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Two Beat Man To Death And Throw Body Out Of Apartment Window, Arrested
Ndtv | 2 days ago | 26-05-2023 | 08:10 pm
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2 days ago | 26-05-2023 | 08:10 pm

The incident took place on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday (Representational)Thane, Maharashtra: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly beating a man to death and throwing his body from the second floor of a residential building in Dombivili town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.The incident took place in Sonarpada area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, a senior inspector at Manpada police station said.The accused attacked the victim Rajesh Ramvriksha Sahani (38) with sticks in their apartment following a dispute and kicked him to death, he said.The duo then threw the victim's body from the window of their second floor flat in order to destroy evidence. The body was later discovered by other residents in the early hours of the day, the official said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe police were informed and the body was sent for post-mortem, he said, adding that the accused have been arrested under section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Two Beat Man To Death And Throw Body Out Of Apartment Window, Arrested
Ndtv | 2 days ago | 26-05-2023 | 08:10 pm
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2 days ago | 26-05-2023 | 08:10 pm

The incident took place on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday (Representational)Thane, Maharashtra: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly beating a man to death and throwing his body from the second floor of a residential building in Dombivili town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.The incident took place in Sonarpada area on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, a senior inspector at Manpada police station said.The accused attacked the victim Rajesh Ramvriksha Sahani (38) with sticks in their apartment following a dispute and kicked him to death, he said.The duo then threw the victim's body from the window of their second floor flat in order to destroy evidence. The body was later discovered by other residents in the early hours of the day, the official said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe police were informed and the body was sent for post-mortem, he said, adding that the accused have been arrested under section 302 (murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Two Beat Man To Death And Throw Body Out Of Apartment Window, Arrested
Thane Man Cheated of Rs 5.24 Lakh On Promise Of Medicine Business
Ndtv | 6 days ago | 22-05-2023 | 09:58 am
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6 days ago | 22-05-2023 | 09:58 am

No arrest has been made so farThane:  A 51-year-old man from Maharashtra's Thane district has allegedly been cheated of Rs 5.24 lakh by a Delhi-based person who offered to arrange a medicine distribution business for him with the Indian Railways, police said on Monday.The victim had worked as an accountant with a hospitality firm but became jobless during the COVID-19 pandemic.He got to know from an acquittance that a person from Delhi was arranging for some business, an official from Navghar police station said quoting the victim's complaint.The accused allegedly offered medicine distribution business with the Indian Railways to the victim and took Rs 12.79 lakh from him between February 2021 and July 2022, he said.Later, the accused did not fulfill the promise and returned Rs 7.55 lakh to the victim, but failed to pay the balance amount, the official said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe victim filed a police complaint on Saturday, based on which the Navghar police registered a case against the accused under Indian Penal Code Section 420 (cheating), he said.No arrest has been made so far, the police added.

Thane Man Cheated of Rs 5.24 Lakh On Promise Of Medicine Business
Man And Woman Take Bath On A Scooter In Maharashtra, Police Take Note
Ndtv | 1 week ago | 18-05-2023 | 06:03 pm
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1 week ago | 18-05-2023 | 06:03 pm

