Healthcare worker administers Covid vaccine at a centre in Mumbai. (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)Mumbai News: Mumbai on Sunday recorded 27 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 10,57,561. The death toll remained unchanged at 16,693, news agency PTI reported.
So far, 10,37,686 people have recovered from the infection, including 44 in the last 24 hours, leaving the metropolis with 298 active cases.
Continuing with its drive against single-use plastic in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seized 2 lakh kg of the banned material and collected Rs 5.36 crore as penalty amount from hawkers, restaurants, shops and other establishments between June 2018 and January 2022.
The government had banned the use of disposable plastic, including plastic bags, cups, spoons, plates and tiffin containers, among others, in March 2018.
Commuters are now returning to Mumbai’s local trains, nearly two years after the pandemic triggered a virtual abandonment of the country’s largest suburban transport network. The latest government numbers, The Indian Express has learnt, show that the average daily ridership has crossed 60 lakh — this is the highest since the resumption of full-fledged services.
The passenger association of Central Railway has also been demanding a reduction in fares since long. (File)
Mumbai on Sunday recorded 27 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally to 10,57,561, while the death toll remained unchanged at 16,693, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
So far, 10,37,686 people have recovered from the infection, including 44 in the last 24 hours, leaving the metropolis with 298 active cases, he said.
With 16,533 samples examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Mumbai reached 1,64,92,470, BMC data showed.
It also revealed that the city's recovery rate was 98 per cent, while its caseload doubling time stood at 18,821 days. (PTI)
Situated at the southernmost tip of the Carter Road promenade in Bandra, Joggers’ Park – a popular jogging track among residents of the upmarket Bandra area – caters to a dedicated community of athletes, runners, walkers and tourists to the metropolis. Read more
Mumbai police have arrested eight persons for allegedly killing a man in suburban Versova after he refused to pay money to them to buy liquor, an official said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on Friday night at Seven Bungalows locality and the accused were arrested on Saturday, he said.
The deceased was identified as Suraj Sanjay Jhinjhotiya, the Versova police station official said.
'Jhinjhotiya was on his way to his residence in Seven Bungalows locality, when Ravi Singh, who knew the victim, stopped him along with his colleagues and demanded money for liquor. Soon, a heated argument between the victim and others, after which they started hitting him with bamboo sticks. They left the place on seeing the victim lying in a pool of blood,' he said. (PTI)
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut accused the BJP of promoting 'The Kashmir Files' movie with an eye on the forthcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat and Rajasthan, and also alleged that an attempt has been made in the film to suppress several "harsh truths".
In his weekly column 'Rokhthok' in Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', Raut said it was the BJP's promise to ensure the return of displaced Kashmiri Pandits to Kashmir, but the same has not happened despite the abrogation of Article 370, and sought to know whose failure it was.
Raut also labelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being the main promoter of the film. (PTI)
An eight-year-old girl suffered serious burn injuries when boiling-hot oil fell on her during a fight between two puri-bhaaji vendors in suburban Kurla, police said on Saturday.
Waseem Khalil Ansari (31) and Mustakeem Hakim Ansari, who are related, were arrested following the incident.
The Ansaris run a food stall in Kasaiwada area. Two days ago, when Aafseen Sheikh (8) and Munawwar Ali (76) were waiting in front of their stall to buy puri-bhaaji, the Ansaris suddenly started fighting with each other over some domestic issue. One of them banged against the kadai, and boiling hot oil fell on Aafseen and Ali.
The girl received major burn injuries on her face and chest while Ali suffered minor burns, the official said. (PTI)
The Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a fresh notice to Union minister Narayan Rane's family, asking it to remove the "unauthorised" alterations at its Juhu bungalow within 15 days.
In the notice issued on March 16 to BJP leader Rane's wife and son, the BMC said the corporation will demolish the changes and recover charges for the same from the owner if he failed to remove the "unauthorised change of use" works.
On February 21, a team of civic officials had inspected the bungalow named 'Adhish', located in the upscale Juhu area, for the alleged violation of CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) norms. (PTI)
With the addition of six coronavirus positive cases, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 7,08,672, an official said on Sunday.
These cases were reported on Saturday, he said. As nobody succumbed to the infection in the district during the day, the death toll remained unchanged at 11,879. Thane's COVID-19 mortality rate is 1.67 per cent, he added.
