Month: May 2020

Maharashtra government authorities on Friday expressed its inability to a two-member division bench Bombay high court (HC) about setting up a full-fledged coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing facility in all 36 districts in the state, but maintained that they are complying with the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) guidelines that stipulate operating a laboratory within […]

MUMBAI: Of the roughly 10 lakh migrant workers in the city who applied to return to their native states, around 6.5 lakh have left on trains so far while 1.5 lakh used other modes of transport. The remaining two lakh are waiting to leave. “We receive barely any applications now,” said a police officer. Earlier, […]

Amid fear of crop-eating pests entering Mumbai as the city reels under Coronavirus, columnist and novelist Shobhaa De on Thursday claimed that the locusts have arrived in the financial capital. The writer took to Twitter to share a picture of a locust on the curtains. “The locusts have landed! Welcome to Mumbai, locust ji. Feel […]

MUMBAI: With reports of locusts-sighting in certain parts of the city, the Mumbai air traffic control has alerted its controllers to keep an eye for these grasshoppers. But currently, there are no reports of sightings large enough to impact flight operations. “Currently, we don’t find any such visible group of locusts in our area,” said […]

The renewed exodus of migrants during lockdown 4 does not include only blue collar workers and unskilled labou…Read More MUMBAI: The renewed exodus of migrants during lockdown 4 does not include only blue collar workers and unskilled labour. Moderately wealthy traders, restaurateurs and shop owners in the village have also rolled down shutters and gone […]

Twenty five doctors and two others staying in a south Mumbai hotel were rescued after a major fire broke out in the five-storey building, officials said on Thursday. The fire broke out at Hotel Fortune near Metro Cinema late Wednesday night and was brought under control early Thursday, fire brigade officials said. “The fire spread […]

Mumbai recorded 1,044 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, pushing its tally to 34,108. The city also recorded 32 more fatalities, taking the death toll to 1,097. Of the latest victims, 19 were men and 13 were women, and as many as 15 patients had co-morbidities like diabetes, hypertension and asthma. Lowest tally in Dharavi Dharavi, meanwhile, […]

In the times of corona, an order from the Mumbai Police prohibiting the circulation of fake news and content “derogatory and discriminatory towards a particular community” or “causing panic and confusion among general public”, has driven BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha to file a petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of […]

MUMBAI: Slamming the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for differentiating between contract ‘safai kamgars’ (cleaning workers) and regular employees carrying out Covid-19 related duties, the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed it to also pay the former daily special allowance of Rs 300. “To say the least, this would be an extremely unfair and unjust […]