The Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Monday advised private offices in Mumbai to allow employees to work from home wherever possible, while non-essential government offices will function for a half-day, in view of the prevailing weather situation.

Akriti got married to Arastu Sikka in April this year. She worked as a sales executive with a healthcare firm in Chhatarpur, while Sikka is currently unemployed. The couple lived with Sikka’s father in Pushp Vihar.

Relentless monsoon rains triggered a major landslide near the Missing Link section of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, damaging a retaining wall that forced authorities to suspend vehicular movement through the stretch. Questions over Rs. 6,695-crore project loom.