Maharashtra reports 414 Covid-19 cases, one death

Maharashtra on Monday recorded 414 Covid-19 cases and one fatality, which took the tally to 81,11,246 and the toll to 1,48,289, an official said. This was a dip from the 701 cases and three deaths recorded a day earlier, he pointed out. Mumbai accounted for 128 cases and one death.

The recovery count in Maharashtra rose by 771 in the last 24 hours and reached 79,57,095, leaving the state with an active caseload of 5,862, the official said.

State-run planning authority City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has come up with a scheme for the sale of 4,158 residential apartments in Navi Mumbai as well as 245 shops and six commercial premises at railway station complexes, an official said on Monday.

These houses are located in Dronagiri, Kalamboli, Taloja and Kharghar nodes of Navi Mumbai, with 404 marked for the economically weaker section (EWS) under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, he said.

Six girls escaped from the Government Girls Hostel located in the Govandi area of Mumbai by breaking the window and grill of the toilet. Shockingly, before fleeing, these girls locked the gate of the constable's room from the outside so that the constable could not follow them. All these six girls are minors. The police have been able to identify all the girls.

As many as four students of a school in CBD-Belapur, Navi Mumbai had a narrow escape after the school bus ferrying them suddenly caught fire in Sector -15, Kharghar on Monday morning. READ MORE

Six girls escaped from the Government Girls Hostel located in the Govandi area of Mumbai by breaking the window and grill of the toilet. (ANI)

Simmering tensions between the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions came to the fore on the final day of the Ganesh festival. As loyalists of the two parties participated in different processions, taking idols for immersion, they ran into each other on the road and began shouting slogans against each other. The presence of a strong police force ensured the matter did not get out of hand.

In a high-ticket deal, investing firm IGE (India) Pvt Ltd has bought two luxury apartments worth Rs 151 crore in a Worli project. The building is Three Sixty West, a high-end luxury tower on Annie Besant Road built by Mumbai-based developer Oberoi Realty.

Four students of a dental college in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, have been booked for allegedly ragging a junior. The four allegedly made the 19-year-old consume alcohol and insisted that he pass urine in his pants, according to a complaint lodged by the college. While the four seniors have been suspended.