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Coronavirus testing facility likely at Mumbai hospital

3:53 pm February 4, 2020

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is mulling to set up a coronavirus testing facility at Kasturba Hospital here to reduce the burden on Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) which is currently handling such samples from across the country, an official said on Tuesday. An additional testing facility at the civic-run hospital here will help in […]

Cops give CrPC notice to 6 ‘Mumbai Bagh’ protesters

10:03 pm February 3, 2020

Mumbai: Six people, including a woman, were issued notices under section 149 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) on Monday in connection with a sit-in protest at Nagpada in the metropolis against the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC, police said. The protest, which has been going on for nine days now, is akin to […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Woman injured during attack on her brother

10:32 pm February 2, 2020

Mumbai: A 26-year-old woman’s finger got severed while she was trying to save her brother from four attackers in Sahar village in suburban Andheri on Sunday afternoon, police said. The incident occurred when Shama Sheikh intervened while her brother Zaid was being attacked by the four men over some old rivalry, an official said. The […]

Rupee slides 22 paise to 3-week low on equity rout

8:13 pm January 30, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee lost 22 paise to close at a three-week low of 71.49 against the US dollar on Thursday tracking heavy sell-off in domestic equities amid rising concerns over the outbreak of coronavirus. Forex traders said most Asian currencies declined after the US Federal Reserve kept its key policy rates steady. Moreover, market participants […]

Kashmiri Pandits not beggars, we stood on our feet: Vidhu Vinod Chopra

3:21 pm January 30, 2020

Mumbai: Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra has said the aim behind his upcoming movie “Shikara”, about the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir, is not to make anyone feel sorry for the community but to present how these people stood tall in the face of tragedy. At the special 30-minute screening of the movie on Wednesday, […]