From Class 10 results to government deal with Airbnb: Top five stories from Mumbai

Mumbai city news: Here are the top five stories from Mumbai you shouldn’t miss.

The Maharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) announced the Class 10, Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam results online today at 1pm, under the shadow of paper leaks and other malpractices. In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to provide cycling/jogging tracks along the Tansa-pipeline from suburban Mulund till Antop-Hill in Wadala. Monday night’s downpour drowned BMC’s claims of the city being rain-ready, as the city was mired in traffic snarls. Also, the Maharashtra government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with online room rental company Airbnb on Tuesday to sell Maharashtra tourism to a wider clientele across the globe.

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Here are today’s top five picks:

1. Maharashtra Class 10 results declared, 193 students score 100%

The Maharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) announced the Class 10, Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam results online today at 1pm. Students will be able to view their marks on www.mahresult.nic.in. More than 17 lakh students, including 3.8 lakh from Mumbai division, from 21,433 schools across Maharashtra, appeared for the exam held in March, earlier this year.

2. Five controversies that marked Maharashtra’s SSC exams this year

The Maharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) announced the class 10, Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam results online today at 1pm, under the shadow of paper leaks and other malpractices. Students will be able to view their marks on www.mahresult.nic.in. We take a look at what went wrong with the exams this year.

3. Mumbai becomes bicycle-friendly: BMC to construct cycling tracks along Tansa pipeline

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to provide cycling/jogging tracks along the Tansa-pipeline from suburban Mulund till Antop-Hill in Wadala. BMC will get 10-meter space along the century-old pipeline. The civic body is currently demolishing illegal encroachments following the Bombay High Court’s (HC) 2009-order.

4. Heavy rainfall drowns BMC’s claims of rain-ready Mumbai

The heavy rainfall in Mumbai on Monday night drowned the civic body’s claims of the city being rain-ready. The city recorded a rainfall of 24.6 mm rain at the Colaba weather station, 25.2mm was recorded at Santacruz. Since June 1, Santacruz recorded 176.2mm, 62.4mm above normal and Colaba recorded 212.8mm, 89.1mm above normal. Since June 1, Santacruz recorded 176.2mm, 62.4mm above normal and Colaba recorded 212.8mm, 89.1mm above normal.

5. Maharashtra government to strike deal with Airbnb to attract international tourists

The Maharashtra government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with online room rental company Airbnb on Tuesday to sell Maharashtra tourism to a wider clientele across the globe. With the agreement, Airbnb will showcase properties of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) across the state on its portal, to ensure more bookings for its properties.