Virar
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Virar building collapse: Toddler celebrating first birthday among two killed
Maharashtra | Aug 27, 2025, 11:38 PM ISTVirar building collapse: The deceased have been identified as Utkarsha Jovil and her mother Aarohi Omkar Jovil. Omkar Jovil, Utkarsha's father and Aarohi's husband, is still missing. Notably, the family was celebrating Utkarsha's first birthday when the tragedy struck.
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Virar building collapse: Death count mounts to 14 after two more bodies recovered from debris
Maharashtra | Aug 28, 2025, 12:10 PM ISTThe Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) stated that six persons remain admitted to various hospitals in the area and Nalasopara on the outskirts of Mumbai. Three others were discharged after treatment.
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Mumbai Coastal Road extension to Virar promises 30-minute commute from South Bombay to Palghar
Maharashtra | Nov 13, 2024, 05:57 PM ISTThe Mumbai Coastal Road is set for an ambitious extension to Virar, reducing the commute from South Bombay to Palghar to 30 minutes. Backed by Rs 54,000 crore in funding from Japan, the project promises faster travel and enhanced connectivity along the west coast.
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Maharashtra: 3 woman labourers die, one gets injured after wall collapsed at under-construction site
Gujarat | Jun 06, 2023, 07:47 PM ISTMaharashtra: The tragic incident took place when labourers were reportedly doing digging work near the wall when it collapsed.
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Maharashtra: Man dies while dancing at garba event in Virar, father too passes away of shock
India | Oct 03, 2022, 03:46 PM ISTMaharashtra: A 35-year-old man died while dancing at a Garba event in Virar town of Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Monday (October 3).
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Body of popular Mumbai store's owner's son found in Virar; cops suspect suicide
India | Aug 20, 2022, 06:05 PM ISTMumbai news: The body of Kalpesh Maru was found on an open plot on Thursday, after which an accidental death case was registered, the Mandvi police station official said.
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Palghar Covid Hospital Fire: Victim families allege staff was asleep during accident
India | Apr 23, 2021, 12:30 PM ISTRelatives of some of the victims, who died in a fire at a hospital in Maharashtra's Palghar district early on Friday, alleged that the staffers of the facility were asleep when the blaze broke out
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Mumbai: Female biker booked for assaulting auto driver with dagger
News | Oct 23, 2020, 09:30 AM ISTA biker allegedly assaulted an autorickshaw driver with a kirpan in Virar on Wednesday evening. In retaliation, the driver assaulted also the woman. Both the biker, Manjeet Kaur, 50, and the auto driver, Durgesh Patil, 35, have filed complaints.
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Mumbai: Virar-Churchgate stretch to get another AC local
India | Jan 13, 2020, 11:21 AM ISTWestern Railway is planning to add another AC local train service in Mumbai between Virar and Churchgate. The proposal has been sent for approval while services are expected to start in the next 15 days.
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Major short circuit creates panic among passengers at Virar station in Mumbai
News | Jul 04, 2018, 12:38 PM ISTMajor short circuit creates panic among passengers at Virar station in Mumbai
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Bhima Koregaon violence: Section 144 imposed in Thane; public transport affected in Virar
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1,015 Couples Wed In Mass Marriage In Virar, Mumbai
India | Jan 30, 2012, 01:58 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 30: More than a thousand couples took part in a mass wedding in Virar on Sunday.The mass marriage was organised by a local MLA Kshitij Thakur and his father Hitendra Thakur, former MLA