Maharashtra on Monday recorded eight fresh coronavirus cases, while no new death linked to the infection was registered in the state, the health department said. With this, the state's overall Covid-19 tally rose to 81,36,687, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,417, the department said in a bulletin. Mumbai logged two cases in the last 24 hours, said the bulletin. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less
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Doctors protest at KEM Hospital
Man held on charge of raping teenage girl in Palghar
Police have arrested a 24-year-old tribal man for allegedly raping a teenage girl in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Sunday evening when the 16-year-old girl went out of her house in Nehalpada to answer nature's call, the official from Wada police station said.
Sixty five passengers travelling in a bus had a narrow escape after the vehicle caught fire in Thane, a civic official said.
Mumbai's air quality today
Maharashtra on Monday recorded eight fresh coronavirus cases, while no new death linked to the infection was registered in the state.
HC: Can’t develop Mahim park until DP shows it as reserved
The Bombay high court on Monday said that so long as Mahim Nature Park (MNP) is reserved in the development plan (DP) of Mumbai, it cannot be developed for any other purpose. “So long as the DP shows it as nature park, no other activity can be carried out on it,” Justices Sanjay Gangapurwala and Sandeep Marne said, disposing of a PIL filed by NGO Vanashakti and activist Zoru Bhathena seeking to ensure the park, a protected forest, was not covered under the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP). The PIL said the park was a hub forbio-diversity and boasted of a variety of flora and fauna.
Traffic curbs in south Mumbai for India-Lanka T20 today
Deven Bharti likely to be made special commissioner of police for Mumbai
Senior IPS officer Deven Bharti is likely to be appointed as the special commissioner of police, Mumbai. While deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also state home minister, did not respond to TOI's messages, a high-ranking bureaucrat confirmed that the post of special commissioner is being created to accommodate Bharti. "The order will be issued soon," the bureaucrat said. READ MORE
Cop who failed to book 'drunk' constable for 'molesting' IIT-Bombay student suspended
Police commissioner Milind Bharambe has suspended a police sub-inspector attached to the Sanpada police station for not filing an FIR against a 'drunk' constable accused of molesting a 19-year-old woman, an IIT-B student, on Palm Beach road on December 30. Accused constable Deepak Rathod (30) was later arrested after which PSI Abhay Kadam was suspended. READ MORE