Both seem to enjoy the act while onlookers are left puzzled.The craze to become an influencer on social media leads to people resorting to bizarre activities to go viral. The instances range from influencers attempting to make and eat weird food combinations, to trying out life-threatening stunts. Now, a video of a man and woman taking a bath on a scooter in the middle of a road in Maharashtra is making rounds on the internet. The video of the incident that took place in Thane near Mumbai was shared widely on Twitter and the police have shared it with the traffic department for "necessary action".The clip was shared by a page known as WeDeserveBetterGovt. In the now-viral video, a man and woman can be seen sitting on a scooter at a traffic signal in Ulhasnagar, in Maharashtra's Thane district. The woman is carrying a green bucket and starts pouring water on herself with a red mug. She then pours water on the man, who is driving the vehicle. Both seem to enjoy the act while onlookers are left puzzled. Some of them are also seen laughing. As the video progresses, the two are seen enjoying their bath on a busy road as cars and two-wheelers cross them. @DGPMaharashtra@ThaneCityPoliceThis is ulhasnagar, Is such nonsense allowed in name of entertainment? This happened on busy Ulhasnagar Sec-17 main signal.Request to take strict action lncluding deletion of social media contents to avoid others doing more nonsense in public. pic.twitter.com/BcleC95cxa— WeDeserveBetterGovt.🇮🇳 (@ItsAamAadmi) May 15, 2023"@DGPMaharashtra @ThaneCityPolice This is ulhasnagar, Is such nonsense allowed in name of entertainment? This happened on busy Ulhasnagar Sec-17 main signal. Request to take strict action lncluding deletion of social media contents to avoid others doing more nonsense in public," reads the caption of the post. PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comResponding to the same, the Thane City Police tweeted, "Your information has been reported to Traffic Control Room, Thane for necessary action."The man in the video is Adarsh Shukla, a YouTuber from Mumbai. He took to Instagram and apologised to Mumbai Police for not following the traffic rules of wearing a helmet while driving a two-wheeler. He said in his Instagram Story, "A video in which I am driving an Activa while taking a bath is going viral on social media. However, I was not wearing a helmet while doing so and that was my biggest mistake.'He also urged his followers to wear helmets while driving. Mr Shukla said that he will pay the fine for not following the rules. "Please do not spread misinformation that I am getting arrested. I made a mistake and will pay the fine for the same," he said on his Instagram story. 

Man And Woman Take Bath On A Scooter In Maharashtra, Police Take Note
Dog Strangled, Beaten To Death In Maharashtra By 3 Men, Case Filed: Cops
Ndtv | 1 week ago | 16-05-2023 | 07:40 pm
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1 week ago | 16-05-2023 | 07:40 pm

Police said the incident occurred on May 11 night. (Representational)Thane: Three men allegedly beat a stray dog to death outside a housing society in Mira Road area in Thane district of Maharashtra, following which a criminal case was registered, police said on Tuesday.Police said the incident occurred on May 11 night in front of a housing society when a man lifted the dog and banged it on the ground, while another man strangled the canine with a rope and a third one beat it with a stick. The brutal incident was captured on the CCTV camera, a police official said.A case was registered against the three under section 429 (Mischief by killing or maiming cattle etc.) of the Indian Penal Code, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and the Maharashtra Police Act on a complaint lodged by a resident of the housing society.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comNobody is arrested so far.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Dog Strangled, Beaten To Death In Maharashtra By 3 Men, Case Filed: Cops
Maharashtra Man Attacks Estranged Wife, Kills Woman Who Tried To Save Her
Ndtv | 1 week ago | 15-05-2023 | 11:52 pm
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1 week ago | 15-05-2023 | 11:52 pm

The man visited his wife who lived with the victim in Diva area, police said. (Representational)Thane: A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Thane of Maharashtra for allegedly killing a 19-year-old woman during a fight with his estranged wife in the early hours of Monday, an official said.The accused and his wife were staying separately due to differences between them.On Sunday night, the man visited his wife who lived with the victim in Diva area, he said.However, the couple got into a fight around 3 am. The man pulled out a knife and attacked his wife. When the victim tried to save her, the accused stabbed her to death, the official said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comAfter being alerted by locals, police arrested the man from Diva and admitted his wife to a hospital, he added.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Government in Maharashtra will not collapse: Union minister Anurag Thakur
Times of India | 3 months ago | 14-02-2023 | 08:29 pm
Times of India
3 months ago | 14-02-2023 | 08:29 pm

