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Tablighi Jamaat event: MHA blacklists 960 foreigners for violating visa norms India

Tablighi Jamaat event: MHA blacklists 960 foreigners for violating visa norms

<p>After the fiasco over Tablighi Jamaat followers flouting visa norms to visit the country, resulting in a huge spike in COVID-19 cases, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has blacklisted 960 foreigners. According to the ministry, these foreigners, present in India on tourist visas, were involved in the activities of the missionary. The MHA has […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 03 Apr 2020
Coronavirus Pandemic: Maharashtra shuts workplaces till March 31, Delhi malls closed India

Coronavirus Pandemic: Maharashtra shuts workplaces till March 31, Delhi malls closed

<p>Amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday that all workplaces in major cities of the state, including Mumbai and Pune, will remain closed till March 31. The shutdown will be applicable in Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and Nagpur, Uddhav Thackeray told. Government […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 20 Mar 2020
8 under watch in Maharashtra for suspected coronavirus infection India

8 under watch in Maharashtra for suspected coronavirus infection

<p>A total of eight patients, five of them in Mumbai, are under observation in Maharashtra for suspected coronavirus infection, a health department official said. Six patients were already under observation and two more people, who complained of cough and mild fever, symptoms similar to the coronavirus, were put under medical watch on Tuesday evening, he […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 29 Jan 2020
Maharashtra : 25 killed as bus collides with auto-rickshaw in Nashik India

Maharashtra : 25 killed as bus collides with auto-rickshaw in Nashik

<p>In Maharashtra, 25 people, including nine women, lost their lives when a speeding State Transport bus collided with an auto-rickshaw, following which both the vehicles fell into a roadside well in Nashik district yesterday. More than 30 people also suffered injuries in the accident which took place in the afternoon at Meshi Phata on the […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 29 Jan 2020
From January 27 onwards, Mumbai malls, shops, eateries can stay open for 24X7 India

From January 27 onwards, Mumbai malls, shops, eateries can stay open for 24X7

<p>Maharashtra cabinet has approved a proposal to allow malls, multiplexes, shops and eateries to remain open round the clock. The decision will come into force from 27th January and will be implemented only in non-residential areas like Bandra Kurla Complex and Nariman Point. In another decision, cabinet has made the film “Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior” […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 23 Jan 2020
Maharashtra factory fire: Death toll in Boisar chemical factory blast rises to seven India

Maharashtra factory fire: Death toll in Boisar chemical factory blast rises to seven

<p>The death toll in the explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Saturday has gone up to seven with the recovery of one more body, an official said on Sunday. District Guardian minister Dada Bhuse also inspected the blast site late Saturday night and later said prima facie, the factory had permission […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 13 Jan 2020
Eleven men stripped, heckled and assaulted for carrying drinks at Peb fort India

Eleven men stripped, heckled and assaulted for carrying drinks at Peb fort

<p>A group of men from Mumbai were stripped, heckled and assaulted by a gang of self-styled followers of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for consuming alcohol at Peb fort (Vikatgad) near Karjat, where the youngsters gathered to celebrate new year. The 11 men, whose identities are being withheld, were stripped to their underwear, made […]</p>

By Connect Gujarat Desk 03 Jan 2020
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