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Mumbai: Tribute paid to martyrs on 14th anniversary of 26/11 terror attacks

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday paid floral tributes to the martyrs who laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who had attacked the metropolis on this day 14 years ago. They paid tributes at the martyrs' memorial in the premises of the Police Commissioner Office in south Mumbai, where Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, minister Deepak Kesarkar, Chief Secretary Manu Kumar Srivastava, state Director General of Police (DGP) Rajnish Seth, Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar and other officials were present. Family members of the policemen, who lost their lives during the November 2008 attacks, also paid tributes to the martyrs. On November 26, 2008, 10 Pakistani terrorists arrived by sea route and opened fire indiscriminately at people killing 166, including 18 security personnel, and injuring several others, besides damaging property worth crores. The then Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Ar

BMC appeals for vaccination amid hike in Measles cases in Mumbai

After measles immunisation dropped significantly and with millions of children missing vaccination, the cases of measles in Mumbai, the financial capital of the country are seeing a hike

13 new measles cases, 1 death in Mumbai; fatality toll rises to 12

Mumbai has recorded 13 new cases of measles and one death related to the disease, taking the infection tally this year so far to 233 and the fatality toll to 12, according to the city civic body. As many as 30 new measles patients were admitted to civic or state-run hospitals in the city on Wednesday while 22 patients were discharged, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. Also, 156 suspected measles cases were found during the BMC's surveys, the release said on Wednesday. The viral disease is more common among children. An eight-month-old boy from neighbouring Bhiwandi, suffering from measles, died in a city hospital on Tuesday evening, taking the toll in the city this year so far to 12, the civic body said. The child developed rashes all over the body on November 20 and was admitted to a BMC hospital on Tuesday evening but died within a few hours, the official statement said, adding the cause of death will be ascertained after an autopsy. The number of

Mumbai logs 14 new Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally below 100

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 14 new COVID-19 cases, which took its overall infection tally to 11,54,830, while the active case count dropped below the 100 mark, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Since nobody succumbed to the infection during the day, the death toll remained unchanged at 19,743, it said. On Tuesday, Mumbai had witnessed 12 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality. The active case count dipped to 98 cases from 114 cases a day before. The recovery count reached 11,34,989 after 30 patients recuperated from the infection in the last 24 hours, the BMC said. The city's COVID-19 growth rate between November 16 and 22 is 0.002 per cent. As many as 3,296 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the state so far to 1,85,39,286. The recovery rate stands at 98.3 per cent, while the doubling rate is 47,452 days, the civic body said.

SC to hear Mumbai's Aarey colony tree felling matter on Thursday

The Supreme Court said that it will hear on Thursday the matter pertaining to the felling of trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony, the site for a metro car shed project. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Hima Kohli and J B Pardiwala took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) that there was a need to fell 84 trees. The law officer said let the tree felling committee decide on the request of MMRCL on cutting of the tree and the decision would be dependent on the order of this court. A senior advocate appearing for those opposed to felling of trees said they have also filed an interim plea. We will deal with these two IAs (interim applications) tomorrow, the bench said. The MMRCL had on August 5 this year told the apex court that no trees have been cut in Aarey colony since October 2019. On August 24, the top court had directed the MMRCL to strictly abide by its undertaking that no

Measles: One more child dies in Mumbai, toll at 11; case tally rises to 220

With the death of a one-year-old boy on Tuesday, the toll due to outbreak of measles in Mumbai reached 11, of which two patients were out of the metropolis, while 12 more persons were infected by the viral disease, taking their count to 220, said the local civic body. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health department bulletin said 12 new confirmed cases of measles were found in the city, taking their overall count to 220. The tally of suspected measles cases rose to 3,378 with the addition of 170 such infections on Tuesday, it said. According to the bulletin, the one-year-old boy, a resident of Nalasopara (East) in adjoining Palghar district, died in a government hospital in Mumbai. The child was admitted to the government hospital after initial treatment at a private hospital and had developed respiratory failure due to which he was put on a ventilator on Monday. The patient's condition deteriorated and he subsequently died. The suspected cause of the death was "acute

Bombay HC terms open manholes as death traps, directs BMC to cover them

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday took serious note of open manholes in the city terming them as "death traps", and directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to cover these up immediately. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Abhay Ahuja was hearing petitions raising concerns over potholes on city roads causing accidents. On Tuesday, advocate Ruju Thakker, representing one of the petitioners, pointed out that there were around 300 open manholes on the service road of the Eastern Express Highway Though several complaints had been lodged with the authorities, not a single manhole has been covered, she claimed. The bench then asked the BMC's counsel Anil Sakhare to verify if this was true. The court said it wants all the open manholes covered by November 28 and directed the civic body to submit a compliance report on December 1. Thakker further cited a recent incident where a woman fell into an open manhole at Vasai and died. Advocate Swati Sagwek

