With 64% of the city’s residents relying on buses and trains so overloaded that up to 10 passengers die a day, anger is rising over a taxpayer-funded road most will never use Mumbai is known for its graphic inequality, its gleaming high-rises where the ...

MUMBAI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 4: People walk through a flooded street following heavy monsoon rains at LBS road Kurla, on September 4, 2019 in Mumbai, India. Heavy rain pounded Mumbai on Wednesday, bringing the city to a halt. Train services were affected ...

Together, these openings set the tone for the year ahead, inviting diners to start the new year by eating out thoughtfully, discovering new favourites, and enjoying simple pleasures. Read Time: 16 min After the rush of the festive season, slow down just ...

At least 14 people were killed in the Indian city of Mumbai after a giant billboard collapsed on them during a sudden thunderstorm, local authorities said Tuesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

In contrast to the Indian city’s scores of residential towers, its best buildings are lower to the ground — and a flamboyant reflection of its multiculturalism. By Michael Snyder Michael Snyder is based in Mexico City, but lived in Mumbai from 2012-2016.

For several decades, flocks of lesser and greater flamingos have returned to a sliver of wetlands on the shoreline of Mumbai, India, increasing the population 13-fold. Their arrival has been a source of pride for local people, but development pressures are ...

Mumbai Mayor Election Highlights: The BJP-led Mahayuti, which swept the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections last week, will appoint a woman mayor from the open category in Mumbai following the completion of the lottery-based reservation ...

Saumya Roy, a Mumbai-based author, has written a book about the city’s wealth, poverty and the waste pickers who make their living in its landfill. Mumbai appears as much a dream as a city. Sprinkled with the stardust of Bollywood, the Hindi-language ...

But blistering half-centuries from wicketkeeper-batter Prabhsimran Singh (80 not out) and captain Shreyas Iyer (66) powered Punjab to 198-3 in 16.3 overs for a seven-wicket win that lifted the team atop the table with nine points.

Editor’s Note: Michael Kugelman is deputy director and senior associate for South Asia with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. You can follow him on Twitter @michaelkugelman. The views expressed are his own.