Night curfew and weekend lockdown imposed in Maharashtra

April 5, 2021

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray decided against imposing a complete lockdown on the state. However, a weekend lockdown has been ordered to check the spike in Covid-19 cases. The weekend curfew will be valid from 8 pm on Friday to 7 am on Monday. Only essential services will be allowed...

PATIENT WEARING OXYGEN MASK DIES AFTER PROTESTING OUTSIDE MUNICIPAL BUILDING

April 2, 2021

In a shocking incident, a Covid-19 positive patient died on Thursday while sitting out on a protest outside the municipal corporation in Nashik after allegedly being turned back by a number of hospitals. Babasaheb Kole, 38, was seen on a ‘dharna’, wearing an oxygen mask connected to a cylinder, on...

How Maharashtra govt plans to curb record Covid-19 spike

March 29, 2021

MUMBAI: Mumbai reported its highest-ever spike in a day in the number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday with 6,923 infections in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 3,98,674, the city civic body said. The city recorded eight deaths taking the overall count to 11,649, it said. As for...

FIR registered against unknown persons for leaking phone tapping report

March 27, 2021

The Mumbai Police Cyber Cell has registered an FIR in the case of leaking of the phone tapping report prepared by Rashmi Shukla, the ex-Commissioner, State Intelligence Department. The case has been filed against unknown persons illegally obtained confidential letters and other technical confidential information from the State Intelligence Department....

Night curfew in Maharashtra from Sunday; lockdown if health facilities fall short: CM

March 27, 2021

Taking into account the growing number of Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has issued strict directions to tackle the situation, which includes the imposition of night curfew in the entire state, starting from Sunday, 28 March. In a statement released by his office, the Chief Minister issued...

TRANSFER SCAM CHIEF SECRETARY SUBMITS A PHONE TAPPING REPORT TO MAHARASHTRA CM

March 26, 2021

Mumbai: Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte submitted report to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on phone tapping by IPS Rashmi Shukla. He has denied police transfers as claimed in phone tapping and those done were based on recommendation of Establishment Board. No wrong doing came to fore. In his report has denied...

Fadnavis demands CBI probe in alleged corruption in police transfers

March 24, 2021

In another shocking revelation, it has come to light that Rashmi Shukla had written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about the transfer-posting racket in August 2020 and urged him to take action. Devendra Fadnavis, who also raked up the case of IPS officer and former Commissioner of Intelligence (COI) Rashmi...

SUV murder solved: Maharashtra ATS a day after NIA took over probe

March 22, 2021

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested two persons in connection with the Mansukh Hiren death case, according to news agency ANI, while Deputy Inspector General of Police (ATS) Shivdeep Lande claimed that the case has been solved. In a Facebook post on Sunday, DIG Shivdeep Lande wrote, “The riddle of the...

Param Bir Singh transferred, Nagrale new Mumbai Police chief

March 18, 2021

Param Bir Singh was removed as Mumbai Police chief on Wednesday and moved to Home Guard, in another development in the Ambani bomb scare case. The announcement was made by Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Deshmukh further stated that senior IPS officer Hemant Nagrale, holding additional charge of Maharashtra Director...

MAHARASHTRA IN THE LINE OF COVID-19 FIRE, NIGHT CURFEW IMPOSED IN PUNE

March 13, 2021

With the Centre expressing concern over rising as Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, saying that 8 out of the top 10 worst pandemic-hit districts in the country are located in the state, the authorities in the state have started taking proactive steps to curb the spike. After Nagpur, night curfew has...