KALYAN: Union minister Anurag Thakur, on Tuesday, said that the Maharashtra government would not collapse. Rather it would keep doing the development work with more strength, he said.Amid speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is strengthening its base in Kalyan before the Lok Sabha election from where CM Eknath Shinde's son Dr Shrikant Shinde is the current MP, Thakur, during his visit to Maharashtra's Kalyan in Thane district, said that the BJP and Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena will together contest the upcoming the Kalyan Lok Sabha election.This is the second time when Thakur is on a visit to the Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency to meet party workers and strengthen the party by holding various programmes.During Thakur's last visit, there were talks of BJP putting up its candidate from Kalyan."Do not worry about who will contest from here (Kalyan Lok Sabha) or not. We will contest together (BJP and Balasaheb's Shiv Sena) and will fight in a better way and we will win by a bigger majority."Responding to a question as to opposition's hopes that the present government will collapse, Thakur said, "If the opposition was thinking about this, they will get disappointed. The government in Maharashtra will not collapse and we will develop the state with more strength."Thakur said, "The central government has given many times more than what the UPA government has given to Maharashtra during the last 10 years. Be it railways, roads or metro projects, the central government was doing wholeheartedly and in future will also do the same."

Government in Maharashtra will not collapse: Union minister Anurag Thakur
Team Shinde Leader Challenges Sanjay Raut To Resign, Contest Election
Ndtv | 3 months ago | 08-02-2023 | 09:36 pm
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3 months ago | 08-02-2023 | 09:36 pm

Shambhuraj Desai said Sena MLAs had followed Uddhav Thackeray's diktat to back Sanjay RautThane: Thane Guardian Minister Shambhuraj Desai on Wednesday challenged Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut to resign from Rajya Sabha and get re-elected, claiming that the legislators of the undivided Sena had voted for him then.Desai was talking to the media here after attending a district planning committee meeting here.His comments come amid a bitter exchange between the Sena's two factions after ex-minister Aadtiya Thackeray dared Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to contest against him from Worli in Mumbai.Desai said all Sena MLAs had followed party chief Uddhav Thackeray's diktat to back Raut, now a fierce critic of the Shinde faction."He had given us specific instructions on the voting for the MP elections which we meticulously followed. Let him (Raut) resign now and win the elections to the Rajya Sabha," said Desai.The Sena split after a rebellion by Shinde, who joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party to become the CM. He now leads the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS), while Uddhav Thackeray is the head of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).The BSS on Tuesday termed as "childish" Aaditya Thackeray's comments challenging Shinde to contest from the Worli assembly seat.On the tussle between the groups over the Sena's name and symbol (bow and arrow), Desai, who belongs to BSS, said they will abide by the Election Commission's decision.Desai said he will meet the CM and try to get more funds for the Thane district. They have sought Rs 850 crore for the district in fiscal 2023-24, he said.Model schools, which are a success in Sangli and Satara districts, will be replicated in Thane as well, he said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comModular operation theatres will be set up in 10 government hospitals in the district, said the guardian minister.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The DayIndian-American Girl In "World's Brightest" Students List, Scored Highest

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray dares Maharashtra CM Ekanth Shinde to fight election against him in Thane
Times of India | 3 months ago | 07-02-2023 | 08:55 am
Times of India
3 months ago | 07-02-2023 | 08:55 am

MUMBAI: Former minister Aaditya Thackeray of the Shiv Sena (UBT) challenged chief minister Ekanth Shinde to resign from his constituency in Thane and fight an election against him there. Last week, Thackeray had said he was willing to resign as an MLA from Worli and had challenged Shinde to fight an election against him there. He also claimed there would be no cabinet expansion of the Shinde-Fadnavis government and no new ministers would be inducted till the government fell. Thackeray said the MLAs who joined the Shinde faction were only shown carrots that they would be made ministers. He slammed the Shinde-Fadnavis government in the second phase of his Shiv Sanvad Yatra across the constituencies of Shiv Sena rebel MLAs who joined the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena led by Shinde. “I had given a challenge asking the CM to resign as an MLA and fight from Worli. They haven’t replied to that saying that they don’t have the guts ... but if they want he must resign from Thane and I’m willing to fight there too,” he said. Thackeray said there was no woman minister in the cabinet. “You write it down. This cabinet is going to fall,” he said. He said there was no youth minister and no one who listened to the voice of farmers or women. Chaitanya Marpakwar

