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KALYAN: With chief minister Uddhav Thackeray planning to impose lockdown in view of the spiking Covid-19 cases, his own party Shiv Sena's ex-corporator Sunil Vayle has been booked after hundreds of people gathered at his daughter's wedding in Kalyan.
The wedding held on Saturday night was in gross violation of the Covid-19 precautionary norms that allow only 50 people to gather for a wedding. The attendants were found without masks and not maintaining social distancing.
The sources said after the video of the wedding went viral, the local Mahatma Phule police have booked three people including Vayle, his relative Suresh Mahatre and Ramesh Singh (Manager of the hall) under IPC section 188 (Disobedience of order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 and 270 (Negligent and malignant act likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) and under different sections of the Disaster Management Act.
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KALYAN: Kalyan-Dombivli on Saturday reported 1,244 Covid-19 cases while death rate remained lowest in worst affected city in MMR region.
The city reported 4 deaths taking the toll to 1,266. Total number of cases in the region is 82,423.
The Kalyan-Dombivli is second-worst affected area in Mumbai Metropolitan Region after Mumbai.
The twin city in last three days reported 3,252 cases and 10 deaths while in the month of March it reported 16,024 patients and 56 deaths.
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Based on a complaint, the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police conducted a raid at a roadside eatery on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway on Tuesday and caught the woman (Photo for representative purpose only)
THANE: Police have arrested a 30-year-old woman for allegedly operating a flesh trade racket at Mira Bhayandar in Thane district of Maharashtra, and rescued a girl and two women, an official said on Thursday.
Based on a complaint, the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police conducted a raid at a roadside eatery on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway on Tuesday and caught the woman, identified as Nisha alias Amarjit Jaswant Singh Kaur, he said.
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THANE: The Naupada police arrested a man from Dharavi in Mumbai whose accomplice worked with a jeweller and fled away with jewellery worth Rs 762 grams gold worth Rs 32 lakh under pretext of polishing it.
The police said that the accused Rafiqul Shaikh, 48, is arrested but the main accused Raja Shaikh is still absconding.
The police said that it was on 25 February, 2021, the main accused Raja Shaikh gained the confidence of the residents in the area as he had polished the jewellery of some of the residents.
Accordingly, complainant Amod Chachad too gave him nearly Rs 32 lakh jewellery weighing 762 grms of gold for polishing. But instead of polishing the ornaments, the accused fled away with the jewellery and was nowhere to be traced.
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THANE: The fate of upcoming foot-over-bridges in the city has sparked off a fresh round of clashes between two former allies in the Thane corporation after few Shiv Sena corporators stormed into the cabin of BJP group leader, Manohar Dumbre on Friday, protesting his claims that the projects were being executed for gaining political mileage.
Dumbre on Thursday, had questioned the construction of two FoB’s on Ghodbunder Road fearing they may have to be removed to accommodate the metro IV lines and also asked why a FoB was being built on Pokhran 1 when there were other vital works needed. The BJP leader further incensed the Sena after he issued a press statement alleging the projects were being taken up for gaining political benefits instead of securing the taxpayer’s money.
The state’s positivity has increased three times since January. Among all major cities, Mumbai seems to be an outlier with daily positivity between 5-7%
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Eight of the ten districts with the highest active cases in the country are from Maharashtra, the Union health ministry said on Thursday, calling the surge a “tipping point”. Pune, Nagpur, Thane and Mumbai are the top four.
"We are very worried about Maharashtra. Across several districts in Maharashtra there is a rise. A strict lockdown has been imposed in Nagpur. We are reaching a situation where those approaches are being brought back,” said Niti Aayog member Dr V K Paul, adding that the surge shows the virus cannot be taken for granted. “It can come up unexpectedly, with dynamics we don't know of."