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Two and two injured when lightning strikes in Bhiwandi
Two other people were killed in lightning in a village of Bhiwandi in Thane district on Friday night amid heavy rains, an official said. The head of the Thane Municipal Corporation’s regional crisis control unit, Avinash Sawant, said the incident happened around 6 p. m. in Phulopada, Chiradpada village. (PTI)
Man jumps from four-story construction in Latur and dies
A 19-year-old man reportedly jumped and died from the terrace of a four-storey residential building in the city of Latur, Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The incident happened Thursday morning at a construction site in the city’s MIDC neighborhood, an official said. (PTI)
Due to bad weather in Mumbai today, 8 flights were diverted to nearby airports: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (ANI)
Mumbai sees 178 new Covid-19
Mumbai reported 178 cases of Covid-19 on Friday, bringing the number here to 11,52,133, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,738, a city official said. This is the eighth consecutive day that the sum of more than 100, with 179 being the number of instances detected a day earlier, he said. (PTI)
Zion witnessed a thunderstorm with calming and light to moderate rainfall.
Woman assaulted by motorist, dragged with vehicle to Thane
A 21-year-old student reportedly assaulted through a rickshaw motive force and dragged the vehicle in Maharashtra into the city of Thane on Friday, police said. A video of the incident that occurred in the city around 6:45 a. m. Media outlets appeared on social media, an official said. (PTI)
On Friday, the MSRTC announced that it would temporarily increase fares by up to 10% on all Shivneri and Ashwamedh buses from October 21 to 31. Fares will increase from five to 100 rupees, and the trip will be phased out from November. 1, when fares will again be general on those buses.
Thunderstorms accompanied by mild and moderate rains with gusts reaching 30-40 km/h most likely in remote locations of Mumbai, Palghar, Thane, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Beed, Parbhani, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur, Nasik and Aurangabad districts for the next 3 to 4 hours. Taking precautions when moving: BMC
Seat belt use by drivers and passengers of four-wheeled cars is in Mumbai from November 1: Police
Former Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh was transferred to Jaslok Hospital from Arthur Road prison. He was admitted to Jaslok Hospital today after the PMLA Special Court allowed him to undergo an angiogram at a personal hospital. (ANI)
Navi Mumbai Police Officer Accused of Corruption in Dowry-Related Harassment Case Acquitted
A sub-inspector of Navi Mumbai police accused of soliciting a bribe in a dowry-related harassment case and charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been acquitted by a local court. Special Judge Rachna Tehra, in her order of October 3, the main one whose points were made public on Friday, said that the prosecution had not presented the opposing fees to PSI sub-inspector Sudhir Bhausaheb Yadav (48). (PTI)
Lawyer sentenced to six months in prison for insulting caste
A district court in Thane sentenced a 44-year-old lawyer to six months in prison for using caste slander against a man in an argument. Special judge A. S. Bhagwat found on Wednesday that the lawyer was responsible for fees under the relevant sections of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sentenced him to six months imprisonment and fined him 1,500 rupees. (PTI)
Thane: Warehouse owner prosecuted for illegal urea garage
A crime has been registered against the owner of a warehouse in Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly illegally storing neem-coated urea, police said Friday. Following a lead, police raided the warehouse in Bhiwandi’s Purna village last month and confiscated 1,786 neems. Coated urea that was illegally stored there, said Chief Inspector Madan Ballal of Narpoli police station. (PTI)
60% of Mumbai cars now use bicycles, 37% are piling up since 2017
The increase in bicycle registrations in Mumbai has added to traffic congestion, pollutants and parking problems. Considerations about reckless driving are also developing, shipping experts say, adding that motorcycles now take up more area on the road and drive very close to or on curbs, causing nuisance to pedestrians. The density of bicycles in Mumbai increased to one hundred in 2018, 75 in 2019, 50 in 2020 and 75 in 2021. protection in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday,” said United Way Mumbai (Community Impact) Vice President Ajay Govale, who was a representative from India. “There has been an increase in bicycle sales worldwide in recent years as it is considered an affordable mode of shipping. Public transport, which takes you from point A to point B, can’t update you because bikes can take you from the gate to any destination, even if the road is narrow. What is needed is to increase the speed of the app and detect errant drivers who break traffic rules,” he told TOI.
Monsoon withdrawal in a few days?
The monsoon withdrawal is expected to begin in Maharashtra in a few days, after a delay of nearly 10 days. The monsoon begins to retreat regularly from the northern tip of Maharashtra around October 4 and 5. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday the situations are likely to be too favourable for the southwest monsoon to retreat from other parts of northwest and central India for two to three days. More are very likely to withdraw from the remaining parts of northwestern India, Gujarat, parts of Maharashtra, other parts of central India and parts of eastern India over the next two days.
TB and leprosy cases plummet as BMC goes door-to-door
In a special door-to-door crusade covering a population of 50 lakh to check for infectious diseases of tuberculosis and leprosy, civic fitness groups found that 108 showed cases of tuberculosis and 81 showed cases of leprosy. Approximately 8,000 other suspected cases of leprosy reported through the BMC network, doctors will evaluate staff before they are shown. Thursday.
Five of the new Covid XBB variant discovered in state, no severity alarm yet
Maharashtra on Thursday reported its first five cases of the new XBB subvariant of SARS-CoV-2. A total of 71 XBB cases were shown in West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra in the last fortnight. Odisha reported 33 cases, followed through West Bengal (17) and Tamil Nadu (16). XBB, necessarily a BA blend of Omicron. 2. 75 and BJ. 1, first recovered in Singapore and the United States in August. Scientists believe that “recombinant” is clever for immune evasion, however, it is not yet clear whether it causes severe illness leading to hospitalization.
Maha’s Assembly Oblique Poll: BMC Accepts Resignation of Uddhav-Led Sena Candidate Rutuja Latke
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has accepted the resignation of Rutuja Latke, candidate of the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray for the upcoming elections in Andheri’s Eastern Assembly constituency, an official said. Acting on orders from the Mumbai High Court, the civic cadre accepted the resignation and sent a letter of acceptance to Latke, who was serving as an executive assistant (employee) at the BMC, around 10 a. m. on Friday, he said.
Thane records 83 new cases of Covid-19; active at 408
Maharashtra’s Thane district reported 83 new positive coronavirus cases, bringing its total number of infections to 7,45,711, a fitness official said Friday. These cases were recorded on Thursday and lately there are 408 active cases in the district. The death toll remained unchanged at 11,962 as no one succumbed to the infection that day, the official said, adding that the number of recoveries had reached 7,34,026.
The fitness arm 324 patients have recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours, bringing its cumulative tally to 79,75,348 and leaving the state with 2,605 active cases. 19,922 coronavirus tests have been conducted in the state in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 8,50,13,972.