MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Sunday reported 562 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall infection tally to 81,45,342. Three deaths were also reported from the state raising the fatality count to 1,48,444, a health official said. The single-day infection tally dropped by 107 as compared to Saturday when the state had logged 669 cases. A total of 395 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours that took the...
MUMBAI: "Mission 500 Crore Litre Water Storage”, a farmers' movement that works on a basic principle -- "of the people, by the people, for the people" -- in Maharashtra received an honour of being part of the United Nations Water Conference 2023 at New York. Movement that has simple creative idea "Put the diesel and use the machine" at the centre for constructing small check dams and water bodies, was...
PUNE/MUMBAI: A 23-year-old eatery employee was arrested on Saturday from Pune for allegedly sending threat messages to kill Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. The arrested youth, Rahul Uttam Talekar, is a graduate hailing from Jalna and lives at Vadgaonsheri in Pune. Raut's brother, MLA Sunil Raut, had lodged an FIR of criminal intimidation at Kanjurmarg police station on Friday night.Pune's additional...
MUMBAI: Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 669 Covid-19 cases, which took the state's tally to 81,44,780, while the death toll stood unchanged at 1,48,441, a health official said. The addition to the tally was a rise from 425 recorded on Friday, though lower than Thursday's 694, he pointed out. Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) recorded 347 cases, including 189 in the metropolis, while 60 cases were...
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police on Saturday said that a man has been detained in Pune in connecion with a death threat message to Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and MP Sanjay RautAccording to the Mumbai Police, the detained individual is currently being interrogated. The police also mentioned that the detainee had used the name of Lawrence Bishnoi, and they will be investigating the detainee's connection...
MUMBAI: A 13-second viral video clip of a dangerous wheelie stunt performed by a biker along with two women has prompted Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police to slap a case against all three and launch a hunt for the trio who face charges under Indian Penal Code sections 279 (rash driving) and 336 (endangering lives) as well as the Motor Vehicle Act. The two women have been additionally charged with...
MUMBAI: A new pearly white ornament rose against the South Mumbai skyline Friday evening even as the half moon framed it from the rear. The GPO (General Post Office) building near Fort, the headquarters of the postal department, dedicated its grand dome, which has been retrofitted and renovated, to the citizenry. This grand architectural feature is the second largest dome in the country after the Gol...
MUMBAI: The much-delayed widening of the Mumbai-Goa National Highway will be completed by December 2023 end, announced Union minister for transport and national highways Nitin Gadkari. The road will be commissioned for traffic in January 2024, and Mumbai-Goa commuters will be able to cover the distance in 4.5 hours. "It is regrettable that this is perhaps the only road project in the country that has...
MUMBAI: Four years after its crash claiming seven lives, the reconstructed Himalaya foot overbridge near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in south Mumbai opened for the public on Thursday.On March 14, 2019, a part of the bridge connecting the north end of the CSMT railway station to Badruddin Tayabji Lane collapsed onto the D N Road below. Subsequently, a traffic signal was installed on...
MUMBAI: The city recorded 27 "poor air" days, when daily average PM2.5 levels were between 90 and 120 ug/m3, in January and February, compared with just six such days in the corresponding period last year, reports Chittaranjan Tembhekar.In fact, there were zero "good air" days-average PM2.5 levels under 30 ug/m3-in February, shows data from the National Clean Air Programme.Track the pollution level in...
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