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Bidar-'s Bilal and Co shoulder final rites for COVID victims

Bilal has been performing final rites of unknown and unclaimed bodies in Bidar for over a decade

7 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

Landslide in South Mumbais Peddar Road. (Rajesh Jadhav)

Rain intensity eases in Mumbai; SoBo receives highest rains after 1974

Between Tuesday and Thursday, Mumbai got over 500 mm of rainfall every day

7 Aug 2020 5:06 PM IST

10 workers dead, dozens trapped as rain triggers landslide at Kerala tea plantation

10 workers dead, dozens trapped as rain triggers landslide at Kerala...

Flood threat to several districts as water levels rise alarmingly

7 Aug 2020 2:58 PM IST

This was the ninth day in a row that the tally increased by more than 50,000. (PTI)

In just 21 days, India adds another million COVID-19 cases to its...

The coronavirus infection tally had crossed 19 lakh just two days ago.

7 Aug 2020 1:53 PM IST

The scenic Munnar hill station in Kerala, now a scene of devastation. DC photo

Kerala monsoon mayhem: Five deaths confirmed in Rajamala landslide

Ten injured have been admitted in Tata High Range hospital, Munnar

7 Aug 2020 1:44 PM IST

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan (C) poses for photographs with COVID-19 survivors who have donated plasma, on Monday. (PTI)

With record single-day spike of 2,207 cases, Telangana-'s COVID-19...

The case fatality rate in the state was 0.79 per cent

7 Aug 2020 1:19 PM IST

Bihar IPS officer released from quarantine. (PTI Photo)

Sushant case: Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari released from quarantine

Tiwari-'s release, a week before coronavirus quarantine was to end, follows a request by Bihar police to release him,...

7 Aug 2020 12:15 PM IST

Railway officials inspect a track that was damaged in a landslide following heavy rain at Muttamplam in Kottayam district of Kerala. The India Meteorology Department has issued an alert for more rain in Kerala. (PTI)

Four feared dead, at least 80 feared trapped in landslide in Munnar,...

Heavy rains batter Kerala, triggering floods at many places

7 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST

There are only two functional Confucius Institutes in India.

MEA says India expects China to work sincerely on complete...

This comes amid reports of a stalemate in the Sino-Indian military de-escalation

7 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST

Due to continuous torrential rains, many trees fell on the road in south Mumbai, one of them fell on a car near Wankhede stadium, The Colaba observatory in south Mumbai recorded 330 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 5.30 am on Thursday. Rajesh Jadhav photo

Heavy rains, strong winds batter Mumbai

Any city in the world would have collapsed in such situation, said BMC chief

7 Aug 2020 11:39 AM IST

Former minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha takes oath as Jammu and Kashmirs new lieutenant-governor. (ANI)

Ex-Union minister Manoj Sinha sworn-in as L-G of Jammu and Kashmir

Sinha reached Srinagar Thursday evening by a state plane and met the outgoing L-G.

7 Aug 2020 11:07 AM IST

A sadhu stands outside Hanuman Garhi Mandir in Ayodhya, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (AP)

India warns Pakistan against communal incitement

Pakistan had criticised the foundation laying of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on the site of Babri Masjid on Wednesday

7 Aug 2020 10:25 AM IST