Urvashi Khona

MAHARASHTRA MOS WRITES TO DR HARSH VARDHAN QUESTIONING VACCINE PRICES

May 5, 2021

Maharashtra MoS (designated) Raghunath Kuchik has written a letter to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan expressing concern over the varying prices of Covid vaccines in the country. “The current pandemic has adversely affected the life of Indians across every strata of the society. Maharashtra in particular has borne the...

IPS OFFICER RASHMI SHUKLA APPROACHES BOMBAY HC IN PHONE TAPPING CASE

May 4, 2021

Apprehending arrest and coercive action, Maharashtra IPS officer Rashmi Shukla has moved Bombay High Court seeking urgent hearing of her plea. This is in connection with the FIR registered by Mumbai Police in the case of illegal phone tapping and the alleged leaking of sensitive documents related to police postings....

VACCINES SENT ABROAD BOUGHT FOR RS 200-300

April 28, 2021

As the nation prepares for the next phase of the mega vaccination drive, the Centre has asked Serum Institute of India and Bharat BioTech to reduce the prices of vaccines covering all adults who are aged 18 or above. Meanwhile, it has come to light that the country has exported...

Sule urges Sitharaman to provide policy incentives for health sector

April 27, 2021

NCP MP Supriya Sule on Monday urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to announce policy incentives to encourage investments in the collapsed health sector. Sule in her tweet mentioned how the country is witnessing ‘an unprecedented pandemic’ but the country’s health infrastructure is being exposed as inadequate to tackle the...

14 Covid patients killed in Virar hospital fire, CM orders probe

April 24, 2021

At least 14 patients of Covid-19 died after a massive fire broke out in the early morning hours on Friday at the Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar in Mumbai. The fire broke out in the ICU of the private hospital that has been functioning as a Covid hospital. The fire...

No Maha lockdown, but more curbs to break Covid chain

April 23, 2021

The Maharashtra government, which was all set to impose a lockdown, instead issued new stricter restrictions under the “Break the Chain’ initiative in the state till 1 May in the backdrop of rising Covid-19 cases. It was a “unanimous suggestion” by all ministers in Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. The rethink on...

Mumbai man in search of oxygen dies: Who is to be blamed?

April 20, 2021

I was out on my daily assignment on Sunday, checking the ground reality and bringing the bitter truth about the Covid crisis to the world. While checking on Mumbai hospitals and their plight, I reached Bhabha Hospital in Bandra around 11:30 am. I saw a man in his 50s, suffering...

VACCINATION DRIVE SOUGHT FOR COVID-HIT MEDIA PERSONNEL

April 16, 2021

On Thursday, Prakash Jadhav, a journalist by profession, died by committing suicide reportedly after failing to acquire Remdesivir injection. Jadhav, who lived in the Sushil Nagar area of Solapur city, was only 35 years of age; he ended his life by cutting his wrist at his residence. On Wednesday, there...

Uddhav unveils Rs 5,476 cr relief package, Fadnavis calls it an eyewash

April 16, 2021

Reeling under an unprecedented Covid-19 wave, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has announced an economic relief package amounting to Rs 5,476 crore to provide relief to the economically weaker sections, including families below the poverty line, women, the aged, widows, the physically challenged, the unorganised sector, rickshaw drivers, tribals, etc....

CBI GRILLS ANIL DESHMUKH FOR OVER 10 HOURS IN RS 100 CR EXTORTION CASE

April 16, 2021

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh appeared before CBI in a Rs 100 crore extortion case. CBI on Monday issued a notice calling Deshmukh to join the agency’s probe into the allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh after he was removed from this post....

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