Mumbai New Updates: City reports 575 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours

Juhu beach locals on Tuesday morning woke up to blackish tar ball like formations on the sea shore. Many said that it had become a recurrent phenomenon every year. Read story

The financial capital saw 575 infections on Tuesday, pushing the caseload to 7,17,683. Now, there are 15,390 active cases in the city. Read story

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) figures for today showed no new coronavirus had been registered in Dharavi. On Monday (June 14), for the first time since February 2 this year, Dharavi, reported zero new Covid cases.

The Haj Committee of India (a statutory body constituted under the Act of Parliament No 35 of 2002) on Tuesday cancelled applications for Haj 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to allow citizens and residents inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend Haj 1442 in limited numbers," stated the Haj Committee of India in a press release.

Television actor Pearl V Puri, who has been accused of allegedly raping a minor, was granted bail by a Vasai court on Tuesday.The actor was nabbed on June 4 on charges of molesting and raping a 5-year-old girl two years ago. He was then produced before the Vasai Sessions Court on June 5, which sent him to 14-days of judicial custody.

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Several tourists were sent back from the Matheran hill station on Sunday. The local administration did not allow them inside fearing Covid spread. The authorities have said that illegal entry to the hill station will attract fine by police. Monsoon revellers arrived at the Neral-Matheran road. Some of them spent time at the roadside waterfalls clogging the traffic. Over 200 tourists, who reached the Dasturi Naka on Sunday morning to enter the hill station, were stranded after obtaining an e-pass, as only few were allowed to enter the hill station.

The Congress party on Tuesday launched an attack on the BJP over the allegations of corruption in the land purchased by the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya.The remark comes after Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut demanded that the trust formed for the construction of the temple should clarify and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat should also speak.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers protested outside the TMC Education department office at Vishnunagar in Thane over the fee hike issue and demanded that private schools should reduce them. Photo: Anil Shinde/BCCL