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A 64-year-old actress said a fraudster siphoned Rs 3.05 lakh from her debit and credit cards. She wanted to order whiskey and found the number of a wine shop on Internet, called up and paid. When she did not get it, she sought a refund. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZyKmof

Directorate Revenue of Intelligence (DRI) seized 3,646 high-end iPhones worth Rs 42.86 crore that were smuggled into the country from Hong Kong, misdeclaring them as memory cards. This is one of the biggest seizures of high-end iPhones in recent times. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3D3rdrW

A troop of monkeys has been gatecrashing homes at Pali Hill. Over the past three days they have been flitting in and out of the sixth floor home of Manju Malhotra, a septuagenarian residing at Sunset Heights. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3FWMHc8

Health is a subject that’s close to my heart and that’s why I think it’s the right pick for making this my first piece in this series. My experience of being a nurse during the Covid period has proved to be invaluable during the pandemic. The experience of working as a nurse at the Nair Hospital during the Covid period has been a big learning. It also enabled me to visit various hospitals during the Covid period to check on the health or patients and take stock of the situation as the city’s mayor as well. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nRKqIP

Sixty-two residents of an old age home in Bhiwandi, including 55 inmates, five staffers and two of their relatives, have tested positive for Covid-19, district health officials informed on Sunday. Another five inmates who are suspected to be infected have also been hospitalised. The area has been declared a containment zone. Importantly, 60 of the 62 infected were fully vaccinated, the health department said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3FZJXL7

Visiting violence-torn Amravati recently, opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis demanded “a ban” on Raza Academy and dared the Maha Vikas Aghadi regime to act against it. “Everyone knows which party's A and B team Raza Academy is. You should check who is in pictures with Raza Academy's people,” he said. The Academy’s members have been seen in pictures with Shiv Sena and Congress leaders. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3payUIc

With a spike in air traffic on non-metro air routes during the pandemic, this year for every two passengers who flew between Mumbai and Delhi, one flew to/ from Goa—up from three for Delhi, one for Goa. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rizRAI

US-based IT firm, Cohesity, and first-time recruiter Glean, are likely to make the coveted US offers on day one of the placement season at IIT Bombay. Cohesity is expected to offer the highest package of Rs 1.46 crore, followed by Glean, that has a package of Rs 1.12 crore on offer. These packages include incentives and stock options. The annual placement season will kick off virtually at all major IITs on December 1. Students are expecting this year’s placements to start on a good note. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/31aLm23

The air intelligence unit of customs on Friday arrested two passengers at the Mumbai International Airport for allegedly smuggling 1.71kg of gold worth Rs 77 lakh. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/31ex2G8

Even as the threat of a new variant looms, Covid-19 cases in November witnessed a 57% drop compared to October and 78% over September in Maharashtra. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3FZvoap

A 32-year-old merchant navy engineer who returned to his Dombivli home from Cape Town via Dubai and Delhi, has tested positive for Covid-19 and his samples will be sent for genome sequencing to check for the new Omicron variant. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ljweGX

Maharashtra saw its highest Sunday turnout in seven weeks with nearly 3 lakh stepping out to get vaccinated. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3D1gwX4

Local train commuters on the Harbour line will be able to travel in air-conditioned (AC) comfort from Wednesday when 12 AC train services will be launched on the line. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3E1sYY4

Covishield and Covaxin jabs can prevent hospitalisation or death that may result from the new Botswana variant Omicron (B.1.1.529), the Covid-19 virus’s most mutated version as yet, virologists and infectious diseases experts have said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/32I0BjZ

A major fire broke out during wedding function at ground in Bhiwandi on Sunday night. Luckily before fire could spread guest present at wedding ground managed to escape from the spot. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rp7UXU

Sixty two inmates of an old age home in Maharashtra's Thane district have tested positive for the coronavirus infection and all of them have been admitted to a civil hospital here, a senior health official said on Sunday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3HYMaYU

A Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation driver attached to the undertaking's Kalyan depot in Thane district was arrested for allegedly throwing a stone at one of its buses, police said on Sunday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3HXppod

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Kongaon in Kalyan for allegedly raping a minor girl, police said on Sunday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cXXp5u

A heavily pregnant woman from Manorama Nagar recently delivered a baby in an ambulance after her family and she were forced to travel several kilometres within the city and Mumbai after being denied admission to government facilities, a Shiv Sena corporator told the Thane House. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/319Bmq5

The two years of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government have been a mixed bag for infrastructure projects as Metro projects lagged behind targets, while the other big-ticket Mumabai Coastal Road project executed by BMC has witnessed steady progress. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3o0xMHQ

While a formal alliance between the two is unlikely for the BMC polls, MNS strategists have said the party may have an ‘understanding’ with the BJP in key areas to defeat Shiv Sena. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cVPS7p

The Congress has demanded that Versova-Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) be named after late actor Dilip Kumar. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3E2Zj0y

With CNG prices hiked to Rs 61.50 from Saturday, taxi and autorickshaw unions in Mumbai metropolitan region have demanded a hike of Rs 4-5 in minimum fare as their fuel expense has shot up by over 30 per cent and will badly hit earnings. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3leZzm6

