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After close to a month, city colleges are all set to reopen their campuses for offline classes on Tuesday. Following the recent state government directive, fully vaccinated students will be allowed in classrooms. Principals, though, do not expect many students to turn up. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/RHjOnMUEo

A day after state NCP president Jayant Patil, Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai and state Congress chief Nana Patole reached a consensus on joining forces for the nagar panchayat (municipal council) polls, it appears that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) banner will gain control over maximum councils in Maharashtra. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/6f1evBqHN

Two persons waiting at a BEST bus stop at Everard Nagar on the Eastern Express Highway near Chembur were killed when a junior college student lost control of the car he was driving and rammed into them around 8am on Monday, reports S Ahmed Ali. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/sKOxwNEu1

Second-year BTech student, Niraj Bishnoi (21) -- the creator of the ‘Bulli Bai’ app, which was hosted on the Github platform on January 1 for online auction of 102 objectionable photos of Muslim women -- has been sent to Arthur Road jail on Monday after 12 days of interrogation in the Mumbai cyber police custody. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/Iu7UQAYRD

The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has directed the Thane collector to attach the property of a builder and recover dues to the tune of Rs 80 lakh liable to be paid to buyers for delayed possession of flats as per a previous order issued by it. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/OHIZ4QkgV

From a modest beginning with just seven surface platforms in 1978, ICG has grown into a formidable force with 158 ships and 70 aircraft in its inventory and is likely to achieve targeted force levels of 200 surface platforms and 80 aircraft by 2025. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/ToKLVmgN5

NRI Coastal police have booked two truck drivers and their employers for allegedly transporting illegally excavated sand without paying the royalty for sand mining in Panvel creek on a complaint by circle officer of Panvel tehsildar office Ganesh Telange. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/AdBYowS3g

In a daring carjacking, three men abducted a businessman and his driver from Western Express Highway at Bandra, then dumped the businessman 20km away at Kandivli and vanished with his chauffeur and SUV. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/LzUE2uiXC

Maharashtra has reported a 25-day low in daily detections, while cases in Mumbai dropped by 18% over the past 24 hours. The state reported 22,444 cases, lowest since January 4 (18,466) and a fall of nearly 20% since Saturday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/v2uxzGp7i

Police arrested a man and his son after a 16-year-old girl complained she was being sexually abused by her own father and brother for the past six months. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/pn78AMSkP

Five people, including three women, from Mira Road in Thane district, travelling by an SUV died when the four-wheeler first hit and then jumped over a median on the Pune-Mumbai highway and crashed into a container truck travelling in the opposite corridor at 8am on Sunday at Shilatane village from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/7siamzq13

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Former state home minister Anil Deshmukh allegedly used Rs 3.3 crore unaccounted money to purchase 86 acres of land in Nagpur and Navi Mumbai over a decade ago. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/97O6SLjHf

While state health minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday said Omicron-Covid cases in the state had dipped by almost 50% in the past fortnight, the daily tally rose by 12%. From 24,948 cases on Friday, the daily tally increased to 27,971. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/w0nV8hIMD

Once the new BMC electoral ward limits are decided, the lottery for ward reservation too will have to take place before civic elections are held. The number of electoral wards in the city will increase from 227 to 236. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/vN4JqkB5u

With the SEC laying out the schedule for the run-up to the BMC polls and stating that final list of ward boundaries will be published on March 2, BMC elections are set to be delayed. The term of the BMC House ends on March 8, 2022. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/igZsbz8pq

The BMC has organised a leprosy awareness drive, along with a door-to-door visits and surveys between January 30 and February 14 as a part of the National Leprosy Eradication Programme. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/wIobalrVq

The Bombay high court has held that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) prima facie has no authority to withdraw the no objection certificates (NOCs) granted for height of a building to be constructed in the upscale Juhu Vile Parle Development Scheme (JVPD). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/M3xF5PJkA

The Maharashtra government and the BMC both on Friday informed the Bombay high court that the Covid-19 wave was fully under control and things are improving. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://bit.ly/3ADTWEp

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While daily Covid-19 detections in the state dropped under 25,000, fatalities crossed 100 on Friday, the highest toll reported since September 1. The state added 103 fatalities, a jump of over 145% over the previous day, while fresh daily cases dropped to 24,948 from 25,425 the previous day. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3u7eG6f

The state has covered half its estimated adolescent population with a single dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in the past 25 days. Since the drive targeting the population between 15-17 years started on January 3, a total of 30.9lakh doses has been administered to this group. The state’s coverage is below the national average of 59% though. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3r8xTlY

Even as Maharashtra recorded 103 deaths on Friday, officials said the state seems to be witnessing a peak of sorts in Covid mortality. The death toll has surged almost 10-15 days since the peak in cases during the third wave. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ua69iI

Former state home minister Anil Deshmukh used to prepare an "unofficial list" of police officers for favourable postings that he would hand over to the additional chief secretary (ACS home) and the Mumbai police commissioner for implementation, said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheet filed against Deshmukh, his sons Hrishikesh and Salil, and 9 others recently. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GeuKp0

An FIR has been filed against 18 persons, including five former municipal commissioners of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC), 11 town planning department officers, and a builder and an architect for allegedly allowing development of a 23-stored building in violation of rules. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GcSt9b

