Mumbai News Live: City reports 1,034 fresh COVID-19 cases

The Bombay high court on Friday declined to extend the last date for filing annual returns of Goods and Services Tax (GST) for 2019-20 in Maharashtra till June 30.The last date is February 28. Read story

The explosive materials found in a vehicle outside Reliance group chairman Mukesh Ambani's residence on Thursday were manufactured by a Nagpur-based company, according to sources. Read story

The project-affected fishing community of JNPT on Friday staged a protest to block ship movement at the container port in support of their 36-year-old issue of resettlement of displaced families of erstwhile Sheva Village. Read story

With a view to safeguard health and safety of passengers in Covid-19 times, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will reopen its Terminal-1 (T1) for domestic flights from March 10, officials said here on Friday. Read story

Maharashtra on Friday reported 8,333 new cases of coronavirus and 48 fatalities. The total count of infections in the state is now pitched at 21,38,154 along with 52,041 deaths.

In a major boost to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the money laundering case against slain underworld gangster Iqbal Mirchi and his family members, a Special Court here on Friday declared his wife and two sons as "fugitive economic offenders" and also ordered the seizure of their properties in India and abroad.

Adding to the backlash after Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod was linked to the death of a 23-year-old woman in Pune, BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar on Friday said that the party will not allow the Budget session of the Maharashtra legislature to run smoothly if the former does not step down from the cabinet.

The Mumbai Naval Dockyard now has a new Admiral Superintendent. Rear Admiral B Sivakumar has been appointed for the position, an Indian Navy spokesperson on Friday said.

Mumbai Police shared a funny video clip of two boxers in a ring. While one is depicted as a mask, the other as the COVID-19 virus.

No vaccination will take place on Saturday and Sunday as the Centre will enable transition of CoWIN app from version 1.0 to 2.0 ahead of the commencement of vaccination from March 1 for people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years with comorbidities, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Depressed with his mother's death, a 32-year-old man lay down on the railway tracks at Virar to end his life and would have been run over had a quick thinking security staffer not come to his rescue.

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Starting Friday, a team of 50 women personnel with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) will start escorting local trains in Mumbai as well as long-distance trains on the Central line. The crime rate has started picking up ever since more categories of travellers were permitted to commute by local trains in Mumbai. The RPF women personnel will be carrying carbines as well as pistols for security. (Report: Nitasha Natu)

Maharashtra deserves a vigilant Home Minister, but we have got an 'inquiry-centric' home minister, said BJP, taking a jibe.