A Scorpio SUV with the explosive substance was found near Mukesh Ambani’s home. Mumbai: An abandoned vehicle with explosive material was found near the home of business tycoon Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai on Thursday, Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said in a bomb scare just meters from where India’s richest …
Read More »Mass fire in Mumbai Godown, 16 fire trucks at the scene
The images show a huge cloud of black smoke billowing out of the building. Mumbai: A large fire broke out at a junkyard in the suburbs of Mankhurd on Friday, in which a 40-year-old fire officer was slightly injured during the firefighting operation, authorities said. The fire broke out in …
Read More »Mumbai, Thane, Mira Bhayander and Pune Residents Test Positive for New Coronavirus Strain
People returning from the UK taking flights to airports outside of Maharashtra; then traveling to Mumbai to avoid quarantine: CMO Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope shared on Monday that eight people have been found in Maharashtra carrying the new strain of coronavirus. Of the eight people, five are from …
Read More »Hours before her murder at Khar’s New Years Eve party, a teenager had called her friends in tears
MUMBAI: Not long before her murder At the beginning of January 1, teenager Jhanvi Kukreja had called two of her friends separately, through tears. Police are now trying to piece together the sequence of events between these phone calls and the discovery of Kukreja’s body at 2.30pm. Kukreja (19) was …
Read More »Bombay in 2020: a year in pictures
2020 will become the year that the city that never sleeps came to a sudden stop. When the “locals” weren’t running and crematoria were as busy as train stations. Of small weddings and smaller funerals. No dabbawallahs or bhelpuri posts. Learning from home and online for those lucky enough to …
Read More »All Mumbai schools closed until Jan 15: BMC – mumbai news
All schools in Maharashtra’s Mumbai will remain closed until January 15, 2021, the ANI news agency reported citing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), as a precautionary measure to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid- 19) in the city. The civic body had decided in November to keep all …
Read More »No new COVID-19 case in Dadar for the first time since April
Mumbai: In a major development, Dadar did not report any new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, for the first time since April 30. According to information shared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the number of Dadar cases now stands at 4,750, while the number of active cases stands at …
Read More »From the Mumbai Police, a message about the night curfew
Mumbai night curfew runs until January 5. Bombay: All essential activities, businesses and even travel with certain conditions will be allowed during the night curfew in Mumbai, police said Wednesday, listing the rules for renewed restrictions in the country’s financial capital. “Mumbaikars, the curfew is for your safety and health …
Read More »There is no RT-PCR test on arrival, but institutional quarantine is required for passengers coming from the UK
In the wake of a new strain of coronavirus emerging in the UK, the Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai on Monday issued quarantine guidelines for passengers arriving from the country. Upon arrival, no RT-PCR test will be performed. However, the RT-PCR test will be carried out during the fifth to seventh …
Read More »Nighttime curfew in Maharashtra from tomorrow until January 5; Mandatory institutional quarantine for those traveling from Europe, the Middle East
The Uddhav Thackeray government has decided to impose night curfew in Maharashtra for the next 15 days. The state government announced Monday that a nightly curfew will be imposed from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. from Tuesday night (December 22). The government has imposed 14 days of mandatory institutional quarantine …
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