Mumbai reports 24 fresh measles cases and one suspected death: BMC

Mumbai on Monday reported 24 new confirmed cases of measles, while a one-year girl from suburban Govandi is suspected to have died of the viral infection, the city civic body said. The tally of measles cases in the city since January 1 this year has risen to 208, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The death toll due to measles since the beginning of this year remained unchanged at eight, while the death in Govandi is being probed. Six confirmed cases were reported from the M-East ward (which covers Govandi and Deonar) followed by five in Kurla. "24 confirmed measles cases were added on Monday," the BMC report said. The number of suspected patients who have reported symptoms like fever and rash increased to 3,208, the civic body added. "All cases of fever with rash are administered two doses of Vitamin-A and the second dose of measles vaccine after 24 hours," a BMC release said. With the admission of 23 patients and the discharge of 22, the number of hospitalized

Mumbai fights measles outbreak; lack of vaccination, poor sanitation blamed

Even as the COVID-19 cases are going down steadily in Mumbai, it is struggling to control the outbreak of measles among children as eight deaths and 184 confirmed cases have been so far been reported in the city, as per civic officials. Poor living conditions, big family sizes, lack of proper health services, sanitation facilities and nutrition, poor immunity, missed vaccine doses and reluctance for the inoculation are some of the major reasons for the outbreak of the disease in the city, they told PTI. Mumbai has seen a multi-fold rise in the cases of measles this year as against 25 cases recorded in 2020 and nine last year, as per civic data. The metropolis has witnessed the outbreak of the disease when the government has targeted to eradicate it by 2023 end. Earlier, Mumbai had reported three deaths due to measles in 2019, one death each was recorded in Nagpur, Chandrapur and Akola in 2020, while Thane and Mumbai had reported one death each in 2021, as per a state bulletin. If

Eight new measles cases in Mumbai, takes total tally this year to 84

Mumbai on Saturday reported eight new confirmed cases of measles. It took the tally of such cases reported in the city since January 1, 2022 to 84, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The death toll due to the measles since the start of the year remained unchanged at eight. Three confirmed cases each were reported from M-East ward (which covers Govandi and Deonar) and H-East ward (Bandra East, Khar), while G-South (Worli) and S (Bhandup/Nahur) wards reported single cases. The number of suspected patients who have reported symptoms like fever and rash increased to 3,036 with 176 such cases added on Saturday, the BMC health department said. "All cases of fever with rash are administered two doses of Vitamin-A and second dose of measles vaccine after 24 hours," BMC release said. With admission of 11 patients and discharge of 27 patients, the number of hospitalized measles patients came down to 73. Of these, 62 patients are stable, while nine are on oxygen support and

Mumbai court orders release of activist Gautam Navlakha from house arrest

Gautam Navlakha, an accused in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, is likely to walk out of the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, as a special court here issued a release memo to facilitate his month-long house arrest. The special court hearing cases related to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) issued the release memo around 2.15 pm on Saturday. On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court had rejected the NIA's application and ordered that Navlakha be placed under house arrest "without fail" within 24 hours. The investigating agency on Saturday submitted to the special court here the compliance report about completing the release formalities of the activist, after which the court issued the release memo, which will then be mailed to the jail authorities and the Navi Mumbai police commissioner. After his release from the jail, Navlakha will be taken to premises selected for his house arrest in Navi Mumbai. The 70-year-old activist who claims to be suffering from multiple ...

Mumbai's measles tally reaches 176; suspected deaths remain at 8

The measles tally in Mumbai rose to 176 on Friday, up from 169 a day earlier, while the number of suspected deaths remained unchanged at eight, a civic official said. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's bulletin issued here late evening said the suspected cases of measles stood at 2,860. "In eight civic wards of Mumbai, the outbreak of measles has occurred at 17 locations. So far, eight suspected deaths have been reported. The death committee will review all these cases," the bulletin said. The BMC bulletin confirmed the death of a 10-year-old girl from measles here, but since she was from Bhiwandi in neighbouring Thane district, it would be added in the toll there. "As of now, the BMC has surveyed 23,87,386 households and it found 2,860 suspected patients having fever and rash symptoms, including 237 in the last 24 hours. A total of 32 new patients were admitted in various hospitals on Friday, taking the total number of admissions to 136," it said. Of these 136 hospitalised

8 suspected measles deaths, 503 cases logged in Maha; CM reviews situation

Maharashtra has reported 503 cases of measles so far this year and eight deaths suspected to be caused by the viral infection - all in Mumbai -- the health department said on Thursday as Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reviewed the situation and asked officials to give special attention to hospitalised patients. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a separate bulletin, said the metropolis has reported eight suspected deaths due to the disease and 169 confirmed cases so far. As per the bulletin, 25 new patients of measles were admitted in the city, taking the number of hospitalised persons to 105. While two patients are on oxygen support, 38 others were discharged from hospitals. A state health department bulletin said measles outbreak has been reported from 26 places in Maharashtra - 14 in Mumbai, seven in Bhiwandi (Thane district) and five in Malegaon town (Nashik district). Chief Minister Shinde reviewed the situation arising out of the spread of the infection and ...