In the 17.5 kg gold theft case, the L T Marg police have arrested 10 accused including the complainant jeweller's employee. The probe was spread over three states; Rajasthan, Gujarat and MP. Investigators have recovered 89% of the stolen gold ornaments collectively valued at Rs 7.12 crore. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3GaLnBS

A two-year-old boy who accidentally locked himself alone in his third floor flat was reunited with his mother. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uonLI7

Covid-19 deaths in January increased nearly three-fold over December as the third wave set in across all regions, according to latest figures. However, the case fatality rate (CFR), which refers to deaths among reported cases, was 0.07%, the lowest since the start of the pandemic. In the second wave, the CFR had surged to a high of 2.5%. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3KNJY7X

In a move that is aimed at providing a larger domestic market for wine producers and grape farmers, the Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday allowed walk-in stores and supermarkets of over 100 square metres in the state to sell wine stored on their shelves. The shops will need a wine sale licence and will only be able to sell to customers with a liquor permit. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3INObqD

Maharashtra public works department (PWD) minister Ashok Chavan has tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. ​​This is the second time that he has tested positive for the infection. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Ha9cLz

A special NDPS court on Thursday rejected the bail application filed by Anuj Keshwani, one of the co-accused along with Rhea Chakrabarty, girlfriend of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3g3Ve1O

A 28-year-old self-styled godman has been arrested for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 32 lakh to "drive away evil spirits", in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/340hBCS

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted 10-day protection from arrest to Maharashtra BJP MLA Nitesh Rane in an attempt-to-murder case registered in Sindhudurg district. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3KNkZlj

One person was killed and five others injured after a car ran into a food stall at Chinchani beach in Palghar district on Wednesday evening. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fYD1mm

With the addition of 1,496 coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district went up to 6,97,637, while the death of seven patients pushed the toll to 11,743, an official said on Thursday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3g2SOAw

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Three minor sisters were killed when a container truck tilted and fell on them while unloading coal in Bhiwandi tehsil in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/348h1CU

The Maharashtra government has so far received 2.2 lakh applications from family members of deceased Covid-19 patients for ex gratia payment of Rs 50,000 each. As on Tuesday morning. though, Covid deaths recorded in the state totalled 1,42,151. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3AEMuc3

The state added a steep 86 deaths, the highest in 110 days since October 6 (90), on Tuesday. So far in the third Covid wave, the state had reported a maximum of 53 deaths on January 18. A day after a drop in cases, the state also recorded a rise in daily detection to 33,914 cases on Tuesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/32ABRdQ

Three days after the blaze in a high rise building at Tardeo killed seven, the Mumbai Fire Brigade said that they were in the process of issuing a notice to the housing society for lack of fire safety measure On Saturday, when the fire erupted firemen who reached the site to douse the flames from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3KDhSfL

Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Mumbai in view of the 73rd Republic Day celebrations on Wednesday, police said on Tuesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3KFIzAl

The two injured refused hospitalisations as per information received by the civic disaster management authorities. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3IBvPJ5

Continuing with its declining graph, Mumbai’s daily Covid cases on Monday dipped to 1,857 — almost a tenth of the caseload a fortnight ago and the lowest so far this year. The state also reported a 30% drop in cases in the last 24 hours while adding 28,286 cases on Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rOLAFL

Over a crore of beneficiaries are yet to take their second dose of Covid vaccines in the state, prompting the health department to tell the local administrations to convince these people to take it at the earliest. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Asm6C2

Senior citizens account for 84% of Mumbai’s Covid-19 deaths in January so far, making up a much higher proportion of fatalities than during the second wave. But the Omicron-driven third wave has claimed fewer lives (159), way lower than the second wave peak, reports Sumitra Deb Roy. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3tWQxiw

The Bombay high court on Monday grilled the state and questioned how on November 1 last year could then state chief secretary Sitaram Kunte sign as selection committee member on three names recommended for the post of Maharashtra Director General of Police and a week later write to UPSC saying the panel had erred in its decision-making and seek consideration of Sanjay Pandey's name. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3AxG3Yb

Central Mumbai led the revival in property sales in 2021, Thane had the highest stamp duty collection in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) , while the western suburbs brought in the highest sales value of Rs 49,000 crore, found an industry study released on Monday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3AsfXps

A 58-year-old man was duped of Rs 16 lakh by the online fraudsters who posed as personnel working with his mobile service provider and asked him for his debit card details under the pretext of KYC (Know Your Customer) verification. The complainant is a retired resident of Waghbil area. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3H0Woab

Metropolitan Magistrate of the 16th Court at Ballard Pier has discharged actress Shilpa Shetty from a criminal case filed against her in 2007 in Alwar, Rajasthan for alleged offence of obscenity following an event where she allegedly was hugged and kissed by Hollywood actor Richard Gere in from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3Ixu53E

Mumbai airport continued to stay ahead of Bengaluru’s to retain its rank as the second busiest in the country after Delhi in 2021. Between January and December, Mumbai airport handled 1.9 crore passengers on about 1.6 lakh flights while the one at Bengaluru followed with 1. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/35lYm7i