Mumbai News LIVE: 45 live cartridges found near a high-rise building in suburban Goregaon

MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Tuesday said it would hear actor Sonu Sood's plea to intervene in a PIL where it was alleged that he hoarded and illegally distributed Remdesivir and Tocilizumab injections following requests on social media. READ MORE

As many as 45 live cartridges were found near a high-rise building in suburban Goregaon, police said on Tuesday. A man who spotted them alerted police on Monday night. The cartridges were of 2.5 MM pistol. A case has been filed against an unidentified person under the Arms Act and police are scanning CCTV footage from the area, an official said.

A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by an unidentified person after they had a scuffle in Mumbai, a police official said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening near the Crawford Market in south Mumbai. Sohail Sayyad Ali alias Shahid, a resident of Masjid Bunder area here, had a fight with the unidentified accused following which the latter allegedly stabbed him in the chest with a knife and fled from the spot, the official said.The victim was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the official said.

The vaccine jabs will be given at 40 centers across the city and except for two centres, all centres will administer only Covaxin doses and each vaccination center will have 100 doses, from 11 am onwards up to 4 pm. READ MORE

For the second day in a row, the Covid-19 vaccination in Navi Mumbai will take place only at three centres due to a shortage of vaccine doses. The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) informed that only Covaxin second shot will be administered to those between the age of 18 to 44, 45 plus, healthcare workers, and frontline workers. READ MORE

MUMBAI: Haemorrhage, sepsis, hypertensive disorders and tuberculosis have for years been the leading causes of maternal mortality in Mumbai. In 2020-21, however, Covid-19 has raced past all to contribute to the biggest share of maternal deaths, according to data from the BMC. READ MORE

Mumbai: In a massive drive carried out almost round-the-clock for the past few days, the number of temporary power disconnections have gone up to 34,247 in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), a media statement issued by the MSEDCL on Tuesday stated. READ MORE

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday said the Mumbai police, probing instances of fake vaccination camps against Covid-19 in the city, must identify the "big fish" in such cases and should not spare them. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni also directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to inform the court about steps that the civic body proposed to take to check those duped by such camps. READ MORE

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray amid speculation in state political circles over differences in Maharashtra's ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance. The meeting came amid rumours that Shiv Sena is considering a patch-up with the BJP, its ally of 35 years. Pawar drove to Varsha, the chief minister's official bungalow in the posh Malabar Hill area in south Mumbai and had a lengthy discussion with Thackeray, said reports.

Senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that the views of Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik and former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh have to be taken into account. Raut made the remark while speaking to the media. Both Sarnaik and Deshmukh are under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate. READ MORE

Total cases 60,51,633, New cases 8,085, Total deaths 1,21,804, Total recoveries 58,09,548, Active cases 1,17,098, Total tests conducted 4,13, 98,501.

Maharashtra reported 8,085 new COVID-19 cases and 231 fatalities on Tuesday, taking its caseload to 60,51,633 and death toll to 1,21,804, the health department said in a release. As many as 8,623 patients were discharged from hospitals in the 24 hours since Monday evening, pushing the number of recovered patients to 58,09,548.Maharashtra's recovery rate of COVID-19 cases is 96 per cent, while the fatality rate stood at 2.01 per cent. There are 1,17,098 active COVID-19 patients in the state.