Maharashtra

New Delhi: India registered the highest single-day surge of 27,114 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s total caseload past the 8 lakh-mark to 8,20,916 on Saturday. The death toll rose to 22,123 with 519 more succumbing…

Patna: The Nitish Kumar-headed Bihar government has cancelled a tender awarded for construction of a mega bridge because two of the four contractors selected for the project had Chinese partners. “Two of the four contractors selected for…

Maharashtra and Delhi, by now confirmed to be the two worst-affected states in the country from coronavirus, is among the five states to receive 20,000 vials of the experimental COVID-19 drug Remdesivir. Hyderabad-based drugmaker Hetero…

Maharashtra: Industry experts and teachers have urged the Maharashtra government to reconsider its decision on the ban on online teaching till Class II. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has given a nod to commence schools in the state…

Mumbai: The cyclonic storm Nisarga, which is heading towards Maharashtra and Gujarat, is expected to make landfall close to Alibag, 94 km south of Mumbai, on Wednesday afternoon (June 3), the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on…

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government, headed by chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa, has taken a tough stand to check the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. They took a decision on Thursday to suspend arrival of flights, trains and vehicles from five…

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced extension of COVID-19 lockdown till May 31. "The calibrated phase-wise relaxation/lifting of lockdown orders will be notified in due course," an order from the office…

Mumbai: Covid-19 cases continue to grow in Maharashtra, India’s hotspot. If the news of positive coronavirus cases being detected in Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, alarmed the country a few weeks ago, the latest shocker is the first…

Mumbai: The total number of cases in India jumped to 62,939 after more than 3,000 fresh new COVID-19 cases were detected in the past 24 hours. 19,357 have recovered so far and 2,109 have died. Over 15 lakh tests have been conducted in…

Never has there been so much spotlight on the ubiquitous migrant labourers in our cities as now, in COVID-19 lockdown times. Toiling away as construction and industry workers, vendors, safai karamcharis, household helps, electricians,…