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray dares Maharashtra CM Ekanth Shinde to fight election against him in Thane
Maharashtra Congress to fight Kasba Peth seat and NCP Chinchwad
Times of India | 3 months ago | 06-02-2023 | 07:17 am
Times of India
3 months ago | 06-02-2023 | 07:17 am

MUMBAI: With the MVA deciding to contest the bypolls in Pune despite an appeal from the ruling parties, the Congress will file its nomination for the Kasba Peth seat and the NCP for Chinchwad seat on Monday. Earlier in the day, chief minister Eknath Shinde, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawanjule and MNS chief Raj Thackeray had appealed to MVA leaders, including Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil, for unopposed election since the bypolls were called after two BJP MLAs expired."The MVA performed very well in the recent legislative council polls and we expect the same trend to continue in the bypolls," said state Congress chief Nana Patole. The MVA will contest both the seats, he tweeted. He added, "The BJP has no moral grounds to talk about the tradition of leaving the seat uncontested when a sitting MLA passes away. The party (BJP) has not fielded family members of its deceased MLA Mukta Tilak for the Kasba Peth bypoll." "I have appealed to the leaders of the Congress and NCP not to contest these bypolls in keeping with the tradition in our state of having unopposed elections in bypolls called after a sitting MLA has died," Shinde had said. In his letter issued on Sunday afternoon, Thackeray said, "Bypolls following the death of an MLA should remain uncontested as far as possible because the public sentiment was not just for that MLA but also for his party."In October 2022, the BJP had initially filed its nomination for the Andheri East bypoll necessitated by the death of Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke. However, it later withdrew from the bypoll and the election was unopposed. However, the BJP had contested and won the Pandharpur bypoll which was called after the death of NCP legislator Bharat Bhalke in 2021. The BJP had also contested the Deglur bypoll which was called after the death of Congress MLA Raosaheb Antapurkar in 2021.Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said, "The BJP wants the two bypolls to be unopposed because it is worried it will lose."

Maharashtra Congress to fight Kasba Peth seat and NCP Chinchwad
89% voter turnout recorded for MLC teachers’ constituency polls
Times of India | 3 months ago | 31-01-2023 | 08:12 am
Times of India
3 months ago | 31-01-2023 | 08:12 am

Thane: Thane district registered 88.86% voter turnout for the elections held on Monday to elect the member of legislative council from the teacher's constituency from Konkan division.Officials said the polling process was held peacefully at all the 20 polling centres across the district between 8am to 4 pm. "The district recorded an average of 88.86% voting. Counting of votes will be done on Thursday, February 2 from 8am in Navi Mumbai," Thane Collector Ashok Shingare informed.Of the total 15,300 voters, the volume of male teachers turning up to vote was highest at 93% as out of 6,021 male voters 5,634 voted. In comparison, the ratio of female voters was 85% as 7,961 out of 9,271 voters. "The ratio of female voters was high till 2pm following which the scales tilted," said an official.Konkan Division Teacher Constituency includes five districts namely Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg. A total of 13,595 voters exercised their right to vote on Monday. Due to public awareness and other measures taken by the District Election Office, 88.86% polling for the teachers constituency was recorded in Thane district. Micro level Observers were appointed at all the polling stations on the day of polling to conduct the polling process of Konkan Division Teacher Constituency elections in a smooth and safe manner. Also, polling stations were monitored through videography and webcasting, said deputy district Election Officer Archana Kadam.After the polling, all the ballot boxes were being collected by the polling officers/employees at the District Headquarters amid police presence and then would be collectively deposited in the strong room at the Counting Center at Agri Koli Sanskriti Bhawan, Nerul (West) in Navi Mumbai, officials said.Meanwhile, the political leaders were spotted outside many polling booths considering the polls were crucial for the newly formed alliances in the state.NCP Thane city president Anand Paranjape said they were confident that the MVA candidate would win with a comfortable margin. "I was at the tehsil office in Thane and I am sure we will bag over 80% of the seats from here," said Paranjape while talking to the media. The BJP leaders including MLA Sanjay Kelkar along with Naresh Mhaske, spokesperson for the Shiv Sena (Balsaheb) also seemed confident of their candidate winning.

