He urged former defence health services personnel, nurses and ward boys who have retired from service and those who are trained in medical service but don't have jobs to come forward to help the state in the "war" against coronavirus.
A Pakistani family which arrived here to visit the Haji Ali dargah to pray for their mentally challenged son was refused accommodation by several hotels in the city following which they spent the night on a pavement.
Three doctors and 26 nurses have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai's Mumbai Central area.
Passengers who are disallowed from travelling on trains because of symptoms associated with the novel coronavirus will also receive full refund for their tickets, the railways has said.
Disability activist Virali Modi recounts her life's most challenging moments and how she turned adversities in her favour.
Garbage will be collected from 12 stations, including Amritsar, Ambala, Haridwar, Jammu, Katra, Dehradun, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Central and Dadar
The major milk-producing districts of Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Ahmednagar and Nashik supply bulk of the stock to Mumbai and Pune.
The Indian Meteorological Department, meanwhile, warned of intense spell of 30 to 50 mm rainfall per hour with strong winds in Mumbai and suburban areas.
The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday had predicted heavy rainfall for the next two days due to what it called cyclonic circulation around the maximum city.
With these launches, the service is now live and available to users at 15 stations across the country.
The investments by Uber and Ola included setting up kiosks, incentivising drivers for parking at the railway stations, and payments to the Indian Railways.
The 33-year-old from Mumbai was reunited with his family after he returned to India through the Attari-Wagah border on Tuesday evening.
The railways have selected 50 stations to be outsourced for cleanliness drive across the country.
The Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express will leave Mumbai at 2255 instead of 1655 and 2975 Bandra-Jaipur Express, which was scheduled to leave at 1545, will now depart at 1900 hrs.
The Railways launched the Google's free Wi-Fi service at Vijayawada, Kachiguda and Raipur stations.
A 21-year-old stenographer with the CBI, in Navi Mumbai was today arrested for allegedly molesting a female doctor while she was asleep in a Mumbai-bound Express train, railway police said.
The Income Tax Department and National Investigation Agency personnel have seized cash worth Rs 2,500 crore, and gold and diamond jewellery from four trucks in Mumbai and detained 47 people.
The development came after Gaikwad apparently booked a seat from Hyderabad to Delhi on Flight AI 551 for Wednesday, which was cancelled by the national carrier.
A startling disclosure by arrested Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal -- that his outfit carried out a reconnaissance of nearly a dozen spots in Mumbai in August -- has prompted Maharashtra police to beef up security.
The 163-year-long service drew to a close. Abhishek Mande was there to record the final hours at Mumbai's Central Telegraph Office
The last telegraphic message to be sent from Mumbai's Central Telegraph Office was not a personal message, neither was it a patriotic one.
Bombay Boys director Kaizad Gustad returns to direction.
The actor expressed his sadness over the incident.
A division bench of justices A S Oka and A A Sayed granted bail to Atif Mulla on a surety of Rs 1.50 lakh.
Buyers as well as investors are fast realising that Rs 12,000 a square foot is the new normal in Mumbai's residential market, including most of the main suburbs.
'My biggest fear is if I get infected will I get admission in a good hospital and how much money will the hospital charge for my treatment.'
In a new development in the 2003 Mumbai triple blasts case, the Bombay high court has cancelled the bail of Wahid Abdul Shaikh, one of the accused, observing that there was prima facie evidence against him.
"I am not hiding and will speak to all after Wednesday," he said.
In a novel way to pay tributes to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks, Non-Governmental Organisation Swabhimaan Sanghathana, led by Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane's son Nitesh, on Saturday conducted a job fair for kin of the 26/11 victims and also ordinary Mumbaikars.
A railway official said the Talgo run was only a trial and, in case of launch of commercial services, clearance from CRS would be taken
The judge confirmed that the bulk of the evidence submitted by the Indian authorities will be admissible
A first person account of the train-walk-bike-taxi journey on Wednesday to the office, which is usually covered in an hour, took five-long but enlightening hours, as the city observed a bandh called against violence on the anniversary of a battle fought 200 years ago.
A brief history of Mumbai's tryst with bomb blasts
Sena has not supported Gaikwad's act but senior party leaders have expressed reservations over the airlines' action against him
Condemning the killing of a senior journalist in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday said that police will conduct an in-depth inquiry into the incident to nab the culprits and ensure that they get stringent punishment. "Media plays an important role in democracy and efforts to terrorise the media will be foiled," Chavan said after senior investigative journalist Jyoti Dey was shot dead by motorcycle-borne killers in broad daylight in Mumbai.
Aimed at attracting nearly Rs 1 lakh crore private investment, the station redevelopment project envisages infrastructure revamp at platforms and circulating areas.
Here's everything you need to know about Barrack 12 at Arthur Road jail, where Mallya may be lodged As we await the next move, here's everything you want and need to know about Barrack 12 at Arthur Road Jail.
The focus is now on having premium service to give passenger comfort and increasing train speeds.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com meets the families of the victims of the stampede at Mumbai's Elphinstone railway station.
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