Lata Mangeshkar is in ICU. (Express archive photo)Mumbai News Live: Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar’s health condition has deteriorated again and she is on a ventilator and critical, says Dr Pratit Samdhani of Breach Candy hospital who is treating her. He said that she is in ICU and is under observation. She was taken off ventilator last week. Mangeshkar 92 was admitted to Breach Candy in first week of January after she contracted Covid-19.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday that the as Covid-19 cases continue to decline, the infection is likely to reach an endemic stage by March. The third wave might get over by the second or third week of March, he added.
Maharashtra on Friday recorded 13,840 fresh novel coronavirus cases — a drop of 1,412 from a day ago — and 81 related fatalities. With this, the state’s cumulative tally reached 77.82 lakh, while the death toll increased to 1.42 lakh. Mumbai recorded 846 new cases and 7 deaths.
Meanwhile, President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Maharashtra from February 10 to 13 and inaugurate the renovated Darbar Hall at the Raj Bhavan on February 11. The inauguration was scheduled for December 8 but was postponed due to the death of General Bipin Rawa.
With the gradual drop, the active cases which were 2,44,344 on January 29 fell to 1,44,011 on February 4.
Reliance Jio's telecom services have been affected since Saturday morning in the financial capital, with many users complaining of inability to connect calls.
The problem was first reported at 12 noon across the city with users complaining of getting a message saying a subscriber is not registered on the network.
A company official admitted to a technical glitch and added that efforts are on to restore the same. The exact reason for the issues was not immediately known.
As a result, many users had to depend on alternatives like the calling feature in the popular messaging app, Whatsapp, to speak with others. (PTI)
Ex-Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta Fadnavis on Saturday claimed that three per cent divorces in Mumbai take place due to traffic jams.
"I'm saying this as common citizen. Once I go out I see several issues including potholes and traffic. Due to traffic, people are unable to give time to their families and three percent divorces in Mumbai are happening due to it," she said.
The condition of singer Lata Mangeshkar has detoriated again and she is on a ventilator and critical, said Dr Pratit Samdhani of Breach Candy hospital who is treating her. He said that she is in ICU and is under observation. She was taken off ventilator last week. Mangeshkar, 92, was admitted to Breach Candy in first week of January after she contracted Covid-19.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed MLA Ashish Shelar to head its election management committee for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.
The decision was taken at a meeting held by Opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis and Mumbai BJP chief Mangal Prabhat Lodha, and comes shortly after the Shiv Sena declared that Cabinet Minister Aaditya Thackeray will lead the party’s efforts ahead of the BMC polls. Former education minister Shelar represents the Bandra (West) constituency in the state Assembly and is known for his aggressive posturing against the Thackerays.
Reliance Jio networks are reportedly down in the Mumbai telecom circle. A number of people have reported that calls to and from Reliance Jio numbers are simply unable to connect.
Many Jio users on Twitter have reported that they are unable to make any cellular calls at the moment with their Jio numbers. Meanwhile those with non-Jio numbers have are also reportedly unable to patch a call to those with Jio numbers.
Affected regions reportedly include all of suburban Mumbai as well as regions of Thane like Kalyan and Dombivli.
Four persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Shiv Sena functionary in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra, police said on Friday. Sunil Divre (40), a gram panchayat member of Bhambh Raja village and husband of the present sarpanch, was first assaulted with an axe and then shot dead outside his house on Thursday evening, an official said. (With PTI)
An offence was registered against spiritual leader Bandya Tatya Karadkar for his alleged comments against NCP leader Supriya Sule and BJP's Pankaja Munde during an agitation in Maharashtra's Satara district, police said on Friday. Karadkar had on Thursday staged a protest against the state government's decision to permit sale of wine in supermarkets and grocery shops. During the agitation, the spiritual leader allegedly made some statements about Sule and Munde, an official from Satara police said.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Friday that the as Covid-19 cases continue to decline, the infection is likely to reach an endemic stage by March. The third wave might get over by the second or third week of March, he added.
He said the state, which was reporting 48,000 cases per day during the third wave which started some weeks ago, was now seeing the tally increase by 15,000 daily, adding that the infection curve was flattening in major cities like Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Raigad.
A day after the Maharashtra state board announced that exams will be held offline as per the declared schedule, it released a list of helpline numbers for all the nine divisions to resolve exam-related queries that one might have. With several student-friendly measures to be implemented this year, the board announced separate helpline for all nine divisions. The list of helplines shows that board officials have been roped in for the work.
In the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said students, teachers and parents may have several questions regarding offline board examinations. These division-wise helplines are to resolve all such queries, said officials. Along with landline numbers for each division, the board has also announced cellphone numbers of concerned officials.
With the flattening of the pandemic curve in the third wave, the state’s Covid-19 caseload dropped to 13,840 on Friday with 81 deaths. Active Covid cases in the state have dropped by 41% in the last seven days. Friday’s numbers were a drop of 9.25 per cent from 15,252 a day ago.
With the gradual drop, the active cases which were 2,44,344 on January 29 fell to 1,44,011 on February 4. A day after recording 827 cases on Thursday, the daily caseload in Mumbai rose marginally to 846 on Friday. Compared to Thursday, when 36,082 tests were conducted, the testing increased to 44,323 on Friday.