Maharashtra

Nashik COVID-19 tally rises by 273, toll by two; 216 recover

11:16 pm January 9, 2021

Nashik : The count of COVID-19 cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra increased by 273 on Saturday to reach 1,12,293, while the day also saw two deaths and 216 people getting discharged, an official said. The toll in the district is 2,010 and the recovery count is 1,08,582, he added. With 2,314 samples being examined […]

India looks to become self-reliant in silk sector in next two years: Irani

Hospital fire: Golden future of infants taken away, says Irani

9:59 pm January 9, 2021

Surat: Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani expressed grief over the hospital fire in Bhandara in neighbouring Maharashtra in the early hours of Saturday in which 10 infants were killed, stating that their ”golden future” had been taken away from them. The infants, all aged between a month and three months, died after a fire broke out at the Special […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Bhandara hospital fire: probe panel to submit report in 3 days

9:54 pm January 9, 2021

Mumbai: A six-member team headed by the director of the health department will conduct a probe into the Bhandara hospital fire and submit a report within three days, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has announced. Ten infants died while seven were rescued after a fire broke out at a special ward for new-born babies at […]

Maha: Teen stabbed to death in Nagpur city; three held

3:44 pm January 9, 2021

Nagpur: A 16-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up and stabbed to death by three persons, including two minors, in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city, police said on Saturday. The attack took place in Dipti Signal area under Kalamna police station late on Friday night, an official said. Vinay Dahare was beaten up and stabbed in the chest byYogesh […]

COVID-19 vaccination dry run held in Maharashtra

9:59 pm January 8, 2021

Mumbai: A dry run to assess the readiness of the mechanism laid out for the imminent COVID-19 immunisation drive, was conducted across 32 of the total 36 districts in Maharashtra on Friday, a health department official said. A similar exercise had been conducted in four other districts of the state- Nagpur, Jalna, Pune and Nandurbar- […]