Mumbai

Building crash survivor joins rescue work on leaving hospital

11:43 pm September 22, 2020

Thane: A day after being pulled out alive from the debris of a crashed building in Bhiwandi town, a man quickly got back on his feet and joined rescuers at the site on Tuesday, driven by zeal to help those in distress. Khalid Abdul Khan (42) was among 25 persons who were rescued from the […]

TCS sets up 11 COVID-19 isolation centres for staff, their dependents

12:31 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has set up 11 first-line COVID-19 isolation centres within its premises in various cities in India, including Mumbai, Indore and Nagpur. According to an email to employees, these centres will provide medical support to associates and their dependents (spouse, children and parents /parents-in-law) who […]

Dharavi’s coronavirus tally goes up by 18 to 2,993

8:39 pm September 18, 2020

Mumbai: The COVID-19 infection count in Dharavi, the largest slum in Mumbai, rose to 2,993 with the addition of 18 cases on Friday, a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said. The tally is now close to the 3,000-mark about five- and-a-half months after the first COVID-19 case was detected in the area on April […]

Sensex drops 134 pts; financial stocks drag

7:37 pm September 18, 2020

Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmark Sensex ended 134 points lower on Friday, dragged by losses in financial stocks amid mixed global cues. After swinging 564.69 points during the day, the 30-share BSE index settled 134.03 points or 0.34 per cent lower at 38,845.82. The NSE Nifty fell 11.15 points or 0.10 per cent to finish at […]

PM to inaugurate Kosi rail mega bridge in Bihar on Friday

8:02 pm September 16, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the “historic” Kosi rail mega bridge through video-conference on Friday and also inaugurate 12 rail projects related to passenger facilities in Bihar, his office said. Modi has either inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of a number of development projects in the poll-bound state in the last few days […]