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Mumbai: Drugs seized in NCB raid at TV actor’s home

9:48 pm April 3, 2021

Mumbai: A Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team conducted a raid at the residence of television actor Gaurav Dixit in Andheri’s Lokhandwala area and allegedly seized a huge quantity of drugs, an official said on Saturday. The raid was carried out on Friday evening by the Mumbai unit of the NCB after it received a specific […]

Mumbai logs record 8,646 new COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths

11:43 pm April 1, 2021

Mumbai: Mumbai on Thursday reported 8,646 new coronavirus cases, its highest one-day rise since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. This took the city’s overall caseload to 4,23,360. The death of 18 patients during the day, the highest single-day figure since the first week of December last year, took the […]

Ambani security scare: NIA searches hotel in Mumbai

4:04 pm April 1, 2021

Mumbai: The NIA conducted searches at a hotel in south Mumbai on Thursday in connection with its probe into the case of an explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, an official said. A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) reached the hotel located in Soni […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

LS passes NaBFID Bill; commercial decision-making kept out of CVC, CBI, CAG purview

12:05 am March 24, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the development finance institution (DFI) being set up to fund the infrastructure sector will remain outside the purview of the CAG, CVC and CBI, a move aimed at enabling faster decision-making. The DFI, called the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), however is going to be answerable to […]

Mumbai case surge: Dharavi to get 2 COVID care centres

11:18 pm March 23, 2021

Mumbai: Amid a rise in cases, Mumbai’s civic body on Tuesday decided to set up two COVID care centres in Dharavi, one of the world’s densest urban sprawls, an official said. The 250-bed COVID care centre at Vanita Samaj Hall in the area is full, the official said. “We plan to set up a COVID […]