Mumbai

Teltumbde and his co-accused have been charged by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) as being members of frontal organisations working on behalf of the banned CPI(Maoist).

Among eight regions of Maharashtra, Pune region reported the highest 1,018 new COVID-19 cases.

The road connecting the city was blocked due to a landslide at the Chandsaili Ghat following heavy rains recently.

The Kerala health department has been on a high alert since a 12-year-old boy from Kozhikode succumbed to Nipah virus infection on Sunday.

The move is also aimed at creating an education-friendly environment for students. At these "model schools", education will be imparted to develop skills required in the 21st Century.

The incident had taken place in a shanty in Shahu Nagar in Dharavi and had caused a fire, leaving 17 people injured, five of whom, including the boy, were critical, the civic official said.

Mumbai now has 2,749 active cases. The city's COVID-19 recovery rate is 97 per cent, the official said.

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State minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal had sought discharge, claiming that there is no evidence to prosecute him in this case.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni reserved its order on two petitions pleas seeking an interim stay on the implementation of the new Rules.

Maharashtra BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye slammed the Shiv Sena-led MVA government over the incident.

A sero-prevalance survey involves testing of blood serum of individuals to detect antibodies against an infection (coronavirus in this case).

At 13, the maximum number of these patients hailed from Jalgaon in north Maharashtra followed by Ratnagiri (11) in the coastal Konkan region.

A group of five friends, including Kursange, Apoorva Kelkar, Melroy Dantes, Karan Mishra, and another girl, had gone to Tapovan in the northern state on a picnic last week.

The special camp was conducted at the High Court premises on July 30 and 31, by the BMC's A ward.

Some of the workers later came on to the Western Express Highway located nearby due to which traffic movement on the city's arterial north-south road was disrupted for some time, the official said.