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While 1,398 patients got cured, 1,513 are still undergoing treatment in various hospitals.(PTI Photo)

Over 230 Black Fungus deaths in AP: Health Department data

Chittoor, which has the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the state, also topped in Black Fungus fatalities,...

25 Jun 2021 7:06 PM IST

The Union government maintained that 90 per cent of the COVID-19 cases in India are being driven by the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant. (PTI Photo)

48 Delta Plus cases detected in India; highest cases in these 6 states

The proportion of COVID-19 cases with variants of concern rose from 10.31 per cent in May, 2021 to 51 per cent on June...

25 Jun 2021 6:00 PM IST

Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) dropped by 50 per cent to 113,993 from 231,051 in 2019-20. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19 impact: Passenger taffic at Bengaluru airport dips 66 per...

During 2020-21, BLR Airport welcomed only 10.91 million passengers since domestic air travel resumed in India on May 25,...

25 Jun 2021 5:08 PM IST

The apex court had on Thursday told Andhra Pradesh government that it was not convinced of the precautionary measures suggested by the state for holding Class 12 board exams. (PTI P

Have cancelled Class 12 board exam, will declare result by July 31: AP...

The bench was hearing a plea seeking directions to state governments not to hold board exams in view of the COVID-19...

25 Jun 2021 4:28 PM IST

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy.

Karnataka too will reject national parties in 2023 polls: H D...

Other than Karnataka, all the other South Indian states are not ruled by major national parties like the BJP or Congress

25 Jun 2021 4:00 PM IST

MC Josephine had explained her stand with regard to the comments made by her in the ongoing CPI(M) state secretariat meeting.

M C Josephine resigns as Kerala Women-'s Commission chairperson after...

The opposition Congress and BJP had condemned her behaviour and sought her resignation

25 Jun 2021 3:27 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Dark days of Emergency can never be forgotten: PM Modi

Emergency was imposed to trample on voices that were raised against a family, he said, calling it a dark chapter in...

25 Jun 2021 2:36 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Narada scam: SC annuls HC order refusing to accept replies of Mamata,...

It has been alleged that the TMC leaders played a key role in stopping the CBI from performing its legal duty after the...

25 Jun 2021 1:58 PM IST

The Kerala High Court had granted her interim anticipatory bail for a week and had directed her to appear before police today for interrogation. (Twitter)

Sedition case: Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to filmmaker Aisha...

The sedition case was registered against her for her controversial -'bio-weapon-' remark during a discussion on...

25 Jun 2021 1:32 PM IST

Family members of COVID-19 patients wait outside an oxygen-filling centre to refill their empty cylinders, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronavirus cases, at Naraina, in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Delhi govt exaggerated oxygen need during COVID 2nd wave peak by 4...

The panel report stated that four Delhi hospitals claimed high consumption of oxygen with fewer beds

25 Jun 2021 1:19 PM IST

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

Delhi govt exaggerated oxygen need during 2nd wave peak by 4 times,...

The average consumption of oxygen in Delhi was between 284 to 372 MT, said the report

25 Jun 2021 1:05 PM IST

Vendors wearing face masks as a precaution against coronavirus wait for customers at a vegetable market in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India logs 51,667 new COVID-19 cases, 1,329 deaths in last 24 hours

The tally of daily recoveries outnumbered the count of daily new cases for straight 43 days

25 Jun 2021 10:54 AM IST