Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad tests positive for Covid-19
Mumbai: Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad has tested positive for deadly novel coronavirus. The 54-year-old legislator had admitted himself to a private hospital in Thane for a precautionary check-up. Before that, he was under home quarantined along with 15 members of...
PM Modi to interact with CMs via video conference on 27 April
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be speaking to chief ministers of all states on April 27 regarding the national lockdown and the coronavirus situation in the country. This will be the PM's third videoconference with all chief ministers since India went...
India’s COVID-19 cases rises to 21,393
India's total number of Coronavirus positive cases rise to 21,393 (including 16,454 active cases, 4257 cured/discharged/migrated and 681 deaths): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday asked people not to panic over the...
No action against employers if workers catch virus: Maha govt
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday refuted a report circulating on social media that employers or organisations could face action if employees contract coronavirus. There was no truth to the report, it said in a statement in Mumbai. A WhatsApp forward that was...
Coronavirus cases in India jump to 19,984; deaths toll at 640
The number of active COVID-19 cases is 15,474, while 3,869 people have been cured and discharged, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The total number of cases includes 77 foreign nationals. A total of 37 deaths were reported since Tuesday...
No Muslim held in Palghar lynching case: Maha HM
Maharashtra Minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday said none of the 101 people arrested in connection with the Palghar lynching case is a Muslim, and accused the opposition of giving a communal colour over the incident. "None of the accused arrested...
Maha holds on to 1st slot for maximum coronavirus deaths
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 640 and the number of cases to 19,984 in the country on Wednesday, according to the Union health ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases is 15,474, while 3,869 people have been...
Maharashtra withdraws lockdown relaxation norms
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday withdrew its lockdown relaxation norms for Mumbai and bPune regions, both coronavirus hotspots, and revised its last week's guidelines prohibiting door-to-door delivery of newspapers and magazines in the state. The curb on doorstep delivery of...
17% of COVID-19 patients in India recover: Govt
A total of 3,252 people have been cured of coronavirus in India so far, including 705 patients who were discharged on Monday, taking the recovery percentage to 17.48 per cent, the government informed on Tuesday. A total of 1,336...
Maharashtra to take on the spike in child pornography during lockdown head-on -Anil Deshmukh
Mumbai: India has been under a tight lockdown since March 23 to fight the Corona Pandemic. Latest data has however revealed a rather disturbing trend. The India Child Protection Fund (ICPF) - set up in January 2020 by Nobel Laureate...
Alcohol sale to be allowed in Maharashtra amid coronavirus lockdown
Mumbai: According to CNBC reports , Maharashtra Govt is planning to allow alcohol sale. According to report published, Liquor shops in Maharashtra can remain open while maintaining social distancing norms amid the ongoing coronavrius lockdown, state health minister Rajesh Tope ...
Dharavi tally of COVID-19 cases up by 30 to 168
Dharavi slum sprawl in Mumbai on Monday reported 30 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of the affected people to 168, a BMC official said. Dharavi, one of the prominent coronavirus hotspot in the worst-hit Mumbai, reported 11 deaths so...
283 COVID-19 cases in M’rashtra; tally at 4,483
With 283 new COVID-19 patients found in Maharashtra, their tally increased to 4,483 on Monday, said Health Minister Rajesh Tope. Most of the fresh infections, 187, were detected in Mumbai, the city worst affected by coronavirus in the state, which leads...
Who”s stopping Guv from nominating Thackeray as MLC? Raut
Mumbai " Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday sought to know who was stopping Maharashtra Governor B K Koshyari from approving the state Cabinet''s recommendation to nominate Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as MLC from the governor''s quota. Raut said Koshyari''s...
Flights will resume when COVID-19 is controlled: Govt
The restrictions on domestic and international flight operations will be lifted when the government is confident that spread of the novel coronavirus has been controlled, and poses no danger to Indians, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday,...
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s father Anand Singh Bisht passes away
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's father, Anand Singh Bisht, passed away on Monday. He was being treated at AIIMS, Delhi. He was in a critical condition and put on a ventilator. He was admitted to AIIMS on March 15...
Situation serious in Mumbai, Kolkata: Govt
The Centre on Monday said the COVID-19 situation is "especially serious" in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal, and violation of lockdown measures risk the spread of the novel coronavirus. In a...
Coronavirus update: Highest single day rise in positive cases in Maharashtra, tally reaches 4200
Even as Maharashtra plans to ease the restrictions and resume industrial operations in rural areas from April 20, the state saw a sudden spike of 552 cases on Sunday-- the highest rise in a day-- taking the total to 4200...
Will take you home safely: Uddhav to migrants
Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said industries based in green and orange coronavirus zones of the state will be allowed to resume operations, but in a restricted manner. In a video message, he also said that industries which...
Flights, trains unlikely to begin on May 3
Restrictions on air and train travel may continue beyond May 3, when the 40-day lockdown in India to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic comes to an end, at least three people who attended a Group of Ministers meeting...
In Maha, 11 corona deaths, cases rise sharply by 328
Mumbai: Maharashtra recorded 11 deaths, and in a huge margin after four days, the number of Covid-19 positive cases shot up by 328, here on Saturday, health officials said. With this, the total casualties in the state have increased to...
