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Mumbai local trains to allow women travellers from today; Centre mulls removing plasma therapy as treatment
Fp Staff •Currently only those engaged in frontline duties and falling in the essential staff category of the Maharashtra government are allowed to travel in the local trains run by Central Railway and Western Railway
Maharashtra govt requests railways to allow all women to travel by Mumbai local trains
•The government has requested the railways to make the train services available to women passengers from Saturday from 11 am to 3 pm and from 7 pm onwards till the end of the services for the day
Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: 2,414 new COVID-19 patients recorded in Delhi today; Beijing tests 3.56 lakh residents as cases rise
Fp Staff •Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: The Union Health ministry in a statement on Wednesday said that the testing capacity had increased with the number of testing labs rising to 924 across the country. "The announcement came as India's coronavirus case count reached over 3.54 lakh today," News18 reported.
Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Beijing raises COVID-19 emergency response level to II from III; Puducherry govt restricts entry from Chennai
Fp Staff •Coronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Tuesday exempted constitutional and government functionaries and their staff members travelling across states on official work from the requirement of 7-day home quarantine, if they are asymptomatic, ANI reported.
Bombay High Court asks Railways to make local trains more disabled-friendly, urges 'out of the box' thinking
•The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by local NGO India Centre for Human Rights and Law for making the local trains and railway stations disabled-friendly
16 killed in separate mishaps on Mumbai's suburban rail network on Thursday; highest number of fatalities in single day recorded so far
•At least 16 people, including a woman, died Thursday in separate mishaps on Mumbai's suburban railway network, the Railway Police said Friday
Mumbai rains turn Monday morning into crawl for commuters, city receives 540 mm rainfall in less than two days
Fp Staff •Mumbai Rains: Extremely heavy rainfall, coupled with massive traffic jams and water logging in several parts of Mumbai, stalled life for commuters on Monday morning. Monsoon gained strength in the city and adjoining areas as Mumbai witnessed rainfall through Sunday night and all through Monday morning.
Mumbai rains LIVE updates: Next high tide expected at 10.44 pm, rainfall highest in decade, says BMC
Fp Staff •Mumbai rains LIVE updates: According to the website tide-forecast, the next high tide in Mumbai is expected at 10.44 pm, and the tide is expected to reach a height of 3.76 metres.
WATCH: Man held for thrashing, molesting woman on moving Thane-CST local train in Mumbai
Fp Staff •The tag of safe city is slowly slipping away from Mumbai or so it will seem after one watches this video. A short video, which was shot onboard a Thane-CST local train in Mumbai, showed visuals of a woman being beaten, thrashed and molested by a man.
Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley announces bonanza for Mumbai, Bengaluru local train commuters
•In a first, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the expansion of the Mumbai suburban train network, spread over 465 km, at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore.