Mumbai News Live: Vaccination at only two centres in Kalyan-Dombivli

During the day, 107 people were discharged from hospitals post making a full recovery. READ MORE

The vaccination will take place at Acharya Atre Rangmandir in Kalyan (W) and Savitribai Phule Natyagriha in Dombivali (East). READ MORE

The infected persons, including a jail staffer, have been shifted to a Covid-19 centre in Nehuli village, around 4 km from Alibaug city, for treatment, the official added. READ MORE

The inmates and jail staffers were administered Covid-19 tests on Monday, following which 68 prisoners tested positive for the infection, the jail superintendent said. Read More

With many office-bearers of BJP from Beed district in Maharashtra resigning in protest against local MP Pritam Munde not finding a place in the newly-reshuffled Union cabinet, her sister and BJP national secretary Pankaja Munde on Tuesday dismissed reports that she was using any "pressure tactics" even as she hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda as her leaders.Addressing BJP workers who came to Mumbai from Munde's home turf Beed and other parts of the state, Pankaja invoked the epic Mahabharata saying the time is not ripe for a "dharmayudha" and gave reference of the righteous demands made by the Pandavas and how they were rejected by the Kauravas. Full story here

A trial court here has granted bail to Dhanesh Vrajlal Sheth, the managing director of three firms accused in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case and a close aide of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi.Sheth's lawyer Vijay Aggarwal argued during the case hearing on Monday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was trying to "fire from the shoulder of the judge".He said that in this matter a supplementary charge sheet was filed by the CBI, summons were issued by the court and cognizance was taken on June 15 this year. Full story here

With no relief from the skyrocketing fuel prices, the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) on Tuesday protested against the BJP-led government in a rather unusual manner.Instead of just carrying placards and raising slogans, several party workers gathered at the Teen petrol pump in the city along with a dummy boat.The boat also featured a message that read, "Don't get washed away in BJP jumla rains."The workers also protested against the rise in the price of LPG cylinders.However, social distancing and Covid-19 norms were flouted during the protest. Most of the protesters were seen with their masks hanging down their chins.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday submitted to the Bombay High Court the medical records of Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, an 84-yar-old accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case who died in a hospital here while being in judicial custody last week awaiting a medical bail. Chief public prosecutor Aruna Pai told a bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar that the state had submitted "a compilation of Swamy's complete medical records" since the time he was lodged in the Taloja prison as an undertrial. Full story here

Reacting to Nana Patole's statement that Congress will become the number one party in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that Maha Vikas Aghadi allies (Sena-NCP-Congress) run the state government together, but not their respective parties. Patole, who is the president of the Maharashtra unit of Congress, earlier in the day stated that a number of people are "miffed" with the party's progress in the state. Full story here

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Congress leader HK Patil on Tuesday said that party leader Nana Patole's statement regarding Maharashtra politics was misconstrued and was taken out of context."Nana Patole's statement was misconstrued and was taken out of context and that is what it was all a creation of news reports. As he has already clarified his statement, I think things have come to a close," said HK Patil.On NCP and Shiv Sena attacking Nana Patole, Patil said that the parties should not speak such things. "Rajdharma doesn't allow anything which creates inconvenience for the alliance partner," he said.He further said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government is strong and stable while adding that it will deliver well and will continue for the full tenure.

Buckling under pressure from their Hindu community members, parents of a 28-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Nashik district have called off her marriage ceremony with a Muslim man, sources said. In a letter to the community body, the woman's father, a jeweller, said they decided not to go ahead with the July 18 wedding ceremony due to the 'present situation', referring to the protests on social media after the wedding invitation card went viral. Full story here

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said while it was aware of the hardships faced by lawyers in Mumbai, it could not go beyond medical advice and permit them to use the local train services for travelling to work.A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni, however, directed the Maharashtra government to inform the court by July 16 of its decision on whether or not 60 registered judicial clerks of the high court could be permitted to use the trains, since the HC was currently permitting only physical filing of cases.The HC was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations (PILs) seeking permission for lawyers to use the local trains to travel to courts and their offices.

Citizens hurrying to work paused momentarily to glance at a bouquet of flowers with the legend 'Saheb' sticking out of an open manhole on a footpath, here on Tuesday. Many bemused people clicked on their mobile phones the potentially dangerous open gutter-lines without the mandatory protective cover, to warn gullible pedestrians of the risk, highlighted in a peaceful 'Gandhi-giri' style. Full story here

A day after Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole claimed that his movements were under the watch of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies Shiv Sena and NCP, the leader said that his statements were being distorted.He also said that the Opposition BJP in the state was targeting Congress and they will soon face the consequences."Congress is being targeted in the state by BJP. Our statements are being distorted. Congress will become the number one party in the state. Many people are miffed with our progress in the state. BJP will face consequences of fuel price hike and inflation," he said. Full story here

A 61-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide by jumping off from the 7th floor of the building in Mumbai's Borivali area, the police informed."The corpse of the victim has been sent for post mortem. We are waiting for the post-mortem report," the police added.No suicide has been recovered from the site, it added.A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.

Jewellers in Mumbai are not reporting an unusual rise in the number of people coming to pawn or sell their gold ornaments. They say that although the lockdown has certainly caused hardship, citizens are ploughing into their meagre income and savings to make ends meet or fulfil medical expenses. Read more here