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The state and the city continued to witness a spike in new Covid-19 cases. On Sunday, the city saw its highest single-day detection in 44 days, with 882 fresh cases. It also increased the city's daily positivity rate to nearly 10%. READ MORE

Former member of legislative council and a prominent voice in the Maratha community, Vinayak Mete, 52, passed away after his SUV met with a fatal accident early Sunday morning. The accident took place about 500 metres ahead of the Bhatan tunnel at Rasayani on the Mumbai-Pune expressway about 6 kms from Palaspe traffic Chowkie around 5. 15am. Mete was travelling with his bodyguard, constable Ram Dhobale, and driver Eknath Kadam from Beed towards Mumbai for a meeting on Maratha reservation later in the day.

Days before the monsoon session of the assembly, allocation of portfolios in the state cabinet has been finalized with BJP securing key ministries including home and finance for Devendra Fadnavis. READ MORE

Eighty years ago, Ramchandra Churi became a martyr along with four other young freedom fighters as they were shot dead by the British during the Quit India Movement in Palghar in August 1942. Two years later, a Martyr Square-called Panch Batti-was built in Palghar in their honour and locals started observing August 14 as Martyrs' Day. Churi's photo frame had to be kept blank as no picture of him was known to exist. READ MORE

A 23-year-old man from Mumbra was arrested for slitting his pregnant ex-girlfriend's throat after their relationship turned sour. READ MORE