Maharashtra news live: Two Pune-Mumbai inter-city trains from this week
On a day when the state reported a surge in daily detections of new Covid-19 cases, the state cabinet had a discussion on the Delta plus variant cases found in the state and ministers were of the opinion that the five level unlock plan that allows for considerable opening up should be reviewed. After a gap of one week, the state reported over10,000 cases. As many as10,066 cases were reported in the state. Jalgaon village, which had seven cases of Delta-plus variant of Covid-19, is among the 1,425 villages in the district that are devoid of Covid-19 patients at present, zilla parishad CEO B N Patil said. The Central Railway has decided to resume the operations of Pune-Mumbai Deccan Queen and Deccan Express trains this week. Stay with us for all live updates from across Maharashtra.Read Less
2 Pune-Mumbai inter-city trains from this week
The Central Railway has decided to resume the operations of Pune-Mumbai Deccan Queen and Deccan Express trains this week. “After relaxations of the Covid-induced restrictions in the state, the demand for these trains has increased. So, the services are being resumed. Both these trains were suspended because of lack of passengers,” an official with the Pune railway division said.
The price of petrol & diesel in Mumbai is at Rs 103.89 per litre and Rs 95.79 per litre respectively today (ANI)
Maharashtra govt to again move SC, urges SEC to put off elections
A day after the State Election Commission (SEC) announced the dates for byelections to five zilla parishad and 33 panchayat samiti seats, state government has decided to write to the SEC requesting it to postpone the elections, while cabinet minister and OBC leader Chhagan Bhujbal said the state government will also file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its decision to strike down OBC reservations in local bodies.
Bombay high court on Wednesday reserved its order on Maharashtra home department's plea seeking removal of certain portion from CBI FIR in connection with alleged corruption case against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh and others. (ANI)
Over 10,000 detections reported after one-week gap, Maharashtra toll reaches 1,19,303
On a day when the state and Mumbai reported a surge in daily detections of new Covid-19 cases, the state cabinet had a discussion on the Delta plus variant cases found in the state and ministers were of the opinion that the five level unlock plan that allows for considerable opening up should be reviewed.
Covid-19: Daily infections surpass recoveries in Pune Metropolitan Region after a month
The number of Covid-19 cases (1,199) exceeded recoveries (984) after almost a monthand-a-half in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) on Wednesday. Both Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal areas, as well as the rural and Cantonment limits, added more patients than discharges in the last 24 hours. While the PMC areas added 283 patients and 255 recoveries, the PCMC limits added 241 new cases and 94 discharges. In the case of rural and Cantonment areas, 635 patients were declared cured as against 675 new cases.
Maharashtra: OBC quota issue may delay municipal battle of ballots
The Supreme Court’s recent order disallowing political reservations for the Other Backward Class (OBC) community may delay municipal polls across the state, including the city. Nearly 30% seats in the municipal corporations predominantly have voters from the OBC community. The state election commission’s announcement to hold the zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections was opposed by the leaders belonging to the OBC category. READ MORE
ICMR studying vaccine efficacy against fresh Delta-plus variant
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is currently examining the efficacy of the current vaccines on the emerging Delta-plus variant of Covid-19. The union health ministry classified it as a variant of concern on Tuesday. READ MORE
Maharashtra sees new high of 6.1 lakh doses, over 1 lakh in Mumbai third day in row
Maharashtra administered 6,14,667 Covid-19 vaccine doses till late Wednesday night, topping its previous day’s record of 5.55 lakh shots. Mumbai, too, vaccinated over 1 lakh people for the third day in a row. The state has so far administered 2.9 crore doses—2.4 crore have got one dose and 56.8 lakh both. READ MORE