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Ganesh Chaturthi: Mumbai Police Heightens Security For Ganeshotsav And Muharram – NDTV

Ganesh Chaturthi: Mumbai Police has tightened security for Ganeshotsav and Muharram Mumbai: The Mumbai police have tightened security to keep a hawk-eyed vigil across the city during the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival or Ganeshotsav, which began today amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said. In view of the virus outbreak, the festival is being celebrated […]

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Mumbai: 2,000 vehicles seized in 4 days for ‘non-permitted travel’ – Times of India

MUMBAI: Stepping up action against motorists out for “non-permitted and non-essential” travel, Mumbai traffic police have seized over 2,000 vehicles since Tuesday. Police had issued a warning, via their Twitter handle earlier this week, that strict legal action would be taken against those violating the rules. But while the cops only claimed to be enforcing […]

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Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Four domestic helps at Sharad Pawar’s house test positive; 14,161 fresh cases registered – The Indian Express

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) modified its guidelines to make institutional isolation mandatory for all Covid-19 positive patients aged above 50 years in Mumbai Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus news Live Updates:  Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra went up to 6,57,450 on Friday with 14,161 new patients being reported, the state health department said. With 339 fatalities, […]

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When Biden wrote to the Bidens of Bombay – Mumbai Mirror

When the US presidential candidate became a senator in 1972, one of the first letters he received was from a Leslie Duncan Biden in India; half a decade later, his grandchildren say they received a reply from their famous namesake in 1981. During his first visit to India as US vice-president in July 2013, Joe […]

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Fire at south Mumbai building, no injuries reported – Times of India

MUMBAI: A major fire broke out at a seven-storey commercial-cum-residential building in south Mumbai on Friday. The blaze was doused and no one was injured in the incident. A fire broke out at Raj Gaur Chamber building in Masjid Bander area of Mumbai, Maharashtra at around 2 pm today. The fire was extinguished within 26 […]

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Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus Live Updates: Maha police records over 300 new cases; five deaths – The Indian Express

The latest casualties have taken the death toll in the police force to 136. Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus news Live Updates: Over 300 personnel of the Maharashtra police tested positive for coronavirus, while five died of the infection in the last 24 hours, PTI reported on Friday. The latest casualties have taken the death toll […]

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Moderate to heavy rains in Mumbai, Thane; more showers likely – Times of India

MUMBAI: Mumbai and neighbouring Thane district received widespread moderate to heavy rainfall over the 24-hour period ended at 8.30am on Friday, an IMD official said. He predicted the trend will continue over the next 24 hours. Waterlogging at Sanpada Gaon railway underpass due to heavy rains in Navi Mumbai on Friday. #NaviMumbai… https://t.co/Alpg7qSM1b — TOI […]

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Mahatma Gandhi refused to support general strikes in Bombay. A British newspaper editor took him on – Scroll.in

The First World War raised costs of living and depressed wages all at once, thus reducing the buying power of Bombay’s inhabitants, who then numbered over 1.5 million. This catapulted labour movements throughout Bombay, although collective action had been evident in previous decades. Booms in cotton and grain prices made millowners and landlords even wealthier, […]

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Bombay HC allows Rao Junior Colleges to conduct admissions – Hindustan Times

A few months after the state education department rejected the recognition to Rao Junior Colleges in the city, the Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday allowed them to conduct admissions for the current academic year. In response to a writ petition filed by Rao Educational Trust, a bench of justice Milind Jadhav and justice KK […]

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Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus Live Updates: State records highest one-day count of 14,492 cases – The Indian Express

Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus Live Updates: PMC medical staff conduct health check up camp at Golandas chauk in Wadarwad in Pune. (Express photo/Ashish Kale/File) Maharashtra, Mumbai, Pune Coronavirus news Live Updates: Maharashtra reported its highest single-day spike of 14,492 coronavirus cases on Thursday, which pushed its overall count to 6,43,289, the state health department said. […]