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Is it more important to go have some drinks, join dance parties, consume liquor when other people are dying, asked Dr G. Srinivasa Rao, Director of Health Services. Representational image

Adulterated liquor-making unit seized in Dharmavaram

The engineering graduate hired a private godown on the outskirts of Dharmavaram town and started preparation of...

6 July 2021 12:05 AM IST

Karti Chidambaram is yet to be arrested in ED case, he did not apply for bail, he had filed a petition in High Court challenging few provisions of PMLA. There is a stay on his arrest and once it is lifted, he would be arrested, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the ED, told the Supreme Court. (Photo: File)

Madras HC refuses to quash IT notices against Karti Chidambaram

The charge against Karti was that he had sold 5.11 acres to Agni Estates and Foundations Private Limited

5 July 2021 8:22 PM IST

$Former President Pranab Mukherjee\s son Abhijit joins TMC$ Nation

Former President Pranab Mukherjee-'s son Abhijit joins TMC

He was welcomed into the party by TMC leader in Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandopadhyay, amid shouts of -'Mamata Banerjee...

5 July 2021 6:10 PM IST

The ED said that Swapna Suresh had travelled to the UAE with Sivasankar. (Photo- ANI)

Gold Smuggling case: Swapna Suresh moves bail plea in Kerala HC

Swapna Suresh approached the court against the NIA court order denying bail

5 July 2021 5:52 PM IST

A day after Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government sailed through the floor test amid protest by BJP, led by Devendra Fadnavis, the Maharashtra Assembly will vote at 11 am to elect its speaker on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

12 BJP MLAs suspended from Maha Assembly for -'misbehaving-' with...

The motion to suspend the MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab and passed by a voice vote

5 July 2021 5:24 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India to make CoWIN available to all countries: PM Modi

About 50 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria and Uganda, have shown interest in adopting CoWIN to run their...

5 July 2021 4:08 PM IST

Besides, the decision to open the famous tourist places in the district will be taken after the directions from the State government, the Nilgiris Collector told reporters here. (Representational Image: PTI)

E-pass must for tourists from Kerala, Karnataka to enter Nilgiris

The state government had on Friday removed requirement of e-pass, mandated for purposes like travel in 11 specific...

5 July 2021 3:49 PM IST

H.D. Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy meets CM against leasing out -'MySugar-', targets Mandya...

Hitting back at Kumaraswamy for personal attacks against her, Sumalatha said, it shows his -'culture and personality-'

5 July 2021 3:01 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting with various political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, in Delhi, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (PTI)

Gupkar Alliance demands restoration of statehood before J&K assembly...

MY Tarigami said that restoration of statehood has been -'BJP-'s commitment on the floor of the Parliament and they must...

5 July 2021 2:59 PM IST

Section 144 of CrPC will be in force during the time of curfew in the state. (DC File Image)

Andhra Pradesh govt announces further Covid curfew relaxations

Only in the two Godavari districts, East and West, curfew will be relaxed from 6 AM to 7 PM daily

5 July 2021 2:35 PM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT...

A bench of Justices R F Nariman, K M Joseph and B R Gavai issued notice to the Centre on an application filed by an NGO

5 July 2021 1:57 PM IST

Kerala reported 135 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 13,640. (Photo: PTI)

COVID death data: Kerala to clear backlog, names of deceased to be...

This comes after the opposition raised issue that the Kerala government-'s COVID death toll lacks transparency

5 July 2021 12:19 PM IST