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Tamil Nadu government has not woken up despite the fact that the doctors have gone on a fast thrice. AP Photo

Government doctors in Tamil Nadu demand pay hike amid COVID crisis

The government medical practitioners in Tamil Nadu have raised a demand for more pay

8 Aug 2020 6:58 PM IST

Earth movers sift through the debris of a landslide in Idukki district on Kerala on Friday, August 7, 2020. Twenty-four people were killed when a mound of earth caved in on a row of houses of tea estate workers at Pettimudi. (PTI)

46 workers still missing after landslide at Kerala tea plantation

Local residents say many more are unaccounted for

8 Aug 2020 6:40 PM IST

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty arrives at Enforcement Directorate office for questioning in connection with a money laundering case, in Mumbai, Friday. (PTI)

After ED probe, Rhea shares Sushant Singh Rajput-'s note expressing...

Maneshinde, however, did not say when the note was written or if it was handed over to the Mumbai police

8 Aug 2020 4:17 PM IST

A Border Security Force (BSF) person during a night patrol near the fence at the India-Pakistan International Border. (Photo: PTI file)

BSF shoots dead one Pakistani intruder along India-Pakistan border in...

The incident took place around 1 am at the Bakhasar area along the border

8 Aug 2020 2:54 PM IST

Officials stand on the debris of the Air India Express flight that skidded off a runway while landing in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India, Saturday. (PTI)

Kozhikode plane crash: In July, DGCA issued notice to airport over...

Air India Express said on Saturday that three relief flights had been arranged to Kozhikode

8 Aug 2020 2:05 PM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind swears in GC Murmu as the CAG. (PTI)

Former J-K Lt Governor GC Murmu sworn-in as India-'s 14th CAG

Murmu made and subscribed to the oath of office before President Ram Nath Kovind

8 Aug 2020 1:33 PM IST

A kirana (grocery) store in Vasai, Mumbai (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Renzilde)

Grocery shops, vegetable vendors potential spreaders of coronavirus:...

The Centre also stressed on the need for operationalising ambulance transport system with oxygen facility and quick...

8 Aug 2020 12:21 PM IST

The abducted soldier Shakir Manzoor.

Abducted J-K jawan-'s father to militants: If you have killed him,...

Shakir was reportedly abducted by gunmen after they intercepted his car while he was travelling through Damhal Hanjipora...

8 Aug 2020 11:16 AM IST

Hyderabad: Medics collect samples from a mobile testing facility for coronavirus disease, in Hyderabad, Friday. (PTI)

No respite for Telangana as COVID-19 cases cross 77K; death toll rises...

Out of the 2,256 new cases, 464 were from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)

8 Aug 2020 10:49 AM IST

The picture from the crash site. (ANI)

Air India Express flight with 191 on board crashes while landing at...

As per reports, the incident took place around 7.45 pm amid heavy rainfall.

7 Aug 2020 9:01 PM IST

Studies carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO) have found that the COVID-19 can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth. REpresentational Image

Here-'s how to make your car corona free

According to microbiologists, it is hard to predict the transmission of the coronavirus no matter how advanced or...

7 Aug 2020 8:44 PM IST

Kodugu under flood waters. (Twitter)

Massive rains trigger landslides in Karnataka-'s Kodagu district

Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha urged the state government to allot special package in the budget for Kodagu.

7 Aug 2020 8:42 PM IST