In neighboring Palghar district, the caseload grew to 1,63,448, while the fatality count is 3,392, another official said. (PTI)
The BMC has removed 782 abandoned vehicles from the roadside in the last one week across the city. Taking note of complaints from citizens about abandoned vehicles causing hindrance to traffic and day-to-day cleaning of the streets, the BMC decided to intensify the action against such vehicles.
The BMC officials have issued notices to 2,381 vehicle owners to remove their vehicles from roads in 24 administrative wards. Read more
In embarrassing the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government in Maharashtra, Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has weaponised sensitive and confidential information including call data records (CDRs), telephone intercepts, video footage, and even statements made to the police. Such information is normally accessible only to law enforcement agencies.
There have been about half-a-dozen instances over the last one year when Fadnavis “exposed the government” using otherwise classified information. Read more
Continuing with its drive against single-use plastic in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seized 2 lakh kg of the banned material and collected Rs 5.36 crore as penalty amount from hawkers, restaurants, shops and other establishments between June 2018 and January 2022.
The government had banned the use of disposable plastic, including plastic bags, cups, spoons, plates and tiffin containers, among others, in March 2018. Read more
he Maharashtra BJP on Saturday named Satyajit Kadam as its candidate for the Kolhapur North bypoll scheduled for April 12.
The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav in December.
The counting of votes will take place on April 16, while nominations can be filed till March 17 and the last date of their withdrawal is March 28, poll officials said.
Jadhav is a relative of state BJP vice president and former Lok Sabha MP Dhananjay Mahadik. (PTI)
The Gosikhurd National Irrigation Project (GNIP) is unlikely to meet its completion deadline of 2023. The state government’s failure to make higher budgetary allocations for the project will not only delay its completion but also result in cost escalation. Read more
The AIMIM is willing to ally with NCP and Congress, which are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, party MP Imtiaz Jaleel said, adding the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party is not the ‘B’ team of BJP as alleged by mainstream parties. Read more
The statue of the ‘Oldest Parsi in the city’ – the khada parsi at Byculla has been looking over the city perched atop a Corinthian pillar for over 150 years even as its location has been a topic of constant discussion. Having undergone renovation, the heritage structure still awaits inauguration of the lamps that will be powered by gas supply.
The 40-feet tall cast-iron monument located in between the two arms of the Byculla flyover was erected in the memory of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee, an illustrious Parsi of the 19th Century who found one of the first schools for girls in the city – the Alexandra Girls English Institution.
Initially, he had started the girl’s school from his own house and had his own daughters at the staff. Later, the initiative grew and after getting funding, he set up the Alexandra Native Girl’s English Institution. Later, the term ‘Native’ was dropped from the name.
The AIMIM is willing to ally with NCP and Congress, which are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, party MP Imtiaz Jaleel said, adding the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party is not the 'B' team of BJP as alleged by mainstream parties. Jaleel said he spoke about the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen's willingness to tie up when state minister and NCP leader Rajesh Tope visited his residence on Friday. (PTI)
Before he arrived in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on January 12, 1864 as the new Viceroy of India, Lord John Lawrence put in a condition on his accepting the Viceregal office. He was to be allowed to spend the summer months in the hilly town of Simla on account of his failing health.
That year, after spending a few months in the then capital Calcutta, he left for Simla and soon was followed by 484 staff members, including senior members of the Council of Executives. Simla wasn’t yet recognised as the ‘summer capital’ and it was for the first time that the entire government had migrated to the remote Himalayan hill station about 1,200 miles away from Calcutta at a cost of Rs 4 lakh to the exchequer.
The move came under a lot of critical scrutiny – although later it would become an annual affair as Lawrence would continue to shift the government to Simla for six months – and he had to do much justifying for migration of the offices and staff to the hill station. “I believe,” he says in one of his letters to London, “that we will do more work in one day in Simla than five in Calcutta”. Read more.
Here are some glimpses of Holi celebrations across Mumbai.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government in Maharashtra will last a full term and retain power in the 2024 Assembly elections, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said here on Friday.
Raut's comments came a day after former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that as in neighbouring Goa, the BJP will return to power in Maharashtra on its own in the next elections. The MVA is made up of the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Congress. (PTI)
Mumbai on Friday recorded 48 new coronavirus cases and zero pandemic-related fatalities, PTI reported. The caseload in the megapolis rose to 10,57,505 while death toll stood unchanged at 16,693. There are 317 active patients in the city now. As many as 54 patients were discharged from hospitals since previous evening. (PTI)