The state cyber police has warned citizens to be wary of unknown callers as they could bait them for sextortion rackets. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3FUJuJW

The city harbours many secrets. One of them is a vibrant ecosystem spread over 2,000 acres. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nYpcJk

A total of 3010 Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees were suspended while only 18,090 of the total strength of 92, 266 reported for work on Saturday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3FRqUCy

Fifty-seven BMC employees were dismissed or terminated from service after being trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) since 2005. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/310kylK

The state Lokayukta in a suo motu action has taken note of a rise in “bogus doctors” who practise without proper degree and directed commissioners of all municipal corporations and CEOs of zilla parishads to find out names of such doctors who practise within their jurisdiction. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3p3YrCN

Central Goods and Service Tax department arrested a partner of a trading firm and his accountant for allegedly claiming input tax credit of Rs 15.6 crore by submitting fake invoices without supply of goods/services. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nXaJNQ

Amid the pandemic, applications for B-schools in the state have shot up by almost 30% this year. While last year around 43,000 candidates registered for the centralised admission process (CAP) after clearing the state’s entrance test, the numbers have crossed 55,000 this year. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CYZVmL

The Daighar police recently busted a racket giving bogus vaccination certificates without giving jabs and arrested four persons. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/32ESrZH

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A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court that granted bail to the alleged drug supplier of Aryan Khan and Arbaaz Merchant in the cruise liner drug seizure case has observed that barring his statement there is no prima facie evidence to show that he was the supplier of the contraband. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nYReVp

Two men were arrested on Saturday on charges of raping a 24-year-old woman and murdering her. The woman had gone missing on Tuesday from Govandi and her body was found the next evening on the terrace of a vacant 13-storey residential building near Kohinoor Hospital in Kurla (West). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3HZeWZv

In the light of the new Omicron variant isolated in southern African countries, the Maharashtra government will suggest to the Centre that flights from these countries be suspended. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nYNNxW

While the state and city administration got busy with setting up preemptive measures against the new variant of concern, Omicron, detected in southern Africa, the Covid-19 tally continued to drop, with the state registering 889 cases on Saturday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DZTvoT

The Maharashtra government on Saturday issued new rules making full vaccination—14 days since the second dose—mandatory to board any mode of public transport, not just trains, and for entry into most public places such as malls, shops, gatherings, ticketed or non-tickets events and any establishment where the public has the right to services. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DZ5zGI

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The NGO Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) has opposed the "unconstitutional demand" of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for an anti-blasphemy law in India. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZuIjRX

Mumbai on Saturday reported 214 fresh coronavirus positive cases and four deaths, taking the tally to 7,62,399 and the toll to 16,326, a civic official said. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nTRK6W

The Maharashtra government on Saturday issued fresh restrictions and permissions in the state amid concern over the new Covid-19 variant — Omnicron. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/314LCzI

More than 18,000 employees of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) reported to work on Saturday even as the majority continued their strike on the 31st day. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3FPVMDs

Former Maharashtra director general of police and senior security expert D Sivanandan on Friday said a 26/11-like terror attack may happen again as the nature of such attacks had changed. He was speaking at the inauguration of Brahma Research Foundation (BRF), a think tank focusing on public policy and strategic issues impacting India, nationally and internationally “In the 13 years since 26/11 Mumbai attacks, there have been attacks on Indian soil, like the ones in Uri and Pathankot. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3HX0XmO

Dismissed assistant police inspector Sachin Waze told the Justice K U Chandiwal commission on Friday that the last three lines in former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh’s letter to the CM were correct and that he had advised him that irrespective of his apprehensions, he must not fall prey to any pressure and indulge in any illegal act of collection of money for anyone. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3CV6WEX

NCP minister Nawab Malik on Friday submitted before Bombay high court that he was willing to have the November 22 order of a single judge set aside and to not make any public posts or tweets against Dnyandev Wankhede or his son, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede, and family even beyond December 9, till the single-judge bench decides the interim application against him. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ld1h7e

The price of compressed natural gas (CNG) will be hiked by Rs 3.96 per kg, including taxes, from Saturday while the rate of piped cooking gas will go up by Rs 2.57 per unit. The revised price of CNG, including all taxes, in Mumbai metropolitan region from Saturday morning will be Rs 61.50 per kg while piped gas rates will escalate to Rs 36.50 per unit. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nS9b7P

Celebrations have begun as candidates were elected unopposed on four of the six state Legislative Council seats. The four seats where the much anticipated contest between Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and BJP fizzled out are Mumbai’s two seats and Kolhapur and Dhule-Nandurbar seats. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rbS6b9

More than 90% of Thane’s residents who participated in the first-ever sero survey had antibodies to the Covid-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, said a Thane Municipal Corporation report on Friday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xqBr4K

A doctor in Kalyan, who was booked for allegedly buying a newborn from his parents in Dombivli two days ago, has now been booked for running an illegal orphanage. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oXLFpm

The BMC has ordered a vigilance inquiry into allegations of cartelisation in the seven utility trenching tenders worth Rs 569 crore floated earlier this month. The tenders have been put on hold till the vigilance department submits a detailed report. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3D3HwW4