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Duo dupe 25 job aspirants of 22 lakh in scam, booked
Times of India | 4 months ago | 15-01-2023 | 08:15 am
Times of India
4 months ago | 15-01-2023 | 08:15 am

Thane: As many as 25 job aspirants were duped over Rs 22 lakh by a recruitment firm promising jobs in the Gulf and even gave them fake visas, fake flight tickets, etc. The police said that the accused duo were booked by the Kapurbawdi police in connection with the case. The police said that the complainant in the case was on the look out for a job and got to know about the recruitment firm which claimed to recruit candidates for overseas jobs. When the complainant approached the firm they agreed to arrange a job as a mobile crane operator with one Grace construction in the Republic of AzerbaijanAs per the directions of the accused agent, the complainant made payment between December 02,2022 and December 19,2022. “The accused gave him a fake letter of demand, job offer letter, Visa and flight ticket. The demand and job offer letter turned out to be fabricated ones. The flight ticket was cancelled by them and they closed shop and fled the place from where they operated in the city,” said a police officer from the Kapurbawdi police station. Upon realising that he has been cheated the victim filed the present complaint with the police on Friday. The police officer said that the accused had in a similar manner cheated around 25 job aspirants including the victim to the tune of over Rs 22 lakh.The police said that a case has been registered under sections of cheating, forgery etc of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the police are investigating the case.

Duo dupe 25 job aspirants of 22 lakh in scam, booked
Thane: Teacher gets 20 years’ RI for raping teen student
Times of India | 8 months ago | 16-09-2022 | 04:47 am
Times of India
8 months ago | 16-09-2022 | 04:47 am

THANE: The Thane district court on Wednesday sentenced a 44-year-old coaching class teacher from Navi Mumbai to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping his teenage student in 2019 and 2020. The additional sessions judge Maheshwari B Patwari while convicting the accused, Sanjay Bhagchandani, said, "The severity of the crime and its affect on the society are such that it is to be severely dealt with. The sentence should be such that it serves as a deterrent." The prosecutor told the court that the victim was 17 years old and studying in 12th standard when the incident occurred in April 2019. She used to attend coaching classes where the accused was teaching. The accused befriended her and used to often praise her. One day in October 2019, he asked her to stay back after classes. He took her to his house and raped her. He also filmed the act. He used the video to blackmail her and raped her on a couple of occasions in 2020, the prosecution said. (The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court's directives on cases related to sexual assault)

Thane: Teacher gets 20 years’ RI for raping teen student
Thane: Girls turning doctors by dozens, may resuscitate Bhiwandi’s image
Times of India | 9 months ago | 21-08-2022 | 04:46 am
Times of India
9 months ago | 21-08-2022 | 04:46 am

THANE: In the drawing room of a modest apartment in Bhiwandi sit a dozen girls, some in burqa. One thing common among them is that they have all passed MBBS. This pretty picture is noticeably different from the popular image of Bhiwandi. With creaking infrastructure and its power looms, once a mainstay of its economy, in a limbo, Bhiwandi is often called a dying textile town. Unemployment and hopelessness often explain the town that was once called 'Manchester of India'. Amid this hopelessness, is sprouting a new breed of doctors who can change this image. "There is a craze among youngsters, especially girls, to become doctors. Soon we will have dozens of trained doctors," said Shamim Ansari, whose daughter Somaiya is credited to have become a role model. Newly minted doctors drive Bhiwandi's silent revolutionBhiwandi's girls are excelling at NEET, and it is being compared to a "silent revolution". "Recently we felicitated hundreds of students who had cleared SSC exams with flying colours, 70% of which were girls. The way girls are excelling at NEET exams, it is liberation through education and they are bringing a silent revolution," said Bhiwandi East MLA Rais Shaikh. The revolution began with Somaiya Ansari. Studying in Urdu medium, Somaiya topped her school at SSC exam in 2008 and cracked NEET in 2011, securing an MBBS seat at a government medical college. Along with her, Ansari Shifa Shamim and Momin Aseera Akhtar too cleared NEET. "These three girls inspired many youngsters who began dreaming of becoming doctors," said Bhiwandi resident and law teacher Salim Yusuf Shaikh. While many individuals worked to create awareness, many credit Dr Abdul Aziz as having encouraged youngsters to aim for MBBS. "From arranging for fees to helping students get caste certificates and their validation, Dr Abdul Aziz has been a great motivator for medical aspirants here," said businessman Akram Ansari, whose elder brother was among a few initial MBBS doctors in Bhiwandi. Akram's daughter is also studying medicine. There are some unlikely "lovers" of a career in medicine here. Sheikh Parvez Ahmed is a photographer-cum-cabbie who drives Bhiwandi students to a coaching centre in Mulund. "While I drove these MBBS aspirants to the coaching centre and back, I thought about my own daughter. I spoke to parents of some of these girls who guided me and I put my own daughter in the same coaching centre and now she too is MBBS," says Ahmed.

