Maharashtra News Live Updates: Nashik sees 33 new Covid-19 cases; active tally at 74

Maharashtra's Nashik district recorded 33 new cases of coronavirus that raised its tally of infections to 4,82,721 on Monday, an official said. The toll remained unchanged at 8,904, while the count of recoveries reached 4,73,343 after 39 patients recovered during the day. (PTI)

Senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Thorat on Monday claimed vehicles of party workers, who were on way to Surat to extend support to Rahul Gandhi, were stopped by Gujarat Police. Gandhi filed an appeal at a sessions in Surat against his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remarks. (PTI)

A 43-year-old hardware shopkeeper allegedly died by suicide at his establishment in Badlapur area of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday. Some customers found the man, identified as Chogaram Chowdhari, hanging from a ceiling fan at the shop at around 11.30 am on Sunday and alerted police, an official from Badlapur police station said.

The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani challenging his "illegal" arrest in a case of alleged attempt to blackmail and bribe Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis. A division bench headed by Justice A S Gadkari said the plea was dismissed as it was without any merits.

Panvel city police have arrested three men for allegedly killing a 19-year-old youth Vinay Patil in Shivkar village of Panvel taluka after he confronted the trio who had attempted to steal hens kept in the chicken coop outside the teenager's house on March 29.

Chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that he along with other Shiv Sena leaders will visit Ayodhya on April 9 and offer prayers at the temple there.

On Sunday, there were slightly fewer Covid cases reported in the state, possibly due to a decrease in the number of tests conducted over the weekend. However, three deaths related to coronavirus were reported, bringing the total number of deaths in just over a month to 23. Maharashtra reported 562 cases, pushing the count of active cases to nearly 3,500 (3,488). A month ago, the state had just 224 active cases. Experts have linked the near 16fold jump to the new recombinant subvariant variant XBB 1. 16, which is driving cases across the world. Although it has not been linked to the severity or a significantly increased oxygen dependence.

Leading the Veer Savarkar Gaurav Yatra in his hometown Thane on Sunday, chief minister Eknath Shinde said the procession was an answer to those insulting the late Hindutva ideologue. Deriding Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde asked if he had the courage to hit Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with a slipper just like the late Sena founder Bal Thackeray, who had hit an effigy of Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, with a footwear for ‘insulting’ Savarkar in 2004.

An 18-year-old student and aviation enthusiast was arrested from Surat on March 27 for allegedly tweeting that ‘AkasaAir Boeing 737 Max will go down’. The student told police his intention was not to create chaos but to inform the airline that the aircraft it has purchased and that are in use are old and have a very short life.

As part of its initiative to revive and fast-track the 380 stalled slum redevelopment projects in Mumbai, the Maharashtra government has urged the Centre to direct the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to allow work to resume on 20 of these schemes. There are nearly 12. 5 lakh slum units in the city, housing 62 lakh residents. Since its formation 23 years ago, the SRA has provided new apartments to around 2. 1 lakh families.

A 24-year-old biker was arrested on Sunday, within 48 hours of a 13-second video clip of him performing a dangerous stunt with two women went viral. He had performed the stunt 3 months ago on a BKC road.