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A health worker administers the vaccine for COVID-19 at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad. (Photo: PTI)

India records 39,796 new Covid cases, 723 deaths

The ministry said that 15,22,504 tests were conducted on Sunday

5 July 2021 10:21 AM IST

Uttarakhand new Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (L) gestures to BJP MLA Satpal Maharaj (R) after taking oath during a swearing-in ceremony in Dehradun, Sunday, July 4, 2021. (PTI)

Dhami takes oath as some BJP leaders sulking in Uttarakhand

Mr Dhami is the youngest CM of the hill state and represents Khatima Assembly constituency in Udham Singh Nagar district

5 July 2021 6:50 AM IST

Lord Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy temple executive officer K. S. Rama Rao expressed his doubts as this drone might be operated by small filmmakers or tourists or even the forest department of the Central government to find animal movements in the tiger reserve zone. Representational image (AFP)

Drones sighted over Srisailam temple, police on alert

The drone was sighted as a flickering object and it made sorties over the temple and the nearby forest

5 July 2021 3:46 AM IST

Speaking to the media, the minister stated that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had paid Rs 4,000 crore towards the dues kept pending by the TD government to farmers within three months of coming to power in 2019. (PTI Photo)

Hikes in diesel price putting huge burden on crop cultivation

Farmers say there is no increase in the prices of farm products in the past two years

5 July 2021 3:03 AM IST

Tourists wait to have a speed boat ride at the waters of Rushikonda Beach in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. (DC Image)

Vizagites go picnicking in droves on first Sunday past lockdown

Health officials expressed their concern over the crowding of people on the beaches, shopping malls and at fish markets

5 July 2021 2:50 AM IST

P.V. Seshaiah, regional manager of Nellore region, said that they have decided to suspend AC services to Bengaluru and Hyderabad and a sleeper bus to Bengaluru after they found that only two or three passengers were reserving seats per trip. (DC Image)

Nellore RTC suspends AC buses to Hyderabad, Bengaluru

Passengers fear the possibility of catching Covid virus while travelling in AC vehicles

5 July 2021 2:47 AM IST

Hyderabad metro services resume. (PTI Photo)

HMDA to make mass transport much easier for denizens

A pilot project has been taken up by a private firm in coordination with the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority...

5 July 2021 1:14 AM IST

A bed for Covid patinets in a railway bogie in Visakhapatnam - DC Image

No takers for Rs. 4 crore railway coach Covid beds in AP

There are eight isolation beds in each coach, which Railways made ready at a cost of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh per bogie

5 July 2021 12:35 AM IST

From July 18 to 20, protests would be organised in all cities and towns with the support of various organisations against the new tax policy. (Photo: Facebook @Baburao Chigurupati)

Protests planned against tax hike, garbage tax in AP

APUCF says it would hold a series of protests seeking cancellation of property tax and garbage tax

4 July 2021 11:49 PM IST

An incident like this has occurred for the first time and special drives are being conducted by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), officials revealed.(Photo: PTI/Representational)

Railways beefs up security post-Darbhanga blast

Police to conduct random checks at the station, verifying the parcels physically and also run checks with a dog squad

4 July 2021 11:45 PM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI)

Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, seeks Bharat Ratna for Indian doctors

He also stressed that if necessary, changes should be made in rules so that the medical community can be awarded the...

4 July 2021 3:33 PM IST

Relatives perform final rituals before the cremation of a COVID-19 victim in Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records 43,071 new Covid cases, 955 deaths

The active cases have further declined to 4,85,350 and comprise 1.59 per cent of the total infections

4 July 2021 10:50 AM IST