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At 1,657, Mumbai reports lowest daily rise in Covid cases in weeks

Mumbai reported less than 2,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth time this month on Friday with 1,657 infections coming to light. The city also recorded 62 deaths during the day says BMC

Sharing best practices

Centre should help states share ideas on curbing pandemic

A tale of two cities

The way Delhi and Mumbai have prepared to take on the pandemic brings out their professional differences

Covid-19: Over Rs 54 cr collected for mask violations in Mumbai in one year

The civic authorities in Mumbai have collected fines to the tune of over Rs 54 crore in the last one year from 26.87 lakh citizens who violated the COVID-19 mask rule in public places

A sea of trouble for a CM

Uddhav Thackeray is navigating choppy waters. And while people might forgive his lapses as inexperience, second chances are rare if the lapse is misgovernance

Hospitals to set up Covid-19 centres in two 5-star hotels in Mumbai

42 rooms in Hotel Trident, BKC and Hotel Inter Continental at Marine Drive requisitioned already, more facilities being identified

Mumbai registers over 10,000 coronavirus cases for second day, 23 die

Mumbai reported 10,428 new coronavirus cases and 23 fresh fatalities on Wednesday, which took its caseload to 4,82,760 and death toll to 11,851, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said

BMC collected over Rs 40 cr from mask violators from April 2020-March 2021

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday informed that it has collected Rs 40 crores from April 2020 to March 21, 2021 from 2,000,000 offenders who violated the mandatory face mask rule

No coronavirus vaccination in Mumbai till Monday due to Co-Win app glitch

The BMC was planning to vaccinate 4,000 medical personnel on the first day it could vaccinate only 1,926 individuals

Dharavi, a people's project

Dharavi, once a Covid-19 hotspot in Mumbai, did not report a single infection in the 24 hours prior to Christmas for the first time since April 1, when the first patient was detected in the area

'Free' mask, Rs 200 fine in Mumbai for rule violators: Civic body

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected over Rs 10.7 crore in fines since April.

Kangana bungalow demolition was illegal, smacks of malice: Bombay HC

The bench said it does not approve of authorities using "muscle power" against any citizen

Second sero survey indicates reduction in infections in Mumbai slums: BMC

The presence of Covid-19 antibodies in samples from slums in the city was found to have decreased by 12% in the second sero survey, the Mumbai civic body said on Thursday

BMC collected over Rs 52 lakh fine for face masks norms violation since Apr

BMC said that it has collected Rs 52,76,200 fine for 1,4207 violation of face masks norms in between April 20 to September 26

Do not reclaim stretch of sea not needed for Mumbai link road: SC to BMC

The Chief Justice said the court is inclined to see the map where the officers would point out the areas they are going to touch and those which they are not going to

Death toll in Mumbai building collapse rises to 6; rescue ops continue

Three people are still injured of which condition of a 17-year-boy is critical

Anupam Kher's family members test Covid-19 positive, quarantined at home

Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Sunday said his mother, Dulari, along with brother Raju and his family have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently under quarantine. Sharing a video on Twitter, Kher said his mother wasn't eating for the past few days and even got her blood tests done, which showed nothing alarming. "But then our doctor advised us to take her to a CT scan centre and get her scanned and it turned out she was COVID positive, mild," he said. "My brother and I also got ourselves tested, where Raju tested mildly positive while I was negative. My sister-in-law and niece also tested mildly positive," the actor added. The 65-year-old actor said while his mother is admitted to Kokilaben Hospital, his brother's family is quarantining at their home. "I've informed the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) they're working amazingly, efficiently. They will sanitise my brother's residence," he said. The news comes a day after megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishe

The boss of cities: Will the pandemic yield space to urban bodies?

Cities are setting the rules that now carry life and death implications for their residents. Whether it is Nagpur, Hyderabad or Delhi, most of those rules are sought to be set by municipal authorities

Lightning kills 43 people in UP, Bihar; rains lash several parts of country

North India witnessed predominantly sultry weather, with Punjab and Haryana recording above-normal day temperatures.

Section 144 imposed in Mumbai till July 15 amid spike in Covid-19 cases

With 903 new patients reported on Tuesday, coronavirus case tally in Mumbai increased to 77,197 while death toll rose to 4,554 with 93 more fatalities.