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Topic: Maharashtra

Can’t change positivity norms — ICMR rejects Maharashtra plea to revise Covid test criteria

In letter to Maharashtra health secretary, ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava says a lower threshold for determining a sample as Covid positive will increase disease transmission rate.

Why NCP picked low-profile, soft-spoken Dilip Walse Patil as Anil Deshmukh’s replacement

Anil Deshmukh had Monday resigned as the Maharashtra home minister after Bombay HC ordered a CBI probe into allegations that he ran an extortion racket in Mumbai. 

For Yavatmal farmers, Maharashtra Covid surge also brings back 2020 livelihood nightmare

With 47,288 new cases, Maharashtra continues to be ravaged by Covid. For farmers in water-starved Yavatmal, the possibility of another lockdown only makes matters worse.

How CBI plans to probe Param Bir Singh’s corruption allegations against ex-minister Deshmukh

On directions from Bombay HC, CBI team from Delhi will investigate allegations that Anil Deshmukh, as Maharashtra home minister, ordered Mumbai cops to extort bars, restaurants.

Here’s how CM and Mumbai Police can control the rise in Covid cases: Kavita Khanna

Kavita Khanna writes an open letter to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale on people violating the Section 144 order.

Centre deploys 50 high-level teams to Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh & Punjab amid Covid surge

The high-level public health teams are being rushed to assist the state health department and local authorities in Covid surveillance, control and containment measures.

Maharashtra govt announces night curfew, only essential services allowed from 8 pm to 7 am

Maharashtra reported 49,447 new Covid cases and 277 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.

Police lodge case against 1,011 people over religious gathering in Maharashtra

Despite prohibitions on public gatherings due to Covid-19, police said the annual 'Sandal yatra' to Sailani Baba's shrine was taken out in Maharashtra's Buldhana district.

Mumbai revives plan to connect Colaba & Nariman Point that’ll cut travel time to 5 mins

The MMRDA is reviving an old project to establish a new direct link between Mumbai’s two southernmost points and has already appointed a project management consultant. 

On Camera

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.