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BMC seals actor Rekha’s bungalow after security guard tests Covid positive

The guard at the 65-year-old 'Umrao Jaan' actor's bungalow, Sea Springs, tested positive Tuesday, a civic official said.

WHO chief cites Dharavi as example of effective Covid outbreak control, BMC tweets thanks

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentions countries that have been able to control the outbreak, urging others to take aggressive combative strategies.

Can get tested for Covid-19 in Mumbai without doctor’s prescription, says BMC

Municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal took the decision in view of increasing number of private labs and testing capacity.

How Covid hotspot Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, fought against all odds to flatten the curve

Home to 8.5 lakh people living in cramped houses, Dharavi was deemed to fail. Yet, in two months, it appears to have turned the story around.

Mumbai works to ramp up its health infra as it slowly surfaces from Covid lockdown

Mumbai is planning to add over 8,000 beds in ‘jumbo’ field hospitals, and boost public infrastructure to ensure almost 6,500 Covid beds for critical care.

Average daily growth rate of Covid-19 infections reduced, claims BMC

Till 2 June, a total of 41,986 COVID-19 cases and 1,368 deaths were recorded in the city, the worst-hit by the disease in Maharashtra.

‘Feel like criminals’: Why Mumbai doctors are angry over civic body’s strict Covid test rules

BMC guidelines say doctors have to physically check patients before prescribing tests, failing which they stand to lose their licence.

Dharavi reports 41 new Covid-19 cases, total tally rises to 1,715

No new death was reported in Dharavi, due to which the toll remained unchanged at 70, a BMC official said.

99% of Mumbai ICU beds are occupied, BMC data shows

A total of 1,438 people tested positive for coronavirus in Mumbai Thursday taking the total number of cases in the city to 35,273.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.