Month: January 2022

Mumbai news live and updates” A policeman asks people to leave the Juhu beach amid restrictions imposed due to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. (AP) Mumbai News Live and Updates: The sharp increase in daily cases of Covid-19 and emergence of the new variant Omicron has led to rise in containment zones and sealed buildings […]

Cyclone TauktaeCyclone Tauktae battered the city, uprooting hundreds of trees, causing major waterlogging and disrupting road, rail and air traffic on May 17, 2021. Many parts of the city suffered power cuts for several hours. The IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded the highest 24-hour rainfall (230.3mm) for the month of May since 1974, which is when […]

Mumbai News Live Updates: Vaccination for children at jumbo centres from tomorrow The BMC’s nine jumbo facilities will double as vaccination centres for the 9.2 lakh children in the 15-18 age group starting Monday. The centres, spread from Worli to Mulund, will attempt to vaccinate at least 500 children a day each. Stay with TOI […]

MUMBAI: The New Year day brought some cheer with Mumbai registering only a 14% rise in the daily Covid tally as against 40% to 50% rise over the last few days. On Saturday, the city registered 6,186 cases as against 5,428 cases on Friday (the Thursday-to-Friday rise was around 50%). The state tally correspondingly rose […]

MUMBAI: Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked Maharashtra Lokayukta Justice V M Kanade to conduct a probe into the alleged irregularities in the BMC’s Ashray Yojana, the scheme to redevelop the staff quarters of its conservancy workers. The BJP had filed a complaint with Koshyari last month alleging a Rs 1,844 crore scam in the […]

Mumbai recorded 6,180 new Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of nearly 13% on Saturday. The city contributed to almost 67 per cent of total 9,170 Covid cases recorded in Maharashtra which reported seven deaths and six new Omicron cases, taking the total tally of Omicron infection in the state to 460. The spike in […]

MUMBAI: In the wake of an increase in Covid-19 cases, particularly of the Omicron variant, the Mumbai police on Friday issued an order prohibiting people from visiting beaches, open grounds, seafronts, promenades, gardens parks or similar public places between 5 pm and 5 am, starting with immediate effect. The restrictions will apply till January 15. […]

MUMBAI: The Mumbai police have arrested two persons for allegedly duping people with fake bookings of hotels, private bungalows and villas for New Year celebrations at tourist spots, police said on Saturday. The cyber police of the crime branch nabbed Mumbai residents Akash Rupkumar Jadhav (21) and Avinash Rupkumar Jadhvani (26) from a hotel in […]