‘fixing responsibility’ for the incident in which two senior fire officials died. Source: Mumbai News

Train services in the city will now be made more accessible to Mumbaikars as a student from IIT Bombay has developed an app, called MRM (Mumbai Rail Map), which aims to make commuting simpler. Source: Mumbai News

The body of Kalina resident Shekar Gaikwad (22) was washed ashore at Aksa Beach in Malad on Tuesday morning. His body was located by lifeguards at the beach, said a fire brigade official. Source: Mumbai News

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has taken up flyover repairs in Mumbai on an emergency basis. Officials on Tuesday said flyovers in its jurisdiction and situated in the Mumbai region will be in “proper condition” before the rains. Source: Mumbai News

The collapse of a functioning, fully occupied building in the heart of south Mumbai comes as a wake-up call for the BMC as it deals with the problems of dilapidated buildings, which aggravates during monsoon every year. Source: Mumbai News