Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra unit of the Congress party have upped the ante on actor Kangana Ranaut’s comments equating Mumbai with Pakistani-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by attacking the actor and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has been defending it. Sena leader Sanjay Raut said the political party backing Ranaut for …
Read More »Covid-19: positivity rate doubles among healthcare workers in Delhi, Telangana and Maharashtra
The rate of positivity for the coronavirus among healthcare workers in three states _ Telangana, Maharashtra and Delhi _ is double or more than the rate in the general population, according to data shared by the union health ministry on Thursday. The positivity rate reflects the proportion of people who …
Read More »Maharashtra Governor Allows Seniors to Take Online Exams, Says Minister Uday Samant
Image for representation. He said that the state government will ask the University Scholarship Commission (UGC) to extend the existing deadline for taking exams from late September to late October, adding that the harshness of the exams will also be reduced. PTI Mumbai Last update: September 3, 2020 7:53 PM …
Read More »Covid-19: Maharashtra adds a record of 18,105 cases; recoveries top 6 lakh | Mumbai News
MUMBAI: Maharashtra reported 18,105 new Covid-19 cases, the highest count in a single day so far, bringing its count to 8,43,844 on Thursday, a health department official said. The state also reported 391 deaths, bringing the death count to 25,586, it said. Maharashtra had reported 17,433 new cases of Covid-19 …
Read More »Maharashtra reports highest jump in a single day for the third day in a row; Mumbai tally exceeds 1.50 lakh
Mumbai: Maharashtra reported the highest peak in a single day for the third day in a row with 18,105 new cases of coronavirus Thursday. The state bill is now up to 8,43,844. Additionally, 391 people succumbed to the infection, accounting for the death toll due to COVID-19 in the state …
Read More »Sushant Singh Rajput admitted to hospital, said “scared all the time”: Doctor
Sushant case: Doctor said he had noted evidence of severe anxiety plus depression (Archive) Mumbai: Sushant Singh Rajput was admitted to hospital in November 2019 after his manager, Shruti Modi, said he urgently needed treatment, one of the doctors who treated the actor in his final months told Mumbai police. …
Read More »Maharashtra Corona Cases Update: Maharashtra Over 8 Lakh Count Beats Fifth Most Affected Country | Mumbai News
MUMBAI: Maharashtra reported its biggest single-day increase of 17,433 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing its total to 8.25,739. As of Tuesday, the state had added 15,765 new cases and 320 deaths, bringing its count to 8,08,306. It took the state seven days to go from 7 lakh to 8 lakh …
Read More »In another letter to Uddhav Thackeray, Fadnavis questions Mumbai Covid testing strategy
The leader of the opposition in Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, on Wednesday sent another letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, asking him to increase the number of Covid-19 tests that are being carried out in Mumbai. The former prime minister has written more than 10 such letters in the last five …
Read More »Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Center Issues Standard Operating Procedures for Testing During a Pandemic
India once again registered more than 78,000 new cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the national count to 37,69,524, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The number of active cases reached 8.01.282 and hospital discharges stood at 29.01.908, a gap of 21.00.626. The death toll reached 66,333 after 1,045 people …
Read More »Maharashtra Unlock 4 Starts Today: Here’s What’s Allowed, What’s Not
The guidelines for the fourth relaxation phase of the Covid-19 lockdown issued by the Maharashtra government go into effect on Wednesday, one day after the conclusion of the Ganpati festival. Even as the Maharashtra government Vikas Aghadi (MVA) led by Uddhav Thackeray has announced major relaxations in this phase (called …
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