British supercar brand McLaren Automotive drives into the Indian market

10 models of British automaker's made-to-order India models sold in pre-launch phase

Mumbai logs 30 new Covid-19 infections, no death; active case tally at 208

Mumbai on Wednesday reported 30 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 11,54,732, while no fresh death linked to the infection was recorded in the metropolis, said the local civic body. A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin said the death toll remained unchanged at 19,742. On Tuesday, the city reported 27 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality. Significantly, Mumbai's case doubling rate has jumped over the 25,000-day mark (25,496), indicating a dramatic slowdown in spread of the respiratory illness. The count of recoveries reached 11,34,782 after 46 patients recuperated from the infection in the last 24 hours, leaving the metropolis with 208 active cases, said the bulletin. The growth rate of COVID-19 cases between November 9 and 15 was 0.003 per cent, it said. As many as 4,506 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative count to 1,85,16,389, said the BMC. Mumbai's coronavirus recovery rate stood at 98.3 per cent, it added.

Income Tax dept conducts searches at Metropolis Healthcare in Mumbai

The Income-tax department on Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of Mumbai-based Metropolis Healthcare that runs medical diagnostic centres as part of a tax evasion investigation, official sources said. The locations of the company in Mumbai are being covered, they said. A response from the company is awaited. The company is a prominent player in the medical tests and diagnostics business domain. It had last week reported a consolidated profit after tax of Rs 40.5 crore for the second quarter that ended September 30.

Extortion case: Bombay HC grants pre-arrest bail to DCP Saurabh Tripathi

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted pre-arrest bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Saurabh Tripathi in the angadiya (traditional couriers) extortion case. A single-judge bench of Justice Bharati Dangre noted that Tripathi had cooperated with the investigation and charge sheet in the case already filed by the police. Tripathi had approached the high court after a sessions court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. The LT Marg police, in south Mumbai, on February 19 registered an FIR in connection with the extortion case, in which four policemen, including Tripathi, an IPS officer of the 2010 batch, were named as accused. An inspector, an assistant inspector and a sub-inspector attached to LT Marg police station were arrested in the case. They are out on bail now. A complaint filed last December by the Angadiya Association in south Mumbai alleged that Tripathi demanded Rs 10 lakh per month from them as a bribe to allow them to run their business ...

IndiGo Cargo starts with 1st freighter flight between Delhi, Mumbai

IndiGo commenced operations of its first A321 Freighter aircraft between Delhi and Mumbai from Tuesday

Migrants, cheap accommodation reasons behind Thane's burgeoning population

As the global population reached 8 billion, the spotlight is on Thane, the district with the highest population in India, with experts attributing the growth to migrants who find cheaper accommodation to commute from workplaces in adjoining Mumbai. Former IAS officer Sudhirkumar Goyal told PTI that Thane offered cheaper accommodation for people who came to Mumbai in search of employment. Thane district, which borders Mumbai, recorded an exponential growth of more than 30 per cent in population as per the 2011 census, he said. Thane city and the district remained under-developed for a long time, offering easy accommodation for the labour class as well as for those who were in middle income groups. Cheaper local train service connecting almost all major areas of Mumbai is another factor, which helped the migrants settle down as far as 70 to 80 km from their work place in Mumbai, he said. As a result of the rising population, Thane has also become the district with maximum number of

Gautam Navlakha brought to spl court in Mumbai amid hearing on Elgar case

Activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was on Tuesday brought to a special NIA court in Mumbai hearing the matter pertaining to his release formalities from jail for house arrest. The other accused in the case were also brought to the court from the jail as the case was listed on Tuesday for regular hearing. The Supreme Court had last week allowed Navlakha, lodged at the Taloja Jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, to be placed under house arrest for a month owing to his medical condition. But, he could not walk out of the jail as formalities for his release were under process. The 70-year-old activist, who claims to be suffering from multiple ailments, is in custody since April 2020 in the 2017-18 case. On November 10, the Supreme Court allowed Navlakha to be put under house arrest for a month with certain conditions and had said its order should be implemented within 48 hours. The case relates to alleged inflammatory speeches made at the 'Elgar