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Hours after the Centre issued fresh Unlock 3.0 guidelines on Wednesday, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray green-lighted reopening of malls and market complexes starting August 5 from 9 am to 7 pm from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/33aIpO2

Wednesday was dry with only light rains recorded a day after significant rain was received in many pockets of the city on Tuesday. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/39EG7YF

A special court on Wednesday granted NIA seven-day custody of Delhi University associate professor Hany Babu MT (54) in Elgar Parishad case. Arrested on Tuesday, Babu will be in custody till August 4. He is the 12th accused to be taken into custody in the case. NIA sought police custody for 10 days. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XaE0Hc

The 100-year-old British-era bridge at Reay Road will be demolished to make way for cable-stayed one with an iconic design and more lanes. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XbjA0F

The city on Tuesday logged 700 new cases, its lowest in 77 days. BMC commissioner IS Chahal had earlier said it was the lowest daily addition in 100 days, but later corrected it. In another positive sign for the city, active cases dropped below 20,000 for the first time since May 29. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3f5klP7

Breaking its “all-time” record for the month of July, the Santacruz observatory reported 1,474mm rainfall till Tuesday evening. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/39I0ioH

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A police study has concluded that the general poor health of cops is the root cause of the large number of Covid deaths among the Mumbai constabulary as compared to other government units, barring health workers. The police department has recommended that younger personnel from the constabulary should be deployed for frontline Covid duty, in containment zones and hospitals, as their recovery rate is better than that of older cops. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2X55AW2

The NMMC reported an average daily of 306 Covid-positive cases in 13 days from July 16 to 28. On Tuesday itself, 320 cases were reported, taking the total cases to 14252. Also, eight deaths on Tuesday, took the toll to 402. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/30W1v7N

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(This story originally appeared in Mumbai Mirror on July 28, 2020) from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/32X0yPn

From the 2 lakh Covid-19 cases that Maharashtra added in its first 26 days of July, Mumbai's contribution was merely 15.7%. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fa2S7T

Imagine a flat in Goregaon for Rs 30 lakh when an affordable home in Mumbai is priced at a minimum Rs 1 crore. The first-ever affordable housing scheme in the city under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY) is set to make this a reality. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3f6l02G

A long-pending proposal mooted by elected representatives of the island city is set to be approved at the next cabinet meeting following the collapse of Bhanushali building in Fort last week. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/30TJved

Nearly 2,000 healthcare workers in the city who stepped up to fight Covid in the thick of the pandemic are now battling civic apathy as they await salaries, promised hikes and incentives. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gj2yp7

More than four years after its demolition, work is being expedited for rebuilding Hancock bridge, a major east-west connector between Dongri and Mazgaon which is slated to be open for public use by December. On Sunday, Central Railway undertook a nearly six-hour megablock on the CSMTChinchpokli suburban corridor for laying girders across tracks by BMC-appointed contractors. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2D3Lx3j

Billionaire industrialist Cyrus Poonawalla is believed to have agreed to set aside 60K vials of Covid-19 vaccine exclusively for the Parsi community. His son Adar, CEO and owner of Serum Institute of India, in response to a tweet, said, "Our production capacity of just one day will be enough to cover every Parsi on the planet.. given the size of our community!” from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WYkltI

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The state is likely to extend the capping on hospital charges and rates for Covid and non-Covid treatment in private hospitals for another three months. The scheme that allowed local authorities to take control of 80%beds in private hospitals and regulate treatment costs expires on August 31. from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2CGcXMZ

Two siblings from Ambivali near Kalyan, along with a 17-year-old close relative, allegedly bludgeoned their 50-year-old uncle and grandmother to death with bamboos during an exorcism on the behest of a self-proclaimed godman on Saturday. Police have arrested Kavita (27) and Vinayak Tare (22), the teenager, and the ‘godman’, Surendra Patil (35). from Mumbai News & Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BCPYSs