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The most common question being asked in the city is where can one get oneself tested for the novel coronavirus. People want testing to be available at their neighborhood diagnostic laboratories, but given the recent emergence of the virus, there are not enough probes and kits to be distributed. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/38Mokg0

Three persons tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday—one each in Mumbai, Thane and Pune—taking the count of infected individuals in the state to 14. The Mumbai patient is a 64-year-old man who had travelled to Dubai and is now in ICU. State officials said his condition is serious. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2w2gCRO

FDA carried out raids between Wednesday and Thursday on companies making fake sanitizers that offered no real germ-killing properties. The teams found that several herbal products have flooded the market. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/33iKFAP

Those arrested include bank director Jasvinder Singh Banwait (56) and two valuers - Shripad Jere (43) and Vishwanath Sridhar Prabhu (57).This takes the total number of arrests in this case to 15 so far. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QcoJCe

A special POCSO Act court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a 43-year-old man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his minor daughter over six years. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2U2pO0r

An elderly couple became the first novel coronavirus patients of the city when they tested positive for the virus at Kasturba Hospital on Wednesday. The 70-year-old male and his 68-year-old wife had travelled to Dubai with the Pune couple who tested positive on Tuesday. The couple is in the quarantine facility at Kasturba and seem stable, said BMC officials. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IC7dDa

After trapping gangster Ejaz Lakdawala by arresting his daughter Shifa alias Sonia, the city police are now trying to build similar pressure on another fugitive gangster, Prasad Pujari. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/33h6Szh

Two men were arrested on Wednesday, eight months after they killed a 30-year-old woman from Powai and dumped her body in Kalwa's Kharegaon creek on July 20, 2019. Deepali Yadav's (30) decomposed body was found around one-and-a-half km from Malvani shore, around 50km away, on August 7, 2019, and a murder case was registered by Malvani police. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TXs2hD

With year-end exams on or coming up soon, most city schools have already begun to follow the Unicef advisory on Covid-19 care in schools. The UN body recently issued an advisory to prevent and control the virus through instructions, including social distancing and exploring the use of online education in case of a shutdown. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cR4Qu3

A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court on Monday convicted and sentenced a 49-year-old maulvi (religious teacher) to six years' rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing his 9-year-old student several times over a month in 2018. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/39FTiIj

A relationship manager with a private bank's mutual fund department and his six accomplices have been arrested for allegedly trying to secure a loan against a fake Rs 50-crore fixed deposit receipt. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aL9tnw

A water valve operator from Thane allegedly bit off a private bus driver's ear on Tuesday, when the latter refused to give him a tip for Holi. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2IOiDUF

Three months after a 46-year-old city-based businessman was arrested for indulging in "wife-swapping" and allowing three of his friends to rape his 39-year-old wife on different occasions, a sessions court has rejected the businessman's bail plea. The court observed that it appeared that the businessman had used his wife to fulfil his fantasies and made her a victim of his lust in ways that no ordinary husband would have. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2W4mVPk

The School Bus Owners' Association on Sunday announced that it will likely hike bus fees from the new academic year by around 12-15%. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aFl33M

(This story originally appeared in MumbaiMirror on March 9, 2020) from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2v8WmgY

In a case of train bullying, a 33-year-old commuter suffered a leg fracture after being badly beaten up by two co-travellers in a moving train late on Friday. Kurla GRP arrested the duo, Vasant Palekar and Santosh Karanje, 22, on charges of assault. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QeqKOr

Thirty-three-year-old Gauri Mahadik, widow of Major Prasad Mahadik, on Saturday joined the Indian Army as a Lieutenant after the passing-out ceremony from the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PWKllQ

A construction worker killed his co-worker by pushing him down four floors into the empty lift duct of an under-construction building over a trivial argument.The incident occurred at Malad (east) late on Friday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Iu9YGq

Builders are finding few takers for large, luxury apartments, but there is still a sliver of high net worth buyers quietly picking up high-end properties in Mumbai. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2TwFkmi

A woman police officer escaped a bid on her life days after she had foiled a bid to hack into a bank account of Tata Sons. Seven men were nabbed from Nalasopara last Monday for allegedly trying to siphon off Rs 200 crore from the company's bank account, the police said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Live Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aD4a9H