Mumbai

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis said all government decisions taken so far were only on paper while the ground situation was different.

M&M was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 2 per cent, followed by Bajaj Auto, Kotak Bank, HDFC Bank, HCL Tech, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, ITC and UltraTech Cement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has been instructing banks to increase lending, but bankers say they are choosing to be cautious.

The statement is significant in the background of the current controversy in Maharashtra over the war for credit on the success of Dharavi in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

The private bidders will have to provide their own doctors and staffers, while the BMC will provide the health care infrastructure including beds, medication, oxygen supply and ventilators.

According to traders, domestic investors shrugged off weak cues from global markets and focussed on positive factors like sustained foreign fund inflows and hopes of a good monsoon.

The caller, claiming himself to be a member of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit, had said he was calling from Karachi and threatened to blow up the hotel in Colaba and Taj Land's End hotel in Bandra.

In his weekly column 'Rokthok' in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', Raut said despite the COVID-19 pandemic, "'politicking hasn't stopped', be it over the border standoff with China or handling of the coronavirus situation.

In a tweet, the police said people were "permitted shopping closer to home (5am-9pm)" and asked them not to forget IDs and other documents while travelling for work.

The projections come as drugmakers warn of a potential shortage of specialty glass vials to store future COVID-19 vaccines.

Traders expect the benchmark bond yield to remain in a tight 5.83% to 5.93% range in the near term in the absence of any fresh cues.

The Mumbai Police also imposed new guidelines stipulating that citizens cannot travel beyond the two-km radius of their residences, attending offices or in the event of medical emergencies.

The deceased was posted at Dharavi police station in central Mumbai.

The Maharashtra government earlier said salons and beauty parlours will be allowed to reopen from Sunday with restricted entry and prior appointments for customers.

Thane - with 26,506 cases and 751 fatalities - has emerged as the second worst-hit district after Mumbai in the state.

The apex court is hearing pleas on the decision by the state government to grant reservations to the Maratha community in jobs and education.