Mumbai: Maximum City witnesses 2877 new cases, eight deaths

COVID-19 Highlights March 18

Surpassing the previous single-day spike of 24,886 registered on September 11, 2020, Maharashtra has witnessed a new high of new coronavirus positive cases on Thursday. The health officials stated that 25,833 people tested positive in the last 24 hours. The total caseload is now 23,96,340. Meanwhile, 58 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. The total death toll stands at 53,138. On the other hand, 12,764 patients have been discharged post-recovery in the last 24 hours, the health department further added. The total number of people who got cured and discharged from the state stands at 21,75,565. There are presently 1,66,353 active cases in Maharashtra. Here are some of the other COVID-19 and vaccination-related highlights of March 18

A police inspector of the crime branch has been detained by NIA in connection with the bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren death cases. The questioning was going till the time of going to the press.

Passengers of Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express train at Covid-19 risk as TTE tests positive

Hundreds of passengers of Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express were exposed to coronavirus infection after the train ticket examiner (TTE) tested positive for Covid-19 onboard the train. Read more...

Bombay HC directs BJP MLA Ashish Shelar to deposit aRs 5 lakh security to hear PIL over civic sanitiser procurement

The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ashish Shelar to deposit, as security, Rs 5 lakh within seven days after the civic body raised preliminary objections to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed last year. Read more...

Param Bir Singh transferred to avoid any hindrance in investigation: Anil Deshmukh

SUV case: Vaze bypassed police hierarchy, reported directly to 'political masters'

Crucial audio tapes in possession of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and interrogation of several police officers have revealed that disgraced "encounter specialist" Sachin Vaze had bypassed police hierarchy while handling the SUV case.To oblige his political bosses, Vaze reported the developments directly to his "masters" and deliberately kept many senior officers out of the loop, highly-placed sources said.Explaining the motive behind planting an explosive-laden SUV near top industrialist Mukesh Ambani's multi-storey residence in Mumbai, BJP leader and legislator Ram Kadam, who initially raised the issue, said that Sachin Vaze was reporting directly to the Shiv Sena leadership. (IANS)

Uddhav Thackeray calls for transparency in implementation of schemes

Maharashtra Chief Minister UddhavThackeray on Thursday stressed the need for transparency and accountability in the implementation and delivery of development schemes for the benefit of people.Speaking at a review meeting of the Information and Technology (IT) department, he directed the officials to complete within the next six months work on projects like e- office, hospital management information system, recovery of property and water taxes by civic and local bodies and data standardisation projects. (PTI)

Maharashtra: Over 2.7 lakh people get Covid-19 vaccine jab, highest in one day

Over 2.7 lakh people received Covid-19 vaccine shots in Maharashtra on Wednesday, the highest in one day so far, a health department official said. The data was compiled on Thursday. Read more...

Maharashtra home minister on why Mumbai police chief was shunted out

Param Bir Singh was shunted out as Mumbai police commissioner after some of his colleagues committed "serious and unforgivable mistakes", Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh disclosed on Thursday. Read more...

61-year-old Powai resident and aide held for stealing 75 auto-rickshaws and rented out to earn monthly income.

COVID-19 tracker: Mumbai witnesses 2877 new cases

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Thursday stated that 2877 new cases have been reported in Mumbai city. The total caseload now stands at 349958. Read more...

BEST employees to get 730 days leave for taking care of 'special child'

BMC has granted BEST the permission to give 730 days (2 years) special "child care" leave to its employees who have differently-abled children to look after the needs of the child. This will be in addition to their salaries.It will apply to all women staffers while at the same time, men who have lost their spouse will also be eligible for the two-year leave during their entire tenure, irrespective of whether they are transferred from one department to another.

Shiv Sena youth wing -- Yuva Sena -- has demanded, state school education department should set up ‘Fee Regulation Authority’ (FRA) to address school fee-related issues.

Ambani Bomb Scare Case: One more Mercedes car belonging to Sachin Vaze seized

In 6 charts: Why Maharashtra's Covid situation is causing alarm

Maharashtra is at the forefront of the worrying Covid resurgence in India after consistently accounting for over 60% of all new infections in the country for the last few days. Read more...

Dadar’s COVID-19 caseload has reached 5,354

Dadar areas also witnessed surge in fresh cases.With as many as 41 new cases, Dadar’s COVID-19 caseload has reached 5,354.

Maharashtra logs 23k+ cases, most since September 17, Mumbai adds 2.3k

Maharashtra reported a significant spike in daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, adding 23,179, the highest in six months (cases numbered 24,619 on September 17, 2020). The increase was 30% over Tuesday, taking the state’s caseload to 23,70,507. To put the spike in perspective, from March 1 to March 17, daily cases in the state have gone up four times. Also, Covid fatalities in the state have crossed the 53,000 mark; after the addition of 84 deaths on Wednesday, the state’s Covid toll reached 53,080. Read more...

Kalyan-Dombivli reported 565 new cases

Kalyan-Dombivli reported 565 new patients and one death taking the tally of patients 68,737 including 1222 deaths. Today 203 patients undergoing treatment have got cured, thus taking recovered patients numbers 63,589. The remaining 3926 active patients are undergoing treatment presently.

Sanjay Pandey: Not just current government but previous government has also been unjust to me

Senior IPS officer Sanjay Pandey on Thursday said that not just the current government but previous government has also been unjust to him. "Seniority was overlooked while making transfers and appointment among senior ranks. The current government's actions aren't as per SC orders," he said. Pandey, an IPS officer of the 1986 batch and the most senior officer in the state, has said to the chief minister after his transfer to an insignificant posting from the home guards that he does not want to be humiliated further and has decided to proceed on leave. Known to be an upright officer, Pandey was sidelined for years and on Wednesday shifted to head the Maharashtra State Security Corporation. "As Police Officer, DCP Zone 8 in 1993, I conducted a just investigation against the party (Shiv Sena) in areas near Kherwadi... The govt is too large a body to settle scores with me. If they are, we are not in safe hands," Pandey added. On Wednesday, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh was handed over the charge of Maharashtra's Home Guard department.

Veteran Actor Ramesh Deo gets his vaccine shot