Top stories from the western region at 1700 hrs.

Top stories from the western region at 1700 hrs. BOM10 GJ-LOCKDOWN-LD MIGRANTS

Lockdown: Migrant workers clash with police in Gujarat

Surat: Hundreds of migrant workers seeking to return home clashed with police and pelted stones at them near a village in Gujarat's Surat district on Monday, following which the security personnel lobbed teargas shells and baton-charged the agitated workers, an official said.

BOM1 MH-LOCKDOWN-MIGRANTS-THACKERAY CM asks Centre not to charge train fare from migrant workers

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has requested the Centre not to charge any amount from migrant labourers for travelling by train to their native places during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.

 

BOM9 MH-LOCKDOWN-LIQUOR SHOPS Maha: Queues outside liquor shops amid confusion on opening

Mumbai: Long queues were seen outside liquor outlets in Mumbai and Pune on Monday, a day after the state government said shops of non-essential items, including liquor, will be allowed to open in COVID-19 non-containment zones, but to the dismay of the customers, they remained shut.

BOM13 GJ-LOCKDOWN-RELAXATIONS Shops, markets open outside COVID-19 red zone in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Barring six major cities and as many municipalities, shops, markets and other commercial and industrial establishments in Gujarat opened on Monday as per specific relaxations in coronavirus-induced lockdown announced by the Centre as well as the state government.

BOM4 MP-LOCKDOWN-SHOPS Lockdown: Shops open in 43 MP districts in green, orange zones

Bhopal: Shops and other commercial establishments opened on Monday in 43 out of the total 52 Madhya Pradesh districts, barring COVID-19 red zones, with some curbs in accordance with the Centre's guidelines, officials said.

BOM2 MH-LOCKDOWN-LIQUOR Lockdown: Five Maha districts not to allow liquor sale

Mumbai: A day after the Maharashtra government said shops selling non-essential commodities, including liquor, will be allowed to open from Monday in the COVID-19 non- containment zones, five districts in the state have decided not to permit liquor sale.

BOM3 CG-VIRUS-QUARANTINE Army, paramilitary staff to be quarantined on return to C'garh

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh health department has asked personnel of the paramilitary forces and Army to remain quarantined for 14 days after their return to the state on completion of training or duties in other parts of the country.

BOM5 CG-LOCKDOWN-LIQUOR SHOPS C'garh: People throng liquor shops, defy social distancing

Raipur: Shops of various non-essential items, including liquor, opened across Chhattisgarh on Monday, except those located in COVID-19 containment zones and malls, officials said.

BOM11 MH-LOCKDOWN-MIGRANTS-RETURN 35,000 migrant workers sent to hometowns so far: Maha official

Mumbai: Nearly 35,000 migrant labourers in Maharashtra have been sent back to their native places so far since the Centre allowed them to return home by train in the wake of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, a senior state government official said on Monday.

BOM12 GA-LOCKDOWN-LIQUOR SHOPS Lockdown 3.0: Liquor shops open in Goa, people follow norms

Panaji: Liquor shops opened on Monday in Goa after more than a month on the first day of the third phase of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

BES3 MH-LOCKDOWN-MIGRANTS-CONG Lockdown: Maha Cong says will bear migrants' rail travel cost

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress on Monday said it would bear the fare for people being transported to their native states on 'Shramik Special' trains amid the lockdown for the coronavirus outbreak, and accused the Narendra Modi government of leaving such stranded migrants and poor to fend for themselves.

BES4 MH-VIRUS-THANE-PALGHAR Maha: COVID-19 cases in Thane dist reach 1183, Palghar 177

Thane: While the number of cases in Thane and Navi Mumbai municipal corporation limits has crossed 300 each, Kalyan Dombivali area, the district's third major civic body, is close to 200 coronavirus positive cases, health officials said on Monday.

BES7 MH-VIRUS-NANDED-MISSING Maha: Search on for 4 missing COVID-19 patients in Nanded

Aurangabad: A search has been mounted in Nanded district in Maharashtra to trace four people who have gone missing after testing positive for novel coronavirus, officials said on Monday.

BES12 MH-VIRUS-LD-COP DEATH 57-year-old Pune police ASI dies of coronavirus

Pune: A 57-year-old assistant sub-inspector of Pune police on Monday died of coronavirus infection in a private hospital, officials said.

BES13 GA-LOCKDOWN-FOREIGNERS Lockdown: Over 2,000 foreigners still in Goa, says FRRO SP

Panaji: There are over 2,000 foreign nationals in Goa even after 6,000 were evacuated in the midst of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, a Foreigner Regional Registration official said on Monday.

LGB1 MH-HC-VIRUS-DETENTION-PLEA Plea against 'detention' of 1,408 people at quarantine centres

Nagpur: The Bombay High Court has sought response from the Maharashtra government and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation on a plea alleging that the civic authorities "illegally detained" 1,408 people from two coronavirus hotspots and put them in quarantine facilities.

BES2 MP-VIRUS-SANITATION WORKERS Sanitation staff don kin's role, perform last rites of victims

By Harshwardhan Prakash

Indore: Amid the coronavirus crisis, sanitation workers in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district are not only doing their cleaning job in hospitals, but have also come forward to perform the last rites of COVID-19 victims whose family members are unable to bid them a final adieu.