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(This story originally appeared in MumbaiMirror on February 26, 2021) from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dMz983

Mumbai’s largest slum cluster Dharavi on Friday reported 16 Covid-19 cases — a steep rise from the single digit cases it was logging over the past few days. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sxHsJk

Mumbai's Versova police recently arrested a 32-year-old widow for allegedly stealing gold ornaments weighing 50 tola worth around Rs 13 lakh from the house of an elderly woman in Andheri (West) on November 30 last year. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/37MGsbZ

Bombay high court on Friday upheld a 2019 conviction of a Mumbai police officer Shivaji Narawane in a 2013 case of the murder of the son of his alleged ‘paramour’ but acquitted the woman, Nanda Zodge. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bGiGQ7

A special PMLA court today declared late drug smuggler Iqbal Memon alias Mirchi's wife, Hajra, and their two sons, Asif and Junaid, fugitive economic offenders and said that their properties will be seized. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aVTeHi

BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar on Friday said the party will not allow the Budget session of the Maharashtra legislature to run smoothly unless Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod stepped down. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dLb0il

The Naya Nagar police of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police in Mumbai arrested a 30-year-old man who ran a "recruitment firm" for duping a youth from Punjab of Rs 1.4 lakh by giving him a fake Covid-19 negative report without taking the swab to travel abroad for a lucrative job in Gulf. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dOmSjJ

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Rear Admiral B Sivakumar took over as Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard, Mumbai from Rear Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan on February 24. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sx1WSu

Mumbai's Versova police recently arrested a 32-year-old widow for allegedly stealing gold ornaments weighing 50 tola worth around Rs 2.1 lakh from the house of an elderly woman in Andheri (West) on November 30 last year. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pUf5D5

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Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi reiterated that only devotees with prior appointment will be permitted darshan at Angarki Chaturthi on March 2. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PeYsph

The Maharashtra state cooperative appellate court has said a tenant or a leave and licence holder has the right to park their car in the space allotted to a member on the society premises. It has “temporarily restrained” a cooperative housing society at Nepeansea Road from preventing a flat owner from allowing a person who had rented his flat to use his parking slot, reports Swati Deshpande. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ssh4Ad

With the BMC facing a major financial crisis, it is now looking at one of its biggest land banks to bail itself out. The BMC will monetise its octroi nakas by converting these into commercial and transport hubs and raise revenue from this. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3usdat0

Terminal 1 in Vile Parle, which has not handled passengers for about a year now, will reopen for domestic flights next month. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZSORGI

Fifty-nine-year-old Sitaram Kunte is likely to be appointed chief secretary in place of Sanjay Kumar, who retires on February 28. An IAS officer of the 1985 batch, Kunte will retire on November 30. Kunte is currently additional chief secretary (home). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dVGCSe

Even before the civic body can begin work on ground for revamp of Dadar’s Shivaji Park, the project is mired in political controversy. While the MNS has offered to do the revamp free of cost by getting CSR funds, BJP has trained its guns on the project, terming it selective development. Shiv Sena hit back saying the statements were being made with an eye on the 2022 BMC elections. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sw8SiK

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An abandoned SUV with 20 explosive gelatin sticks and a threatening note was found in south Mumbai near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence Thursday afternoon, raising security concerns around one of India’s most prominent business barons. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uBhLJm

For the second day in a row, the state on Thursday reported over 8,000 cases and the city added over 1,000. Maharashtra reported 8702 cases and 56 fatalities, taking its total caseload to 21,29,821 and death toll to 51,993. Mumbai reported 1,145 cases on Thursday, a day after reporting 1,167 cases, the highest in 119 days. The city’s caseload stood at 3,22,844. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kqxAy2

With the aim of vaccinating 20,000 to 50,000 Mumbaikars every day from March onwards, the BMC on Thursday sent feelers to various private hospitals involved in Covid-19 care about providing shots for the general population. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Mqaj2C

