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Kapil Sibal (File Photo: G.N. Jha)

A day after tweet controversy, Kapil Sibal says it isn-'t about post...

A day after a stormy Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Sibal made the remarks in a cryptic tweet.

25 Aug 2020 1:39 PM IST

File image of the Jammu-Srinagar highway. (PTI)

Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway suspended after rains trigger...

Traffic was stopped at Qazigund in south Kashmir following the landslide

25 Aug 2020 12:45 PM IST

The spot of the building collapse. (ANI)

Raigad building collapse: Two killed, 18 feared trapped under the...

Maharashtra Ministers Aditi Tatkare and Eknath Shinde visited the spot to review the rescue operations last evening.

25 Aug 2020 11:35 AM IST

General Bipin Rawat. (Photo: ANI)

India has military options to deal with Chinese trangressions in...

The military stand-off between India and China is now nearing four months with no prospect of a resolution in near...

25 Aug 2020 8:46 AM IST

Medics wearing PPE kits stand at the entrance of the KIMS hospital as they shift COVID-19 patients to other hospitals due to shortage of oxygen cylinders, in Bengaluru. PTI Photo

COVID-19 patients grow desperate for Remdesivir in Bengaluru

With the surge in the number of Covid-19 cases the demand for remdevisir is on the rise

24 Aug 2020 5:32 PM IST

A health worker holds Rapid Antigen Testing kit to collect sample for COVID-19 test, at a center in New Delhi. PTI photo

SC rejects plea for National policy to compensate families of COVID19...

The bench dismissed the plea saying that every state has a different policy and gives compensation as per its financial...

24 Aug 2020 1:35 PM IST

S P Balasubrahmanyam. (File)

Good news for SP Balasubrahmanyam fans, SPB tests COVID negative

-'My father is fine and stable and his coronavirus test has become negative,-' his son S P Charan said in a statement

24 Aug 2020 12:50 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a resident of a housing society for COVID-19 coronavirus test during a door-to-door testing programme. AFP Photo

Active COVID cases in Chennai show a rise after 40-day break

As per the data provided by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), 1240 new active cases added for the last 20 days

23 Aug 2020 7:36 PM IST

We crossed 3 million COVID cases today, but health ministry stresses the good numbers

We crossed 3 million COVID cases today, but health ministry stresses...

According to health economist Rijo M. John, the COVID-19 cases are growing at the rate of 2.4%

23 Aug 2020 7:21 PM IST

Workers walk past a closed market area during reimposed weekend lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu. AP Photo

Union home ministry to come up with uniform lockdown guidelines for...

States including Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and some others have once again imposed lockdown in different forms

23 Aug 2020 7:00 PM IST

Karnataka Doctors

Doctors up in arms over death of medical officer

Doctors across Karnataka allege bureaucratic interference as the impediment to medical work in the pandemic

23 Aug 2020 4:44 PM IST

A medic wearing PPE suit takes samples from a daily wage worker in Delhi. PTI photo

Real scale of COVID infections in India much higher, say experts as...

India-'s COVID count jumped 10 lakh in a fortnight, total caseload tally 30 lakh, COVID-19 case fatality rate has...

23 Aug 2020 11:23 AM IST