Covid testing in progress at a civic-run clinic in Mumbai. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty)Mumbai News Live: Mumbai on Tuesday recorded a sharp rise in the daily Covid-19 cases with 102 new infections and a daily positivity rate of 1.4 per cent. This is the highest spike in infections since February 27, 2022. The uptick in cases have nearly doubled in the last two days and total infections climbed to 10,59,433. The Covid-19 death toll remained unchanged at 19,562 with no fresh fatality reported.
Meanwhile, after Amravati MP Navneet Rana wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla claiming she was not given water to drink and also faced casteist slurs at Khar police station after her arrest last Saturday, Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey on Tuesday tweeted a video of the parliamentarian and her MLA husband Ravi Rana sipping tea while in police custody.
A problem in the state electricity distribution centre at Padgha in Thane district led to electricity supply failure in many areas of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Kalyan Dombivali, Palghar, Vasai Virar, Ambernath, Kulgaon, Badlapur and other areas. Chandrakant Dange, the joint managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited said that there was a burst in the transmission centre at Padgha which led to power failure in many areas of Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
he Union Home Ministry has sought a factual report from the Maharashtra government over Independent Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana's allegation about her arrest and "inhumane treatment" by the police, officials said. The Amaravati MP was arrested on Saturday along with her MLA-husband Ravi Rana for giving a call for the chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence 'Matoshree' in Mumbai.
The home ministry sought a factual report from the Maharashtra government on Rana's allegation about her arrest and "inhuman treatment" allegedly meted out at Mumbai's Khar police station, a home ministry official said.
Mumbai on Tuesday recorded a sharp rise in the daily Covid-19 cases with 102 new infections and a daily positivity rate of 1.4 per cent. This is the highest spike in infections since February 27, 2022. The uptick in cases have nearly doubled in the last two days and total infections climbed to 10,59,433. The Covid-19 death toll remained unchanged at 19,562 with no fresh fatality reported.
A major fire broke out in a timber godown in Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday, but there was no report of any casualty, a civic official said. The blaze erupted around 2.30 am in the godown located near a school in Rahnal village of Bhiwandi town here, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell chief Avinash Sawant said. Three fire engines were rushed to the spot and the blaze was doused after four hours, he said.
After MP Navneet Rana alleged of ill-treatment while in custody, her lawyer Rizwan Merchant on Tuesday clarified that the remarks were in relation to her detention at the Santa Cruz Police Station and not at the Khar Police Station where she was offered tea. Merchant's remarks come after Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey hared a CCTV footage of the Ranas drinking tea at the Khar Police Station.
After MP Navneet Rana alleged that she was put up in a lock-up without due regards to the office held by her, was not given drinking water while in police custody and was abused on the basis of her caste, Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey denied these allegations and shared a CCTV footage and statements of other inmates at the police station to prove that the allegations are baseless.
Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Tuesday denied that MP Navneet Rana, who was lodged at Khar police station, had been treated unfairly by the local police. Rana, who along with her husband MLA Ravi Rana, was arrested by the Mumbai Police on Saturday had in a alleged that she was denied water and subjected to casteist slurs. The Lok Sabha Speaker had sought details about the incident from the Maharashtra government.
“It does not appear that any wrong treatment was meted out to Navneet Rana in the lockup. However, since the Lok Sabha Speaker has sought information about the incident, we will provide the details,” Walse Patil said. “The action taken by the Mumbai Police has been as per law. There has been no wrongdoing and we will provide all the necessary details to the central government.”
The Union Home Ministry has sought a factual report from the Maharashtra government over Independent Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana's allegation about her arrest and "inhumane treatment" by the police, officials said.
The home ministry sought a factual report from the Maharashtra government on Rana's allegation about her arrest and "inhuman treatment" allegedly meted out at Mumbai's Khar police station, a home ministry official said.
