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A policewoman gets her swab taken for a coronavirus test at a Sanjeevini bus outfitted to collect test samples at the Government ENT Hospital in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. (DC Photo by K N Murali Krishna)

Andhra Pradesh records single-day high of 10,328 new Covid-19 cases

East Godavari is the worst-affected district in Andhra Pradesh

7 Aug 2020 9:56 AM IST

Satellite image of the Line of Actual Control between India and China.(AP)

Defence ministry removes Chinese incursion report from its website

The document acknowledged that the Chinese transgressed into Indian territory in Ladakh

7 Aug 2020 9:17 AM IST

Vehicles head towards a toll plaza on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Satish B photo

Cancel e-pass for travellers in Tamil Nadu: DMK

While five including two government employees were held in Chennai, two were arrested in Tiruchirapalli and a man was...

6 Aug 2020 4:19 PM IST

Assam police on Thursday imposed curfew for an indefinite period in parts of central Assam. (Representative Image)

Curfew imposed in Assam-'s Sonitpur after clashes over Ram Mandir...

The clash broke out after some local minority organisations raised objection to a bike-rally by Bajarang Dal activists...

6 Aug 2020 4:17 PM IST

Harish Poonja (file)

Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja corona positive

Poonja is the second MLA to test positive in Coastal Karnataka after Y Bharath Shetty

6 Aug 2020 4:11 PM IST

Jailed RJD chief Lalu Yadav has been shifted to the official residence of the hospital director located on the premises. (PTI Photo)

Lalu Yadav shifted to RIMS director-'s residence amid COVID-19 fear

Doctors said that he is suffering from heart, renal and other serious diseases and needed to be kept away from COVID-19...

6 Aug 2020 3:09 PM IST

Chief Lokanath Behera

Kerala police chief issues new guidelines to curb pandemic spread

Now, you need prior appointment for bank transaction in Kerala and banks asked to give fixed time slots for customers in...

6 Aug 2020 1:45 PM IST

Heavy rain lashed Mumbai city, seen in the picture low lying area of Mumbai like wadala under rain flooded water on Tuesday. (DC Photo- Rajesh Jadhav)

Intense rainfall batters Mumbai, police urges citizens to stay indoors

We request Mumbaikars to stay indoors and not venture out unless it-'s extremely essential, the city police tweeted

6 Aug 2020 12:57 PM IST

Security personnel stand guard on a street during the restrictions imposed on the first anniversary of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, at Bhaderwah in Doda district. (PTI)

UN Security Council holds â€˜informalâ€™ discussion on Kashmir over...

India-'s UN Ambassador said that almost all countries held the opinion that J&K dispute is a â€˜bilateral issueâ€™...

6 Aug 2020 12:15 PM IST

A COVID-19 survivor donates plasma at the Plasma Bank in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, in Chennai. PTI photo

Fresh infections, fatalities mount in Tamil Nadu districts

Singer SP Balasubramaniam and actor and politician Karunas tested positive

6 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST

Journalists hold signs during a protest against restrictions of the Internet and mobile phone networks at the Kashmir Press Club during a lockdown in Srinagar. (AFP Photo)

Amnesty International seeks end to curbs on J&K politicians,...

Human Rights Watch said that Indian government continues to impose â€œharsh and discriminatory restrictionsâ€ on...

6 Aug 2020 11:16 AM IST

Some of Hyderabads private hospitals received land at concessional rates upon pledging to provide free treatment to the poor.

Hyderabad-'s two biggest hospitals come under Telangana High Court...

Chief justice R S Rathore asks: If these hospitals were given land to treat poor patients free, why isn-'t the land...

6 Aug 2020 10:53 AM IST