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With a view to generate employment and give businessmen more flexibility, the state government has allowed all retail shops, commercial establishments to remain open seven days a week, 365 days a year. Source: Mumbai News

A Whatsapp-based security helpline started by the GRP for women commuters has logged over 12,400 messages since its inception less than two weeks ago. Source: Mumbai News

The decline in the Parsi population coupled with increasing migration of the minority community to the suburbs has led to a marked decrease in the number of patients treated at the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital, which has been serving underprivileged sections of the community for over a century. Source: Mumbai News

The attack on the Panvel church has evoked concern amid priests and commoners in Mumbai and Thane. Source: Mumbai News

No fresh swine flu-related deaths were reported in the city on Saturday though 37 new cases were reported. BMC statistics showed the city has recorded 1,574 H1N1 cases since January. Source: Mumbai News

For the first time in the city’s history, the head of the Catholic Church led a morcha through the streets to express anger with the establishment. Source: Mumbai News

The Maharashtra BJP has geared up its organisational machinery to swell its ranks in the state’s rural heartland, especially in Congress and NCP bastions. Source: Mumbai News

The DN Nagar police on Friday arrested a 30-year-old architect after a woman he had met through a marriage portal accused him of raping her. Source: Mumbai News

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Monday gave police 48 hours to nab the men who vandalised a church in Navi Mumbai. Source: Mumbai News

Around 40 vandals claiming allegiance to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena protested against a fashion show by tearing down curtains and banners on the premises of the heritage Bhau Daji Lad museum in Byculla on Sunday. Source: Mumbai News