The Lok Sabha MP has demanded strict action against Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey and claimed the action against her and her husband was taken on directions of the Maharashtra chief minister. (PTI)
For the fourth time in a decade and the first time after 2019, a tiger was spotted by the trap cameras placed in a forested patch of Radhanagari wildlife sanctuary in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, said forest officials.
The state forest department is carrying out a stripe analysis of the tiger to see if it matches with the database. The department is looking to figure out if the tiger has migrated from Goa-Karnataka sanctuaries or is a resident tiger of the Radhanagari sanctuary. Read more
The sessions court Tuesday directed the Mumbai police to file their reply on the bail pleas of Independent lawmaker Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana, arrested in connection with the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, on April 29. The court said it will also begin a hearing on the plea on the same day if time permits. Read more
Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya claimed that a fake FIR was filed in his name at Khar police station in Mumbai which he had not even signed, days after his car was vandalised while he was returning from the police station after meeting arrested independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana.
Talking to reporters outside the Khar police station, Somaiya claimed some "goons" had been sent by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to attack him. "They should face strict action. It will happen for sure,? the BJP leader said before entering the police station.
"The Mumbai police filed a fake FIR in my name, it is not signed by me. Is Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey unaware of such legality? I came here to file an actual FIR against the fake FIR filed by the police," he said.
The Mumbai police late Saturday night registered an FIR against Somaiya's driver for allegedly driving in rash and negligent manner, due to which a Shiv Sena corporator and a party worker suffered minor injuries, an official earlier said. (PTI)
Following power outages in various parts of Mumbai, the Tata Power spokesperson said that the electricity failure occurred due to "MSETCL line tripping as part of the 400KV Kalwa Grid".
"In order to maintain grid balance load shedding might be initiated. Power will be restored once the MSETCL line gets energised. Tata Power is working with the teams to restore power to its customers at the earliest," the spokesperson said.
A problem in the state electricity distribution centre at Padgha in Thane district led to electricity supply failure in many areas of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Kalyan Dombivali, Palghar, Vasai Virar, Ambernath, Kulgaon, Badlapur and other areas.
Chandrakant Dange, the joint managing director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited said that there was a burst in the transmission centre at Padgha which led to power failure in many areas of Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Sources in the BMC said that this is also likely to affect the water supply in some areas as there was a disruption in pumping. 'Water supply cuts can be marginal,’’ said a senior BMC officer.
Shrikant Jaltare, executive director of Padgha load dispatch centre, said that there was a major failure in the Padgha station and they were trying to locate fault and start power in a phased manner.
Many pockets in the financial capital and its adjoining suburbs witnessed a power outage on Tuesday morning.
Reasons for the outage, which comes at a time when the state is reeling under power deficit, which has led discoms to compulsorily cut power supply to some pockets, were not immediately known.
Some parts of central Mumbai, along with suburbs like Bhandup and Mulund within the municipal limits of Mumbai, and the adjoining cities of Thane and Dombivili faced a power outage from around 10 am, as per various reports. (PTI)
he Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a 50-year-old woman education officer (primary section) for allegedly taking bribe from a school teacher here in Maharashtra, the ACB said.
The accused, Lata Sakharam Sanap, had demanded Rs 50,000 from the teacher for facilitating his posting at a school in Vasai town. Later, the deal was finalised at Rs 25,000, Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB- Palghar) Navnath Jagtap said.
The aggrieved teacher lodged a complaint with the ACB which caught the accused while accepting the bribe amount of Rs 25,000 on Monday, the official said. (PTI)
A video has surfaced purportedly showing Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Vijay Wadettiwar using abusive words to hit out at lawmaker couple Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana, arrested and charged with sedition following their public declaration of reciting the Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence in Mumbai.
The Congress minister accused Navneet Rana, the independent Lok Sabha MP from Amravati in eastern Maharashtra, and her husband Ravi Rana, the MLA from Badnera, of disturbing law and order in Mumbai and other parts of the state with their Hanuman Chalisa recitation plan which was eventually shelved by the politician couple. (PTI)