MUMBAI: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maharashtra government on Monday inked MoUs worth around Rs 35,000 crore with 15 companies even as Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray called for attracting over Rs 1 lakh crore investments this year to the state. Thackeray made the remarks during the Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 event, which seeks to mobilise investments … Read more
MUMBAI: The results of the latest sero survey conducted in Mumbai has come in as a dampener for the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Both the government and BMC were expecting a higher percentage of people in the city to have antibodies in their body against the novel coronavirus, which would have meant … Read more
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Government on Wednesday extended coronavirus-induced lockdown till October 31, but also said that hotels, restaurants and bars will be allowed to operate from October 5 with restricted capacity. All the trains originating and ending the journey within the state will be restarted with immediate effect subject to health protocols for COVID-19, the … Read more
In Maharashtra, the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases have been recorded at 1,145,840. Maharashtra, having the highest number of Coronavirus cases in the country, has recorded more than one million COVID-19 cases. The transmission is increasing in a manner that the state government has introduced a new campaign ‘My family-My responsibility’ where the government has … Read more
The Maharashtra government allowed hotels to operate at 100% capacity from September 2 through new guidelines issued on Monday, but decided to keep bars shut. There is confusion in the industry on restaurant operations as they had previously figured in the negative list of prohibited activities but are not mentioned anymore in the new order. … Read more
The usual pandal decorations in the city are missing this year and cultural events have been replaced by public awareness programmes and health camps by the mandals. (File photo: IE) Amid the coronavirus pandemic an restrictions on public movement, the 10-day Ganesh festival started in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Saturday although the … Read more
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit about the benefits extended to the kin of frontline health and administrative workers, who get infected or succumb to COVID- 19 in the line of duty. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sarang Kotwal was hearing two public … Read more