Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked the state Covid-19 task force to study the treatment method for the new fast-spreading variant of the virus found in the United Kingdom.
Thackeray held a meeting with all district collectors a day after he announced night curfew and 14-day mandatory institutional quarantine for passengers coming from Europe and Middle East. In the backdrop of the new fast-spreading variant of Covid-19 found in the UK, Thackeray instructed all district collectors to be vigilant, increase the number of Covid-19 tests being conducted and make the use of masks mandatory for people and fine those who flout norms.
Farmers from Nashik on way to Delhi to reach MP today
On Tuesday afternoon, the farmers cavalcade reached Malegaon, where they were joined by a few more farmers. December 23, 2020 4:10:55 am
The farmers, also protesting against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, claimed that it was meant to privatise the sector, which would result in higher power bills for consumers.
A contingent of farmers, which is travelling from Nashik to Delhi under the banner of All India Kisan Sabha to join protesting farmers in Delhi, is set to cross over into the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.
While the contingent of over 500 farmers in 70-odd vehicles, which started off from Nashik on Monday evening, has had a smooth journey in the state so far, it is yet to be seen whether it will be allowed entry into Madhya Pradesh. Shrinivas Varma, Inspector General (Law and Order) from Madhya Pradesh Police, said, “We have alerted the superintendent o
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More than 12 years after Suresh Bhagat, the head of a syndicate of “matka” gambling, was murdered and his wife Jaya Chedda conspired about it, the Mumbai Police last week arrested Suresh’s brother Vinod (69), along with four others, for allegedly conspiring to kill Jaya (57) and her sister Asha Bhatt.
The police are trying to find if there is a financial reason behind the Rs 60-lakh supari given to contract killers or if it was Vinod plotting revenge for his brother’s murder.
Jaya, who along with five others, including her son Hitesh and lover Suhas Rege, was convicted of Suresh’s murder in 2013, has been out on bail since the past year. Suresh was killed on June 13, 2008, as his car was rammed by a truck on the Alibag-Pen road when he was returning home from a court hearing.
Elgaar Parishad case: Varavara Rao to remain in Nanavati hospital till Jan 7
Rao, who is lodged at Taloja Central Jail, was shifted to the private hospital following a court order on November 18. The court also directed the Nanavati hospital to file a fresh medical report of Rao by the next hearing. Updated: December 21, 2020 8:50:58 pm
The poet-activist Varavara Rao, lodged in the Taloja prison as an undertrial, is currently admitted to the Nanavati hospital in Mumbai.
The Bombay High Court on Monday allowed Varavara Rao, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Elgaar Parishad case, to remain at Nanavati hospital in Mumbai till the next hearing on medical bail plea on January 7.
BMC to set up vaccination centre in Cooper hospital
A separate building opposite hospital canteen with separate entrance has been earmarked as a vaccination centre. December 21, 2020 10:51:07 pm
Researchers in Brazil earlier this week delayed releasing complete information on Sinovac’s vaccine, saying only that it was found to be more than 50% effective.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up an ideal vaccination centre in Dr RN Cooper hospital, whose model will then be replicated in other places.
A separate building opposite hospital canteen with separate entrance has been earmarked as a vaccination centre. Members of Mumbai Task Force said the Cooper centre will have a waiting room to register, immunisation room and an attached ward to observe participants for half an hour. To monitor them, a special team of ICU specialists, nurses, and specialists like cardiologists, nephrologists, respiratory medicine specialists will b