Breaking News Today: 86 New COVID-19 Cases In Maharashtra; Gujarat Logs 183 New Cases

Maharashtra on Saturday reported 86 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the total count since January to 1,362, the health department said.

Of these new cases, 31 were detected in Pune city and two in its rural parts, 28 in Mumbai, seven in Pimpri Chinchwad township near Pune, six in Thane, four in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, three in Nagpur, two in Mira Bhayandar, one each in Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli, an official statement said.

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Gujarat recorded 183 new coronavirus positive cases on Saturday, taking the active count in the state to 822, the health department said.

Of the active cases, 29 patients are in hospital, while 793 others are receiving treatment in home isolation, it said, adding that 78 patients have been discharged following their recovery.

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Who authorised the RCB victory celebration event? When and how the decision was made? Whether the organisers had obtained the necessary permissions? were among the questions for which the Karnataka government will have to file its replies to the High Court by June 10, in connection with the June 4 stampede that killed 11 people.

The High Court has directed the state government to submit detailed responses to nine critical questions.

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RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar has been appointed as a part-time member of the 16th Finance Commission, the finance ministry said on Saturday. The appointment, the ministry said, is consequent to the resignation of one of the full-time members, former finance secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, on personal grounds.

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