Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra reports 4,797 Covid-19 cases, 130 deaths

Police here have arrested the operator of a drug de-addiction centre for the murder of a liquor addict, an official said on Sunday. The centre is being run at the defence colony near Bhopura, where Bharat Bhushan, also called Shanky, a resident of Sadar Bazar in Delhi, was admitted by his father Prem Chand on July 18. (PTI)

Mumbai reported 267 coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, taking the city's infection count to 7,39,336, while four deaths pushed the toll to 15,989, civic authorities said. Notably, this is the seventh day in a row when the number of new cases in the megalopolis remained under 300. (PTI)

The residents of Candida CHS in Vashi, sector 9A, have complained to the police about an attempted housebreaking theft in their complex, in which the unsuccessful thief was caught on one of their CCTV cameras in the wee hours. Read more...

In a significant move to arrest large-scale corruption in housing societies in the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR), the state cooperatives commissioner in Pune has directed his Konkan region joint registrar to conduct a thorough inquiry of around 462 administrators who have been appointed temporarily to various societies in the absence of elections or management committees for a long time now. Read more...

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 4,797 new Covid-19 cases and 130 fatalities while 3,710 patients recovered, the state health department said.With the new additions, the tally of cases in Maharashtra reached 63,92,660 and the death toll to 1,35,039, it said. Read more...

A teen boy who was attacked last week in Goregoan in Mumbai died in a civic hospital on Sunday, police said.A Dindoshi police station official identified the boy as Arif Sheikh (18) and said accused Avinash Pawar, his father Margapa and mother Nagubai had been arrested, while others involved were on the run. Read more...

A 33-year-old man was arrested from Diva in the Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly driving his 26-year-old wife to end her life due to dowry harassment, police said on Sunday. Read more...

A fire broke out in a room on the 15th floor of a highrise building in the Byculla area of South Mumbai on Sunday."The fire broke out in a room on the 15th floor of Amina Hight building near Agripada Police Station of Byculla on Sunday evening," informed Mumbai fire services.

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A 'no helmet, no petrol' drive was launched in Nashik in Maharashtra by state minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday as part of the 75th Independence Day celebrations, police said. Read more...

The first run of Vistadome coach on Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen on Independence Day was met with an overwhelming response, with the entire coach fully booked for two days.

Mumbai local train services resumed for people who have taken both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from Sunday, after a gap of four months.Passengers were restricted from commuting in local trains in the first week of April after the second wave of coronavirus pandemic. Read more...

49-year-old man has been arrested from Mumbai in a 2019 case of allegedly duping 27 Haj pilgrims, police in Maharashtra's Latur said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Irshad Mehamud Ali Mir, a resident of Aurangabad, was arrested on Friday, they said.He was produced before a court on Saturday, which remanded him in three-day police custody, inspector Sunilkumar Pujari said.

With 267 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the total number of positive cases in Mumbai city reached 7,39,336. Four people with co-morbidities succumbed to the virus.

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence along with the help of Chennai Zonal Unit Officers on Sunday arrested three persons in Mumbai involved in the smuggling of gold. Read more...

One of the largest Ganeshotsav mandals of Mumbai, GSB Wadala, will celebrate the festival only on Ganesh Chaturthi (September 10), instead of 11 days this year, due to pandemic constraints. Read more...

A health worker collects a swab sample from travellers as a precaution against COVID-19 as they arrive at Dadar railway station on Sunday. TOI Photo: Sanjay Hadkar

As many as 9,973 patients have been recovered/discharged from hospitals till date. Presently, there are 43 active cases in Mahim. Read more...