Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Mumbai: 500 teams to be deployed to administer COVID-19 vaccine

9:08 pm December 11, 2020

Mumbai: At least 500 teams of five trained personnel each will be deployed for administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday. The first to get inoculated will be health workers followed by frontline workers, people above the age of 50 and those suffering from co-morbidities, it said […]

Maha celebrates Diwali in toned-down manner amid COVID-19

2:04 pm November 14, 2020

Mumbai: Diwali, the festival of lights, is being celebrated across Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Saturday with fervour, but in a subdued manner under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, Laxmi Pujan, the main day of Diwali, and Naraka Chaturdashi, are being celebrated on the same day on Saturday. In Maharashtra, […]

800 new coronavirus cases in Mumbai, 17 deaths

10:37 pm November 13, 2020

Mumbai: As many as 800 new coronavirus cases were reported in Mumbai on Friday, taking the tally to 2,68,404, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The COVID-19 death toll in the city rose to 10,539 with 17 new fatalities. The civic body said that the number of recovered patients increased to 2,43,809, about 90 per […]

HC closes arguments on Kangana’s plea, reserves order

3:13 pm October 5, 2020

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday closed all arguments and reserved its verdict on the petition filed by actor Kangana Ranaut against the demolition of a part of her bungalow in Mumbai by the city civic body. A bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and R I Chagla conducted hearings on the plea last […]

Mumbai case surge: Dharavi to get 2 COVID care centres

Dharavi’s coronavirus infection count crosses 3,000

8:11 pm September 19, 2020

Mumbai: The tally of coronavirus cases in Mumbai’s Dharavi area crossed the 3,000 mark on Saturday with 25 new cases coming to light, said an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The tally reached 3,018 on Saturday. It had crossed 2,500 on July 21. 2,585 patients from the area have recovered from the viral infection, […]