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NEW DELHI: Health authorities are closely monitoring a rise in Covid-19 cases across multiple states, amid a resurgence of infections in parts of Asia, including Hong Kong and Singapore.While overall case numbers remain low compared to previous waves, cities such as Mumbai, Chennai and Ahmedabad have reported small but notable surge in infections.Maharashtra sees cluster…
Image used for representational purpose only MUMBAI: Mumbai is set to witness a rain-drenched weekend, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert for city.According to IMD, Raigad is under a red alert for Thursday, as a low-pressure system developing in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a depression, potentially escalating…
Mumbai: The BMC scrapped its plan to operate Borivali’s Bhagwati Hospital under a public-private partnership (PPP) model after months of backlash from labour unions and opposition parties over fears of expensive healthcare.However, the civic body will continue with PPP for hospitals in the low-income M-East ward, an area with a large population in poor health,…
MUMBAI: A 40-year-old actor has lodged a complaint with Malad police that her morphed nude photos were being uploaded to a Telegram group which was subscription based. The actor and her manager got a dummy added to the Telegram group who reported that the obscene photos were uploaded on the group between April 17 and…
Mumbai: For the first time since the National Green Tribunal (NGT) made the Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA)’s NOC mandatory in 2017, 620 wells out of nearly 18,000 in Mumbai have been brought on record so that their extraction and use can be monitored and charged. Most of these are bore wells.An RTI application by groundwater…
Mumbai: A 43-year-old man sustained injuries on the head, chest, and back after a tree got uprooted and fell on three to four vehicles parked near Kinjal Tower on N M Joshi Marg in Byculla (W) on Wednesday evening.Passersby rushed the victim, Shahnawaz Shaikh, to the civic-runNair Hospital, where he was admitted. Meanwhile, a day…
Mumbai: Observing that courts cannot be mute spectators to situations where a parent is bedridden and semi-conscious for a long time, unable to look after his affairs, Bombay High Court appointed two daughters of a 73-year-old man with a brain injury as his guardians.The man, 72 when the petition was filed in July 2024, suffered…
Mumbai: Around 60% of the grievances raised by motorists regarding e-challans issued to them by the traffic police between Jan 2024 and Feb 2025 were rejected, according to the response given by the department to an RTI plea by activist Anil Galgali. The response stated that of the over 1.8 lakh complaints received, around 1.1…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that the Centre sent multi-party delegations of MPs to several countries that have nothing to do with the Indo-Pak issue following Operation Sindoor. He said the govt is interested in “showmanship rather than substance”. Speaking to a channel, Raut asked, “What is the need to…
Navi Mumbai: A 42-year-old Koparkhairane businessman suffered a loss of Rs 2.74 crore while participating in online gaming activities on a betting platform between Dec 2022 and April 2025. Following the victim’s report at the cyber police station on Tuesday, authorities registered an FIR for fraud under the Information Technology Act.According to police officials, the…
