Maharashtra News Live Updates: Thane district sees 355 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Thane district in Maharashtra reported 355 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 7,40,493, a health official said on Saturday. These cases were reported on Friday.Thane district, which is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, is now left with 2,362 active cases, he said.

Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation managing director Shekhar Channe said that 3,400 special buses will ferry over 1.5 lakh citizens to their native towns in Konkan from Mumbai during Ganeshotsav starting from next week. READ MORE

The Koita Centre for Digital Oncology set up at Tata Memorial Hospital, with a donation of Rs 25 crore for a five-year period, will promote the use of digital technologies and tools to improve cancer care across India, said Dr Rajendra Bawde, director of the Parel hospital.

Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was on Friday rushed to JJ hospital after he complained of chest pain in the Arthur Road jail. Deshmukh, who was arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate, has been lodged in Arthur Road jail for the last couple of months. Deshmukh was discharged from the hospital in the evening, said a hospital source.

The BMC, in its guidelines for mandals ahead of Ganeshotsav, has drawn up a list of 13 old and dilapidated bridges and advised citizens to exercise caution while using them, especially while taking out processions to bring idols and during immersions. The advisory comes in the wake of past incidents of portions of bridges crashing like Gokhale bridge in Andheri and Himalaya bridge at CSMT.

The body of a 15-year-old girl reported missing from Andheri on Thursday was found with stab wounds inside a travel bag in an isolated spot in Naigaon (East) on Friday afternoon.The Valiv police have registered a case of murder. The suspect was captured by station CCTV cameras carrying the bag. After Andheri police confirmed the identity of the victim, senior inspector Kailash Barve said the murder could have taken place elsewhere and the body may have been brought by train and dumped in the isolated spot.