Maharashtra news: State reports 9,195 Covid-19 cases, 252 deaths
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued an official notification merging 23 villages around the city with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), making it the largest civic body in the state. The state will start trials for vaccinating the bedbound at home in Pune district soon, the advocate general (AG) told the Bombay high court on Wednesday. After touching record numbers in June, the immunisation drive has slowed down in Maharashtra since the past two days after supplies dried up. Private centres have once again taken a lead in administering doses. Stay with TOI for live updates:Read Less
Maharashtra reports 9,195 Covid-19 cases, 252 deaths
Maharashtra reported 9,195 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday which took its infection tally to 60,70,599, the health department said.
Maharashtra: 2 brothers held for killing cab driver, dumping body near Lonavala
Police have arrested two brothers on charges of killing a cab driver after an argument over toll payment and dumping his body near a village off the Mumbai-Pune expessway, an official said on Thursday.
Maharashtra: Two mild tremors hit Palghar; no casualties
Palghar district of Maharashtra experienced two mild tremors in the gap of less than 12 hours, and no casualties or damage to property were reported, an official said on Thursday.
Maharashtra: ‘Work from home' has hit laundry business, say stakeholders
The ‘work from home' culture adopted by many corporate houses and other establishments as a fallout of the coronavirus pandemic might have saved the employees from the trouble of stepping out of their houses, but it has left an adverse impact on the businesses of several other professionals, including those providing laundry services.
Maharashtra: Thane Crime Branch's Anti-Narcotic Cell has seized drugs worth approximately Rs 38 lakhs, three drug peddlers arrested; case registered
The authorities in Raigad district have said the region will continue to be in level four of the Maharashtra government's five-level unlock plan that seeks to ease coronavirus-induced curbs as per infection positivity rate and oxygen bed occupancy numbers, an official said on Thursday. In a release issued on Wednesday, Collector Nidhi Choudhari said shops that come under the essential services category can function up to 4 pm, while hotels, resorts and lodges are permitted to remain open for tourists with 50 per cent occupancy.
Farmers from 12 villages at Khed taluka in the district have started an indefinite sit-in protest since the past three days against the proposed eastern ring road project, for which their land would be acquired by the state. The protesting farmers are from Khalumbre, Nigoje, Kuruli, Moi, Alandi, Charoli, Chimbli, Kelgaon, Markal, Dhanore, Solu and Golegaon villages.
Special PMLA Court sends former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's aides Kundan Shinde and Sanjeev Palande to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for 5 more days till 6th July. (ANI)
A 34-year-old man posted in the Special Rangers Group of the NSG allegedly assaulted some policemen when they stopped him for not wearing face mask in a public place as per COVID-19 protocols here in Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday.
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said the state has decided to conduct sero-surveys in select districts on the basis of requirements, but the government's primary focus would be vaccination in July.
The 35 major dams in the division had by the end of June 27% collective water stock, 7% higher than the storage the reservoirs had on the same day last year. Heavy spells of rain increased the water levels in the dams in the division. The stock on Wednesday (June 30) was the highest in five years. Read full story
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued an official notification merging 23 villages around the city with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), making it the largest civic body in the state. The PMC’s total area is 518sqkm as against 334sqkm earlier. The area of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is around 440sqkm. Read full story
Mathematical models cannot predict extent of Delta-plus spread: Expert
There's still not enough data on the Delta-plus variant for mathematical models to make any prediction about its spread or its involvement in a third wave in the country, virologist Dr Shahid Jameel has said.
CoWIN shows 45 lakh people in Pune given at least one dose
As many as 45 lakh people in the district have been given at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccines so far, data on CoWIN has shown. The vaccination database showed that 36.78 lakh people have received at least the first shot of Covishield or Covaxin, while 8.93 lakh people have been given their second shot as well.
June ends with 37,000 new cases against May’s 1.75 lakh
The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 jumped to 1,479 in the Pune Metropolitan Region on Wednesday over increased testing. In June, as many as 37,392 people tested positive for the infection in PMR as against almost 1.75 lakh in May.
The shortage of Covid vaccine being felt in Aurangabad for the last two days is seeing no sign of easing out. With a completely exhausted stock of Covishield, the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was planning to administer limited doses of Covaxin at only a few centres on Thursday.
At PMC hospitals, adding ICU beds can ease crises worries for citizens
New Covid cases are on the decline, but the anguish brought on by second wave of the pandemic is far from over. The harrowing search for a bed in the intensive care units (ICU), the uncertainty about oxygen availability and the unease over vaccine shortage are painful day-to-day reminders.
Loni Kalbhor man held for multiple card swap frauds
The Wanowrie police have arrested a 25-year-old Loni Kalbhor resident, who is suspected to be behind a series of card swap frauds at ATM kiosks across the city. The police found Rs 3.5 lakh and 17 cards from the man, Shravan Minjagi, who is originally from Solapur and has been living at Loni Kalbhor in rural Pune for quite some time.
Nashik reports 132 new Covid-19 cases, six deaths
MP extends ban on bus service to Maharashtra till July 7
