Maharashtra

Maharashtra Reports 10,697 Covid Cases, Daily Positivity Rate At 4.79%

India News | Reported by Puja Bharadwaj | Saturday June 12, 2021

Maharashtra reported 10,697 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The state also reported 360 deaths in the last 48 hours and 121 last week.

No Talks Of Making Prashant Kishor Our Strategist, Says NCP's Nawab Malik

India News | Asian News International | Saturday June 12, 2021

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, who wants to form a united front of opposition parties against the ruling BJP at the Centre, informed Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Saturday.

What If Adar Poonawalla Doesn't Want It: High Court Scraps Plea On Security

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 12, 2021

The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it would provide security to Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India (SII) which manufacturers the Covishield vaccine against COVID-19, if he makes a request.

Maharashtra: TMC Announces Rs 1,200 Attendance Allowance For Students Of Civic Schools

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Saturday June 12, 2021

The administration in Maharashtra's Thane city has decided to disburse an attendance allowance of Rs 1,200 every six months to students of civic-run schools.

Right Time Now To Revive BJP-Sena Alliance In Maharashtra: Union Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 12, 2021

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said a "Maha Yuti" (grand coalition) government of former allies BJP and Shiv Sena along with others can be formed in Maharashtra by sharing the chief minister's post with the Sena for half term.

Mumbai To Remain Under Level 3 Covid Curbs Despite Fall In Positivity Rate

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 12, 2021

Mumbai will continue to remain in the level-3 category of the Maharashtra government's plan to ease the coronavirus-induced restrictions in the state till further orders, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said Friday night.

No Vaccination Drive In Thane Today, Tomorrow Over Heavy Rain Forecast

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 12, 2021

All civic corporations in Maharashtra's Thane district late Friday evening said vaccination drive will remain suspended on Saturday and Sunday in view of weather office's forecast of heavy rain.

88-Km Aurangabad-Shirdi Highway Proposed, Says Maharashtra Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 11, 2021

A new 88-kilometre highway from Aurangabad to the temple town of Shirdi in Ahmednagar has been proposed, Maharashtra minister Subhash Desai said on Friday.

Maharashtra HSC Result 2021: Government Permits ‘All Pass’, Criteria Soon

Education | Edited by Bishal Kalita | Friday June 11, 2021

Maharashtra HSC result 2021: Following the cancellation of HSC or Class 12 final exams, the Maharashtra Government on Friday permitted the state education board to pass all students.

Covid Curbs Likely To Be Relaxed In Pune As Positivity Rate Dips: Report

Pune News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 11, 2021

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said the administration in Pune will consider introducing some relaxations if the COVID-19 positivity rate in the city continues to be below 5 per cent in the next two days.

21 Maharashtra Districts Get Excess Monsoon Rain In First 10 Days Of June

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 11, 2021

Maharashtra Monsoon: The Mumbai weather office has predicted "heavy to very heavy" rainfall at a few places in Konkan and Goa region. 21 out of 36 districts in Maharashtra got 60 per cent excess rain in first 10 days of June

Court Suggests Special Police Cell In Maharashtra For Medical Negligence Cases

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 11, 2021

The Bombay High Court on Friday suggested that the Maharashtra government consider creating a special cell of well-trained police officers to deal with registering FIRs against doctors over complaints of medical negligence.

Mumbai And Coastal Maharashtra Likely To Get Heavy Rain, Says Met Office

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday June 11, 2021

Mumbai weather: Coastal districts of Maharashtra including Mumbai are likely to get "moderate to intense spells of rain", according to the IMD. The Konkan region and districts of Palghar, Thane and Mumbai are very likely to heavy rain, the IMD said

Black Fungus Cases Grow 150% In 3 Weeks To 31,000, Deaths Over 2,100

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Friday June 11, 2021

Black Fungus, a potentially fatal condition that is increasingly seen in recovering Covid patients, with 31,216 cases and 2,109 deaths in the country has grown over 150 per cent over the last three weeks.

"Those Who Live In Glass Houses...": Supreme Court To Ex-Mumbai Top Cop

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Friday June 11, 2021

The Supreme Court today rejected a petition by ex-Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh to transfer all cases against him to the CBI. "After having served for more than 30 years, you do not have confidence in Maharashtra Police? It is shocking," the Supreme