Mumbai LIVE Updates: Mumbai records 18 new COVID-19 cases, zero death; active tally at 82

Mumbai on Thursday reported 18 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 11,55,482, while no fresh death linked to the infection was registered in the metropolis, said the local civic body. The death toll remained unchanged at 19,747 with no fresh addition to the figure since the previous day, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a bulletin. (PTI)

A special court here has rejected pleas of three accused in the May 2019 Gadchiroli IED blast case in Maharashtra wherein they had sought discharge from provisions of stringent anti-organised crime law MCOCA, saying ample material existed to show they played a "major role in the commission of the crime" and are members of a banned outfit. (PTI)

As much as 50 km of metro network will be added in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in 2023-24, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday. He made the announcement while presenting the 2023-24 Budget in the state Assembly. Projects including the Mumbai Metro line 10 (Gaimukh to Shivaji Chowk, Mira road with a total length of 9.2 km and estimated cost of Rs 4,476 crore, Mumbai Metro Line 11 from Wadala to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSTM) with a total length of 12.77 km and estimated cost of Rs 8,739 crore, and Metro line 12 from Kalyan to Taloja with a length of 12.77 km and estimated cost of Rs 5,865 crore will be completed, he said. For the Mumbai beautification project, 820 public utility improvement works have been undertaken at a cost of Rs 1,729 crore, he said. (PTI)

In connection with the de-launching of steel girder of Gokhale Road Over Bridge (ROB) between Vile Parle and Andheri stations, a major block will be taken on 5th line and Platform No. 9 line from 21.30 hrs to 05.30 hrs and from 00.10 hrs to 04.40 hrs on Platform No. 4 line, UP Slow, DOWN & UP Fast lines on the intervening night of 11th/12th March, 2023: Western Railway