Mumbai News Updates: Maharashtra logs 4,505 Covid-19 cases, 68 deaths

The municipal corporation here is working towards conducting 24x7 vaccination drives in the coming days, said Mayor Naresh Mhaske. Talking to TOI, Mhaske informed that the Thane civic administration is equipped with the infrastructure to start round the clock immunization provided there is a steady supply of the vaccine. Read more...

As many as 159 drunken motorists and their co-passengers were booked by the Thane traffic police following a surprise drive on the Gatari weekend in the city and suburbs, the traffic police informed, on Monday. Read more...

A man who had concealed drugs inside his intestine was nabbed at Mumbai international airport on Monday, a Narcotics Control Bureau official said. Read more...

In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old Navi Mumbai girl, who passed her SSC exams last week, strangulated her 40-year-old mother to death with a karate belt after a tiff over her studies, police said on Monday.

A cell phone along with a bundle of wires, adhesives and an electric circuit board was spotted in the Adharwadi district jail, the police informed. According to the Khadakpada police that registered a case in the incident which was reported last Friday, a prison staff, during a routine inspection of the premises, suspected some contraband to have sneaked inside the barracks following which a surprise check was conducted after alerting senior officials. Read more...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced that people who have received both vaccine shots will be allowed to board local trains from August 15. The Times of India spoke to a few commuters. Here is what they have to say on the decision. Watch the video here...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday submitted before a special court here draft charges under stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the IPC against 15 accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case of 2018.

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) shares the list of Covid-19 vaccination centres that will be administering the doses on Tuesday.

Maharashtra on Monday reported 4,505 new Covid-19 positive cases and 68 fatalities while 7,568 patients recovered, a health department official said. Read more...

Mumbaikars offer prayers from outside temples as the holy month of Shrawan begins today. Take a look...

The fish market in Dadar was demolished on Monday. TOI Photo: Sanjay Hadkar

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) said that there will be no Covid-19 vaccination at TMC centres on Tuesday.

On the 79th anniversary of the historic Quit India movement today, when Mahatma Gandhi had given the clarion call of 'Karo ya maro' (Do or die), the Mumbai based social worker and activist, Dr Nandini Kulkarni, recalls how her parents -- D P Karmarkar and Shantabai Karmarkar -- had also participated in this freedom movement and were subsequently imprisoned at Dharwad. Read more...

Devotees offer prayers to Lord Shiva from outside Shree Omkareshwar Mandir at Borivali in Mumbai on the first day of the holy month Shrawan on Monday. TOI Photo: Uma Kadam

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) said that Thane city reported 49 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the overall tally to 1,36,238. However, one person with co-morbidities succumbed to the infection.

Thane district collector Rajesh Narvekar has directed officials of Murbad taluka to immediately extend basic facilities and benefits of government welfare schemes to a poor tribal widow. Read more...

Passenger traffic at the city airport surged 59 per cent sequentially to hit 1.1-million-mark in July, as the airlines deployed higher capacity on domestic routes amid easing travel restrictions, a Mumbai Airport spokesperson said on Monday. Read more...

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar pays tribute to martyrs as the Quit India movement clocked 79 years today