Now, 1 flyer from UK who landed in Mumbai tests positive
Now, 1 flyer from UK who landed in Mumbai tests positive
ByMalathy Iyer,Chaitanya MarpakwarMalathy Iyer and Chaitanya Marpakwar / Updated: Dec 26, 2020, 09:05 IST
Mumbai: The search for the UK mutant strain of
Covid-19 came closer home with one of the passengers who had travelled from the western country to the city after November 23 testing positive for the virus.
Two other UK-returned passengers one from Pune and the other from Nagpur too have tested positive since the state government began a surveillance to check passengers who landed in Maharashtra between November 23 and December 25.
‘A regime contemptuous of checks and balances’: Rajdeep Sardesai on the first year of Modi 2.0
An excerpt from Rajdeep Sardesai’s new ‘Afterword’ to his book ‘2019: How Modi Won India’. Sanjaay Kanojia/AFP
If a week is a long time in Indian politics, a year can be an eternity. The first anniversary celebrations of the Narendra Modi 2.0 government in May 2020 had none of the “band, baaja, baarat” razzmatazz that is such an intrinsic part of the Modi style of political marketing. India was in lockdown mode and the rising cases of Covid-19 across the country meant that public celebrations would not be possible.
Sena wants Navi Mumbai international airport to be named after Bal Thackeray
State’s Urban Development Minister and Shiv Sena’s local heavyweight Eknath Shinde, who was also present for the meeting, demanded that the Navi Mumbai international airport be named after Sena founder (late) Bal Thackeray. December 25, 2020 3:11:44 am
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. (File)
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday directed officials to expedite the plan for building a coastal road in Navi Mumbai that will provide seamless connectivity to the Navi Mumbai airport.
The state-run City Industrial and Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) is implementing the road project.
Night curfew imposed to warn about continuing danger, says Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray
He also admitted that he was under tremendous pressure when the pandemic began, but said there was no option but to fight back.
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said night curfew was imposed in the state so that people realize that the danger of COVID-19 has not passed.
Night-time movement was restricted in the state between 11 pm to 6 am after a new strain of the virus was found in the UK.
The curfew will continue till January 5.
Where is your Hindutva: Goa Shiv Sena to Koshyari over beef issue
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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, Dec 23 : The Shiv Sena in Goa on Wednesday chided Bhagat Singh Koshyari, currently Governor of both Maharashtra as well as Goa, for his silence over Chief Minister Pramod Sawant s overtures to minority communities in the coastal state over providing adequate supply of beef amid a shortage.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji, Jitesh Kamat, state president of the Shiv Sena in Goa, said that his party was surprised by Koshyari s silence on Sawant s willingness to provide live cattle for slaughter in Goa, especially when two months ago the Governor had attacked Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for denying Hindus entry to temples during the Covid-19 lockdown.