There are 8,75,56,985 persons have received the first dose, while 6,86,22,647 individuals have received the second dose too. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran)Mumbai News Live: Maharashtra government announced Covid-19 vaccination for children from age group 12-14 years to begin from Wednesday in the state. Corbevax vaccine will be administered in this group as per the Centre.
Mumbai crime branch has declared a deputy commissioner of police as wanted amidst extortion case based on the complaint of angadiyas (traditional couriers) according to officials on Tuesday. An inspector, an assistant inspector and one sub inspector attached to LT Marg police station in south Mumbai have been arrested in the case so far, he added.
A day after Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil claimed that phones of four elected representatives were tapped between 2015 and 2019 in the garb of drug peddlers, three of the four leaders were guarded in their criticism of the then BJP-Sena government between 2014-19 when the tapping took place.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) are planning to extend the existing Eastern Freeway till south Mumbai and further connect it to the west coast of the city.
Tuesday, Guardian Minister Aaditya Thackeray held a meeting with MMRDA chief SVR Shrinivas and municipal commissioner I S Chahal on exploring the possibility of extending the freeway.
Currently, the eastern freeway starts from the Mankhurd-Ghatkopar Link Road and ends at P D Mello Road near Carnac Bunder in South Mumbai. The road has eased out issues of south Mumbai’s connectivity towards the eastern part of the city. Read more
MP Priyanka Chaturvedi raised an important issue in Rajya Sabha of wholesale inflation and was quoted saying, ''...Through this House, I urge the government to take appropriate measures to take away the burden from the common man and curb the rising inflation timely.'
BJP members started protesting against Nawab Malik for his resignation. Malik has been denied interim release by Bombay high court on Tuesday.
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The Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police recently recovered Rs 50,000 lost by a man after a fraudster tricked him into revealing his bank details, which were used to transfer the amount from his bank account to another account. However, the man contacted the MBVV police, who managed to freeze the account and reversed the transaction, recovering all the stolen amount.
The MBVV police have a special WhatsApp number—9004880135—for reporting cybercrimes for the residents of the Thane and Palghar districts which fall under their jurisdiction.
The cyber police of MBVV last week received a complaint from a man who had lost Rs 50,000 to cybercrime. The fraudster impersonated a telecom service provider personnel and asked for the man’s bank details to update the Know Your Customer (KYC) form. The imposter said his mobile number will be blocked if the details are not updated. Read more