Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maha sees 205 COVID-19 cases, including 66 in Mumbai; toll stays unchanged

Farmers will get decay-free saplings and scientific training to enhance sweet lemon production at the Citrus Estate proposed to be set up in Maharashtra`s Aurangabad district, an official said on Monday. The estate will come up on 18 hectares of land in Isarwadi in Paithan at a cost of Rs 43.79 crore, he said. "In Maharashtra, sweet lemon is cultivated on an area of 57,243 hectares of land, of which 21,525 hectares is in Aurangabad and 14,325 in Jalna. At the Citrus Estate, farmers will get decay-free saplings, scientific training to boost yields and soil testing," he said. (PTI)

ension prevailed in a village in Maharashtra`s Jalna district after unidentified persons entered a mosque, assaulted an imam and allegedly cut off his beard, a police official said on Monday. Victim Zakir Sayyed Khaja was alone in the mosque in Anwa village in Bhokardan tehsil when the incident took place at 7:30pm on Sunday, he said. He was found lying unconscious and has been admitted in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Aurangabad, the official added.
Superintendent of Police Akshay Shinde visited the village to monitor the situation and a sizable number of police personnel has been deployed to maintain peace, he added. (PTI)

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Monday said his party and ally Shiv Sena (UBT) have different political ideologies and asserted the Opposition bloc`s common minimum programme has no mention of late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar. Patole`s comments came after the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), in its mouthpiece `Saamana`, took strong exception to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi`s latest criticism of Savarkar, saying ¿insulting¿ the Hindutva ideologue will reduce sympathy for the disqualified Lok Sabha MP. (PTI)

Maharashtra on Monday reported 205 COVID-19 cases, which took the state`s tally to 81,42,059, while the death toll stood unchanged at 1,48,435, a health official said. The state had reported 397 cases on Sunday, he pointed out. Mumbai circle led with 135 cases, followed by 43 in Pune circle, nine in Kolhapur circle, eight in Nashik circle, five in Nagpur circle, three in Aurangabad circle and two cases in Akola circle. The 135 cases in Mumbai circle include 66 in the metropolis, the official added. The tally in Mumbai stood at 11,55,527, while the toll stood unchanged at 19,747, he said. The recovery rate increased in the state by 110 to touch 79,91,412, leaving Maharashtra with an active tally of 2,212. The active tally includes 618 in Pune district, 589 in Mumbai and 399 in Thane, he said. (PTI)