Thane: Girls turning doctors by dozens, may resuscitate Bhiwandi’s image
Thane: 5 duped of Rs 5 lakh in job scam, 1 arrested
Times of India | 9 months ago | 10-08-2022 | 09:34 am
Times of India
9 months ago | 10-08-2022 | 09:34 am

THANE: The Thane city police has booked a 37-year-old man from Satara for duping five people, who were seeking jobs, of over Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of employing them in a government power supply company. The accused, Sandeep Raut also has another cheating case registered against him with the Mumbai police. The police said that the complainant who is a resident of Dombivli had come in contact with the accused through a mutual accquaintance earlier this year. The accused boasted of his contacts in the government sector and told the complainant that he can get get him and the other victims a job with MSEDCL but for that they will have to cough up a handsome amount. The victim trusted the accused and paid him Rs 1.68 lakh. However, when he did not hear from the accused on the status of the employment, he questioned Raut. The accused issued a fake appointment letters of MSEDCL when the victim checked the authenticity of the letter s,they turned out to be bogus and realised that they have been cheated. All five victims collectively paid over Rs 5 lakh, said a police officer. Nishikant Karlikar

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Maharashtra: Active Covid tally dips below 10,000 after 3 months
Times of India | 8 months ago | 07-09-2022 | 07:43 am
Times of India
8 months ago | 07-09-2022 | 07:43 am

PUNE: Maharashtra's tally of active Covid cases has now dropped below the 10,000-mark for the first time in over three months. It's a major development, considering the state had over 25,000 active cases around June-end. Officials attributed the drop to clear skies and reduced rainfall. The break in the weather has also caused swine flu cases to fall. "Transmission of influenza and Covid is nearly similar. Increased rainfall and humidity can boost transmission as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses can piggyback on moisture droplets in the air," said state surveillance officer Dr Pradeep Awate. Data showed that around June 9, Maharashtra had 11,571 active Covid cases. The number rose to 23,746 around June 19 and by June 27, active caseload was at 25,570. But by August 8, number of patients fell by more than half to 11,900 and by August-end, it was at 10,633. On Tuesday, the state's active caseload was at 7,701. As for SARS-CoV-2 variants, Maharashtra seems to have dodged the more serious BA.5 subvariant - its prevalence is now less than 5% in samples from the state. Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, a member of India's INSACOG network, said, "BA.5 had triggered severe infection in patients in some countries." Maharashtra is reporting a 75% prevalence of the milder BA.2.75 subvariant, which has not caused a spike in hospitalisation rates. Dr Awate said, "We are seeing a rise in BA.2.75 infections, but cases are largely mild and people are recovering at home. BA.2.75's prevalence is high in samples from Pune, Mumbai, and Thane." According to labs, the state reported 21 BA.5 patients and 216 BA.2.75 cases between August 20 and September 1. Dr Sidram K Raut, director of Noble Hospitals, said, "There has been no rise in the number of people reporting to the hospital. Widespread vaccine coverage may be a factor. But at the same time, there has been no major drop in the number of patients, which suggests many still haven't taken boosters."

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