Maharashtra records 30 coronavirus cases, no death
Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 30 new coronavirus infections but no pandemic-related death, the state health department said.
In a major relief to former Mumbai police chief Sanjay Pandey, a special court in Delhi granted him bail in a CBI case.
Corruption case: Bombay HC stays ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh's bail order till Dec 27
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday extended till December 27 the stay on its order granting bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case being probed by the CBI.
Maharashtra: BJP MLA objects to Bhujbal using `hen' metaphor for Mumbai
BJP MLA Manisha Chaudhary on Wednesday objected to Nationalist Congress Party leader Chhagan Bhujbal calling Mumbai the `Kombdi' (hen) that lays the golden egg.
Maharashtra Council adjourned briefly as opposition targets CM Eknath Shinde over Nagpur land case
Maharashtra Legislative Council was adjourned briefly on Wednesday after uproar over a Nagpur land allotment decision by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the urban development minister in the previous state government. Leader of Opposition Ambadas Danve raised the issue again in the House for the second consecutive day to which members of the ruling side objected.
Bombay high court on Wednesday extended till December 27 the date from which to make effective its bail for Anil Deshmukh in the CBI case on a CBI plea.
Our morcha was Fadnavis-size: Uddhav on Dy CM’s ‘nano’ barb
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday took a swipe at deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis over the latter’s statement calling a morcha of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Mumbai on December 17 “nano size”. “Our morcha was Devendra Fadnavis-size,” said Thackeray. Thackeray, who continues to be a MLC, visited Vidhan Bhavan in the morning, but did not attend proceedings. Later, while addressing the media in the evening, he said the issues raised during the morcha were of “immense importance”. “We talked about the Karnataka border issue. Then the CM said that he had braved lathis over the issue. But just because you braved lathis then, does not mean you should be quiet now. Even today our Marathi people are facing problems there,” said Thackeray.
To monitor the Covid situation in the state, the state government will form a committee/ task force in coordination with the Centre: Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, in state assembly
We have always been of the view that every inch of land must come to us and we will even pass a resolution after discussing it with Speaker Rahul Narwekar. Answer must be given in the same way: Maharashtra LoP Ajit Pawar on Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut says Congress' contribution to freedom struggle 'biggest'
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday replied to remarks made by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament, saying, "It is true that the contribution of the Congress party was the biggest towards the independence of the country. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was with the Congress. Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, all the names one associates with our freedom movement, were leaders of the Congress."
Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 81,36,368; fresh cases 20; death toll 1,48,412; recoveries 79,87,824; active cases 132; total tests 8,58,15,519.
The recovery rate in the state stands at 98.17 per cent, while the fatality rate is at 1.82 per cent.
Maharashtra currently has 132 active cases, of which Pune has the highest number of 48 patients, followed by 36 and nine patients in Mumbai and Thane districts respectively.
Mumbai logged the highest seven Covid-19 cases, followed by six reported from Pune circle, two each from Nagpur, Latur and Akola circles, and one from Aurangabad circle.
As per a report by the health department, 6,419 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the state to 8,58,15,519.
Maharashtra had reported nine new cases and a single fatality on Monday.
Maha logs 20 new Covid-19 cases, zero fatality; active tally at 132
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 20 new cases of coronavirus that raised the tally of infections to 81,36,368. The toll remained unchanged at 1,48,412 and the count of recoveries reached 79,87,824 with 33 patients recovering from the infection in the last 24 hours.