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‘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.

BMC to soon increase bed capacity to one lakh in view of rising Covid-19 cases

Putting an end to rumours, civic commissioner IS Chahal said BMC is not going to take over premises of the Wankhede stadium for quarantine facility given the upcoming monsoon season.

Iqbal Chahal replaces Pravin Pardeshi as BMC commissioner

Pardeshi was transferred and has now been posted in the Urban Development Department. Ashwini Bhide & Sanjeev Jaiswal have been appointed additional commissioners in BMC.

4 test positive for antibodies after recovering from Covid-19: BMC

Maharashtra has highest number of Covid-19 cases at 8,068, of which 1,076 have recovered/discharged and 342 deaths have been reported.

Mumbai’s high Covid count due to aggressive testing but 81% cases asymptomatic: BMC chief

At ThePrint’s digital Off The Cuff, BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi spoke in detail about how Mumbai is tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, including in Dharavi.

Papers note govt’s U-turn on curbs, Mint’s reality check, Mirror on BMC’s ‘almost’ Wuhan

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

212 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Mumbai, taking total to 993, says BMC

The BMC release also informed that the death toll of coronavirus patients in the city reached 64 after 10 people died Friday.

In SC today, new plea against Mumbai coastal road — work on at frenetic, irreversible pace

Pleas seeking stay on reclamation work allege it's being done in violation of interim SC order and could be finished before next hearing on 8 April.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.