Traders in Maharashtra wait for respite following fresh COVID curbs
India | Apr 06, 2021, 02:59 PM ISTHospitals, medicals stores, shops selling vegetables, groceries, dairies and bakeries have been permitted to operate.
Hospitals, medicals stores, shops selling vegetables, groceries, dairies and bakeries have been permitted to operate.
Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 27,918 fresh coronavirus positive cases, two days after recording the highest 40,414 infections in a day, taking the tally to 27,73,436, the state Health Department said.
A "partial lockdown" will be imposed in Maharashtra's Aurangabad in view of the spike in coronavirus cases. The restrictions, effective between March 11 and April 4, will have shut malls, markets, and cinema halls during the weekends.
A night curfew will be imposed in Maharashtra's Aurangabad from Tuesday night onwards as a precautionary measure amid a surge in coronavirus cases. The night curfew will remain imposed from 11 pm to 6 am.
The local crime branch received information that a gang from Maharashtra's Osmanabad district was involved in this.
Police on Friday detained two senior local leaders of the MNS as a precautionary measure ahead of the visit of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to Aurangabad, an official said.
The Cabinet has approved changing the name of Aurangabad airport after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Uddhav Thackeray wrote in a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
The NCP, which is part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, Friday won the Aurangabad and Pune graduates' constituencies of the state Legislative Council.
Though road travel is permitted with restrictions, he said people need to get e-passes which are given only for emergencies, not for tourism, besides compulsory quarantine rules continuing, driving away tourists.
The Indian Council of Medical Research has given sanction for coronavirus testing in a lab set up in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Vice Chancellor Dr Pramod Yeole said on Saturday.
Two prisoners who recently tested positive for coronavirus escaped from a COVID care centre in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, a prison officialsaid on Monday.
The "government" was responsible for the death of 16 migrant labourers who were mown down by a goods train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, Shiv Sena mouthpiece `Saamana' said in its editorial on Saturday.
In a bid to check the spread of coronavirus and avoid crowding of markets, police have implemented the alternate-day formula for functioning of the shops selling essential items till May 17 in Maharashtra's Aurangabad, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
Three members of a family have tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra's Aurangabad. As per reports, all three members are women. Maharashtra is the worst-hit state in the country having maximum number of coronavirus cases.
Three men were arrested for allegedly attacking a policeman, who was on lockdown duty, at Ambejogai town of Maharashtra's Beed district, an official said on Friday. Govind Yelmate, who is attached to Amjogai police station, was beaten up by three men on Wednesday night, inspector Siddharth Gade said.
In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman in Maharashtra's Aurangabad allegedly tried to sell her unborn baby via Facebook. The woman along with her brother-in-law tried to fix a deal through Facebook by contacting those who wanted a child.
Coronavirus in Maharashtra: This is the third coronavirus-related death in Aurangabad district. The woman was referred to the GMCH from a private hospital on April 13 and her swab samples were sent for testing, following which she was reported positive three days later, GMCH nodal officer Dr Arvind Gaikwad said.
Amid coronavirus outbreak in the country, over 800 persons have been kept under home quarantine in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, amid the coronavirus outbreak, a senior official said on Saturday.
The financial crunch faced by the transport department has led to shortage of manpower at the workshop, which is one of the biggest central workshops of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) dealing with bodybuilding and maintenance of buses
Teenager Akash Khillare from Maharashtra's Aurangabad was dissuaded from learning swimming by his grandfather but he picked up the skill on the sly, and that helped him save a mother and her toddler from drowning, a feat for which he will be getting a bravery award at the hands of PM Modi on Republic Day.
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