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Mumbai News Live Updates: Strike by employees of state-run power companies called off after govt assures of no privatisation – The Indian Express

MSEB employees’ protest at MSEDCL office in Rastapeth, Pune. (Express photo by Rajesh Stephan)

Mumbai News Live Updates: Employees of three state-run power companies in Maharashtra called off their strike after the government assured it will not privatise the firms. The three-day strike was called by the employees’ union of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) against the Adani electricity company, which is seeking a power distribution licence for the Bhandup Zone, the MSEB director said Wednesday that all the complaints related to the power supply are due to technical glitches, and not employees’ strike. As many as nine districts of Maharashtra have reported power supply issues on Wednesday.

With Maharashtra not witnessing any surge in Covid-19 cases in the last 15 days, state health department officials said this may point towards the pandemic turning into an endemic stage and the infection becoming a seasonal thing. In December last week, when China witnessed a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases, there was speculation that India will also see a rise in infections.

In other news, television actor Sheezan Khan, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of his co-actor Tunisha Sharma, will have his bail plea heard on January 7 in a sessions court in Vasai town. Meanwhile, after maintaining silence for over a week after allegations of love jihad were raked up against actor Sheezan Khan, his mother Kehkashan, sisters – actors Shafaq Naaz and Falaq Naaz – and lawyer Shailendra Mishra spoke to the media for the first time since Tunisha’s death.

Mumbai News Live Updates: In Tunisha Sharma death case, Sheezan Khan’s plea to be heard on Jan 7. Follow this space for all the latest updates from Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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