Mumbai LIVE: Maha: Local train derails near Mumbai; no casualty

Three coaches of a local train derailed at Kharkopar station in Maharashtra`s Raigad district adjoining Mumbai on Tuesday morning, Central Railway officials said.
No casualty was reported in the incident which led to the suspension of rail traffic on the Belapur-Seawoods-Kharkopar suburban corridor for nearly eleven hours. CR`s chief public relations officer (CPRO) Shivaji Sutar told PTI that three coaches from the motorman`s end derailed at around 8.45 am when the train was about to reach Kharkopar station, located about 30 km from Mumbai, on the Belapur-Kharpokar line in Navi Mumbai. The traffic on the Belapur-Kharkopar-Nerul section was restored on Tuesday night after re-railment of the three coaches and the first local train was operated at around 7.45 pm, Sutar said. (PTI)

Suspected Naxalites set ablaze a vehicle engaged in road construction work in Gadchiroli district of eastern Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday. According to a police official, at around 11 pm on Monday, armed Naxalites came to the construction site at Botanpundi-Visamundi road and set afire the vehicle, a mixer truck.
After the incident came to light on Tuesday morning, the Tadgaon police inspected the spot and registered a case. (PTI)

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence’s Mumbai Zonal Unit on Tuesday recovered 2.58 kilograms of cocaine from a passenger’s baggage at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. Read more...

Thane civic official attack case: Four NCP workers get bail

Four activists of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) were granted bail by the Thane district court in Maharashtra on Tuesday in connection with the attack on a civic official earlier this month. Additional sessions judge AS Bhagwat ordered their release on a personal bond of Rs 15,000 each.