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A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Government Unaini Hospital in Charminar, Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

Telangana to resume second dose vaccination from today

On May 16, the government said it was suspending the second dose inoculation drive for persons above 45 years of age

25 May 2021 10:52 AM IST

Eden also raised objection on the new proposal to bring changes in Panchayat Regulations that will make any person with more than two children ineligible to contest Panchayat elections. (Twitter)

Kerala MP Hibi Eden writes to President, PM over Lakshadweep...

He said many government contract employees in the tourism sector were terminated without any reason

25 May 2021 10:48 AM IST

A search operation has been launched to trace the victims. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

8 drown as country boats capsize in river in Andhra Pradesh

The victims were migrant workers who were returning to their village from Hyderabad

25 May 2021 10:20 AM IST

It is said that any drug should be used as needed, rather than being used indiscriminately leads to danger. (Representational image: PTI)

Social media medication is very dangerous, say medical experts

It has been widely reported in WhatsApp groups that aspirin is sufficient to prevent blockages in blood vessels

25 May 2021 9:37 AM IST

Minister Gangula Kamalakar and others holding a press meet without maintaining physical distance on Monday. DC Image

Leaders flout rules, public cry foul

Several incidences of Covid rules violations by people's representatives raise many an eyebrow in undivided Karimnagar...

25 May 2021 9:31 AM IST

Bharat said a super sixty team had been formed to render services to Covid-19 victims and was carrying out various programmes on Covid awareness and care. Twitter

Andhra Pradesh gets set to face third wave; 1,000-bed hospital for...

MP Margani Bharat Ram said children who contract the virus would be treated in Oxygen on Wheels' buses

25 May 2021 9:25 AM IST

The medicos handed over O2 concentrators to IMA treasurer at the IMA Hall. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Stories of Hope | Anantapur medicos donate oxygen concentrators

Students of 2017, 18, 19 and 20 batches came forward after a call by their principal Dr. M. Neeraja to become part of...

25 May 2021 9:22 AM IST

A total of 375,070 deaths have been registered across the globe from 6,258,474 cases. (AP Photo)

Confusion reigns over how to categorize and record black fungus deaths

The forms for notified disease' are clear on the type, stage and treatment. When it comes to recording the death, there...

25 May 2021 9:16 AM IST

Anandaiah said he is not expecting any trouble from authorities since he is using natural ingredients. He has distributed his wonder medicine to nearly 50,000 persons.

AP's Ayurvedic concoction ups demand for alternative medicines for...

The development has come in the wake of corporate hospitals charging hefty sums for treatment, in some cases even after...

25 May 2021 8:38 AM IST

A road leading to landmark Charminar monument is closed during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Hyderabad. (AP file photo/Mahesh Kumar A)

Lockdown in Telangana likely to be extended till June 7

The government imposed night curfew from April 20 from 8 pm to 7 am after Corona second wave leading to a surge in...

25 May 2021 2:27 AM IST

Storm like weather conditions near Howrah Bridge due to formation of Cyclone Yaas in the Bay of Bengal, in Howrah, Monday, May 24, 2021. (PTI Photo)

West Bengal, Odisha border to bear brunt

Mamata accused the Center of allocating a lesser amount of money to West Bengal than the other states facing the threat...

25 May 2021 2:19 AM IST

Deccan Chronicle during field inspections found out that crematorium staff at Amberpet in Secunderabad zone completely shut down the electric crematorium. Representational image/DC Imag

Graveyard staff ignore government rates, collect hefty toll

KCR fixed a tariff of Rs 8,000 for performing last rites on a funeral pyre using wood and Rs 4,000 for electric...

25 May 2021 1:50 AM IST