For the next phase of Covid-19 inoculations, prioritise vaccine supply for states and districts that are currently registering a spike in active cases, state officials have requested the Centre. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2O4NIcd

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Maharashtra continued to report over 8,000 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Thursday, which pushed its overall infection count to 21,29,821, a health official said. The state reported 8,702 cases on Thursday, while this number was 8,807 on Wednesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3q2G1kt

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In the wake of rising Covid-19 cases, Siddhivinayak temple Prabhadevi has reiterated that only devotees with prior appointment will be permitted darshan at Angarki Chaturthi March 2. This rule was formulated when religious places reopened after the lockdown. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3uzVICT

The dynamic tests of the prototype of the rake to be used for Metro 2A (Dahisar-DN Nagar) and Metro 7 (Dahisar-Andheri via Western Express Highway) commenced at Charkop depot. The entire trial process is expected to be completed by July after which commercial operations will begin. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3koKPiK

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The Maharashtra police have provided jobs to more than 180 family members of police personnel who died while on duty, including those in fight against coronavirus, DGP Hemant Nagrale said on Thursday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZMyDPr

The Bombay high court on Thursday allowed P V Varavara Rao's lawyer Sathyanarayan to meet him in Nanavati hospital to get his signature on an application seeking permission from the HC to modify his bail conditions. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Msvmlg

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Two yoTwo youngsters were arrested for stealing electronic goods worth Rs 18 lakh from a warehouse in Sakinaka in Andheri east area of Maharashtra capital Mumbai. ungsters were arrested for stealing electronic goods worth Rs 18 lakh from a warehouse in Sakinaka in Andheri east area of Maharashtra capital Mumbai. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pV62C1

Joining the ‘pawri’ trend on social media, the BMC posted an image on Twitter recently, warning Mumbaikars that if their ‘pawri’ flouts Covid norms, the civic body will play “‘pawri’ poopers”. The ‘pawri’ trend went viral after a clip was shared by a Pakistani social media influencer. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kiwvby

Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar’s suicide note mentions the name of the UT’s administrator, Praful Patel of BJP, said Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday. “A seven-time MP committing suicide is a serious issue. We have sent police teams to the MP’s hometown,” he said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bALMAC

The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has offered to carry out the entire Rs 4-crore Shivaji Park revamp free of cost by roping in corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bANh1I

A day after chief minister Uddhav Thackeray asked the state administration to stagger working hours of state secretariat employees to ensure social distance without hampering routine work, the chief secretary issued an order, asking department secretaries to decide on the form of staggered timings at their convenience. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pWBzmV

It’s not because his father has spent the last 11 months tending to Covid and non-Covid patients at Bombay Hospital that Dr Gautam Bhansali’s five-year-old son, Aarav, calls him Superman. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dNsPgC

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(This story originally appeared in Mumbai Mirror on February 25, 2021) from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sqOuPP

As many as 80%-85% of the Covid-19 cases detected daily in the city at present are asymptomatic, municipal commissioner I S Chahal told TOI. On Wednesday, when the city saw almost 1,200 cases, 83% were asymptomatic and none were critical, he added. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2MpVf5a

Oval Maidan, the Grade-I recreational ground in south Mumbai will be shut from February 26 till further notice, as authorities found large crowds gathering over the weekend. Owing to the surge in Covid-19 cases in the city, it was decided to keep the maidan shut as a precautionary measure from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pNlBeR

On a day the Covid-19 daily tally in the city was 1,167, the highest in 119 days, the only silver lining for it was that deaths continued to be in single digits (4). Mumbai’s total toll is now 11,458. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kjfiPj

Laying to rest a long -running debate in oncology, a 20-year study from Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel has proved that clinical breast examination is as effective as mammography to check for breast cancer. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kjfez3

The rise in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra continued unabated on Wednesday with the state reporting 8,807 new infections, taking its total count to 21,21,119, the health department said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kiCnBs

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Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Rathod, whose name is being linked to the death of a woman in Pune, on Wednesday attended the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray here. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bx9lu8

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