Measles kills four-year-old girl in Mumbai, toll reaches 16
Modi uses govt platforms to target Oppn, ex-PMs never did so: Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was using government platforms to target the Opposition, something never done by his predecessors.
Modi, who on Sunday inaugurated the Nagpur-Shirdi stretch of the Samruddhi Expressway, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences' MIHAN campus and the first phase of the metro rail in the second capital of Maharashtra, in his speech had slammed Opposition parties for pursuing "shortcut politics" that he said was detrimental to the country's economic health.
Maha sees 15 COVID-19 cases, no death; active tally 200 as 20 recover
Maharashtra on Monday reported 15 COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 81,36,203, while the death toll remained unchanged at 1,48,408, a health official said.
The state had seen one death on Saturday, which was the first since November 29, before witnessing fatality-free days on Sunday and Monday, he pointed out.
The new cases comprised eight in Mumbai circle, six in Pune circle and one in Nashik circle.
G20's logo is being displayed at Gateway of India in Mumbai
Maha: Man dies of internal injuries after colleague inserts air pressure pump into his private parts
A 20-year-old contract worker died after his colleague allegedly inserted an air pressure pump meant to clean metal dust into his private parts, police in Maharashtra's Dhule district said on Monday.
The incident took place in a private firm in Nizampur in Sakri tehsil, some 325 kilometres from here, on Sunday afternoon and the deceased has been identified as Tushar Sadashiv Nikumbh, an official said.
Student commits suicide at hostel in Mumbai
A 21-year-old student allegedly committed suicide in his room at a hostel in suburban Chunabhatti area of the city, police said on Monday.
The victim Ankit Singh was a student at Draftsman Skill Development Institute and was staying in a hostel at V N Purav Marg, an official said.
Singh had allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling fan with a scarf on Saturday, he said.
He had enrolled himself in the institute in May this year, he said.
Maha: District Planning Committee earmarks Rs 894 cr for Nashik works for 2023-24
EC to hear Shiv Sena's warring factions on Jan 5
DN Nagar police station arrest man from Andheri for stalking & harassing actress on social media platforms & in person
Maha: Woman gets seven years RI for kidnapping, sale of toddler in Palghar
Withdraw security vehicles of Shinde faction MLAs bought using Nirbhaya Fund: NCP
Trombay police arrested 3 accused in a gold theft case, including 2 Railway police constables, & recovered gold worth Rs 2 crore
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), the world’s busiest single crossover runway airport has handled a record passenger movement with 1,50,988 travellers transiting through the airport on 10th December 2022: Mumbai International Airport Limited
Preparations underway for meeting of G-20 Development Working Group at Jio Convention Centre
Amid raging controversy over his comment that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is an icon of older days Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari in a letter to home minister Amit Shah clarified that he had not insulted the warrior king & other icons. Has sought HM's guidance
A fire broke out in the storeroom of Kherwadi police station in Mumbai's Bandra area. A policeman got injured while trying to extinguish the fire and has been admitted to the hospital: Mumbai Fire Service
Traffic jam on Mumbai-bound lane of Ghodbunder road from Patlipada to Majiwada.
NCP writes to Maharashtra DGP demanding withdrawal of security vehicles brought under Nirbhaya fund
NCP workers celebrate outside the residence of Maharashtra Former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh after Bombay High Court granted him bail in Rs 100 cr extortion case.
Bombay High Court grants bail to former Maharashtra home minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case registered by CBI. This paves way for his release from jail. He was earlier granted bail in ED case.
First glimpse of Mumbai's first underground metro line Mumbai Metro 3 which will ply on route Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ
Illegal share-taxi services thrive in city
Quite a few of the woes faced by taxi users in Mumbai arise from the fact that more than a quarter of the share-taxi routes in the city are unauthorised.
Not only commuters but even taxi unions have complained about the blind eye turned by the authorities to the operation of these unauthorised services.
The services are operated even at prominent locations like CSMT, Gateway of India and Churchgate in south Mumbai using Maruti Eeco vans which are officially licensed to carry six passengers but into which are often crammed twice as many, including children.
Read more about the illegal share taxi services and how it affects the public.
Huge crowd was seen at Mahim FOB connecting East West last night amid the Dargah festival; another resident expresses concern about stampede like situation. Watch the video
Likely rains, city's hope for clean air
The city's air quality continued to remain in the poor category on Sunday after recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 245. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the possibility of light rain today, which might settle down the pollutants suspended in air. If there is only drizzle, it may increase the AQI as the pollutants get trapped in moisture resulting in smog.
The IMD has indicated cloudy skies with the possibility of thundershowers and light rain on Monday and Tuesday. This is an unseasonal rainfall due to a cyclone over the coast of Tamil Nadu.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) Project Director Gufran Beig, the city's air quality may see a decline or a rise depending on the showers, which the IMD has forecast.
