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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.

Over 400 protesters booked for Mumbai’s ‘Shaheen Bagh’, but participants say won’t budge

Mumbai police have issued notice to over 400 protesters on BMC assistant commissioner's complaint that they are blocking road repairs.

Collapse of Shiv Sena’s alliance with BJP threatens its control over cash-rich BMC

Shiv Sena has 94 corporators in the 227-member BMC to the BJP’s 82, and if it doesn’t get support from Congress & NCP, it could fall short of numbers.

Bombay High Court refuses to declare Aarey Colony a forest, dismisses pleas on tree felling

A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre dismissed four petitions filed by environment activists related to Aarey Colony, a major green lung in Mumbai.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

With Cheetah & Chetak fleets ageing, Army, IAF move to fast-track purchase of 200 light helicopters

Request for Information issued by govt seeks transfer of technology. This comes as the planned acquisition of 200 Kamov light utility helicopters from Russia remains in limbo.

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.