Pune district reports 455 new cases, 7 deaths
PUNE The district reported 455 new cases of Covid-19 and seven deaths on Thursday, according to the state health department
By Namrata Devikar
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 10:39 PM IST
PUNE The district reported 455 new cases of Covid-19 and seven deaths on Thursday, according to the state health department.
At least five deaths were reported in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and one each in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Pune rural.
The district has so far reported a total of 383,883 lakh Covid cases out of which 362,848 patients have recovered, 7,923 are reported dead and 13,112 are active cases.
PMC has so far reported 196,628 Covid cases and 4,466 deaths, while PCMC has reported 96,092 cases so far and a total of 1,303 deaths. Pune rural has reported 91,163 total cases and 2,116 deaths.
As per the state health department, 3,980 patients were discharged on Thursday in Maharashtra taking the total to 18,84,127 and the recovery rate is 94.79%.
Across Maharashtra, 2,886 new cases of Covid-19 and 52 deaths were reported on Thursday.
The case fatality rate in the state is 2.53%.
The state health department stated out of 1,40,19,188 laboratory samples, 20,00,878 have tested positive till Thursday i.e 14.27% patients.
Currently, 2,12,023 people are in home quarantine and 1,936 people are in institutional quarantine.
At least 42 students of PTU fall sick after eating mess food; hospitalised
By HT Correspondent, Jalandhar
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 01:28 AM IST
While the students undergoing treatment at the hospital stated that at least 80 students had consumed the food at the mess and suffered food poisoning, PTU registrar Sandeep Kazal said that 28 students were hospitalised. He added that there may be more students who got treated, but only 28 were admitted to the hospital.
CCI steps aside in Punjab as private players buy cotton above MSP
By Vishal Joshi, Bathinda
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 01:17 AM IST
Private players are paying upto ₹6, 240/quintal, which is ₹515 above the MSP for the cash crop; CCI enters the market when rates are below the MSP and the central agency pays cotton growers after meeting the prescribed norms.
Mumbai doctor moves HC seeking FIR against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut
By K A Y Dodhiya
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 01:12 AM IST
A Kalina-based doctor has filed a petition in the Bombay high court (HC) seeking directions to Mumbai Police to probe three complaints lodged by her in 2013 and 2018 against unknown persons
Agent held for issuing fake Covid-19 report to job seeker near Mumbai
By Ram Parmar
UPDATED ON FEB 27, 2021 01:16 AM IST
As the complainant had not undergone an antigen or reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, he found something amiss and approached the police in Mira Road
Cases rise, but Mumbai’s Covid positivity rate still at 3-5%
By Eeshanpriya MS
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 01:00 AM IST
Average positivity rate in Feb is 4%, compared to 3.98% in Jan; city records 1,035 new cases and 3 deaths on Friday
77-year-old killed in bungalow in south Mumbai; domestic help prime suspect
By Vijay Kumar Yadav
PUBLISHED ON FEB 27, 2021 12:54 AM IST
A 77-year-old woman was allegedly murdered in her two-storey seafacing bungalow, Prasanna Kutir, in Worli on Thursday night, even as her family members were in the other rooms, said police
Mumbai: Man tries to kill self at Virar station, rescued
By Ram Parmar, Palghar
UPDATED ON FEB 27, 2021 12:05 AM IST
The man allegedly attempted to kill himself by lying on railway tracks at Virar station on Wednesday evening.
No gunshot wounds on man who died during R-Day : Delhi, UP cops tell HC
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:14 PM IST
New Delhi
The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh police on Friday told the Delhi high court that the 25-year-old farmer, who died after his tractor overturned during the protesting farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day, had not suffered any gunshot wounds
Court asks police to ensure fair probe in Deep Sidhu’s case
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:13 PM IST
New Delhi
A Delhi court on Friday said that police are not supposed to collect evidence only to prove the guilt of the accused but rather to bring a true picture of an incident, as it directed the city police force to look into the issues raised by Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu in his plea seeking a fair investigation
Kejriwal arrives in Surat to a hero’s welcome: You people did a miracle, he tells residents
By Darshan Desai, Ahmedabad
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:12 PM IST
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Surat to a victor’s welcome on Friday, with hundreds of people cheering him on as he took out a road show to thank the people of the diamond city for electing his party as the chief opposition party in the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC)
Ludhiana man beaten to death by landlord on suspicion of theft
By HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
UPDATED ON FEB 26, 2021 11:07 PM IST
Suspecting him of stealing ₹1,000, a man beat up his tenant to death with a stick in Gagan Nagar of Daba area on Friday
Corporators demand to reopen all 204 public gardens in Pune
By Siddharth Gadkari
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 10:48 PM IST
PUNE Amid the rise in Covid cases Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC’s) garden department is planning to revise the timing of public gardens, but corporators are demanding to reopen more gardens in their wards
Modern abattoir finally operational in Ludhiana
By HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 10:42 PM IST
Hanging fire for over a decade, the project was completed at a cost of ₹19.5 crore in January last year; but trials were started only in February this year
Lodhi Club polls in Ludhiana: 16 in fray for 8 posts, 2 elected unanimously
By HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 10:33 PM IST
Scrutiny of nominations will be held on February 27; the contestants will be allowed to address the members in the club on March 5 and elections will be held on March 7
Ahead of first semester exams, SPPU instructs colleges to prepare question bank for students
By Dheeraj Bengrut
PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 10:10 PM IST
PUNE As Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) is gearing up to conduct first semester exams it has issued a circular to all its affiliated colleges to prepare a question bank for students
