Heavy rains batter west, southwest India

NEW DELHI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Local trains and flight services were hit adversely, a key subway shut for traffic, and educational institutions closed on Thursday amid a red alert of heavy to very-heavy rains sounded by the India Meteorological Department in the country's financial capital Mumbai and its neighboring areas.

A similar warning of heavy to very-heavy rains was sounded for Mumbai's neighboring distri