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While they are serving 12-hour shifts, their pay remains a paltry Rs 7,000 per month. DC Image

ASHAs stage protest at Secunderabad Cantonment PHC seeking hike in...

The workers told me that their workload has increased manifold, in the wake of the pandemic

24 May 2021 11:50 PM IST

A team of doctors check patients at CWG village COVID-19 Care Centre, near Akshardham in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. (PTI)

At least 40 doctors down with Covid at Anantapur Government General...

Anatomy HOD Gangulappa succumbs to virus

24 May 2021 11:02 AM IST

Family members perform the last rites of a COVID-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground in New Delhi, May 22, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

With 4,454 new fatalities, India's COVID-19 death toll crosses 3-lakh...

This is the eighth consecutive day when India has recorded less than 3 lakh new cases

24 May 2021 10:18 AM IST

Though the state government claimed that they are having an adequate number of essentials, there is certainly a shortage in urban centres, forcing patients to look for the private hospitals. (Representational image: PTI)

Private hospitals in Andhra Pradesh scour for Aarogyasri patients

Hospitals were admitting such patients earlier, too, but only after forcing them to cough up money under the cashless...

24 May 2021 9:02 AM IST

KCR ordered a massive land records purification drive in 2017, across Telangana, saying that existing records were rectified last in 1936, during the Nizams period and non-rectification in later years led to land disputes. (Photo: Twitter @TelanganaCMO)

KCR orders probe into 'land grabbing' by Etala's son

Rajendar was recently dropped from the Cabinet following complaints that firms owned by his family members had grabbed...

24 May 2021 8:53 AM IST

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) mobilises its assets in view of Cyclone Yaas which is expected to hit the Eastern Coast on May 26, 2021. (PTI)

Andhra Pradesh sets up helpline for Cyclone Yaas

Communication and connectivity along with power lines and inundation will remain the focus point to minimise the trouble

24 May 2021 7:38 AM IST

Vehicles entering Telangana from Andhra Pradesh without e-pass were stopped by police personnel at Ramapuram Cross Road near Kodad Mandal check post. (DC image)

Hyd residents stopped at TS border, cops claim vehicles entering state...

TS police personnel, wielding lathis, stopped vehicles and demanded epass even during the relaxation period

24 May 2021 7:12 AM IST

Cyclone Yaas set to be Very Severe; IAF ready with 11 aircrafts, 25 choppers

Cyclone 'Yaas' set to be 'Very Severe'; IAF ready with 11 aircrafts,...

Cyclone Yaas is feared to strike the Odisha and West Bengal coasts in a very severe shape, as deadly as last year's...

24 May 2021 1:02 AM IST

Pandit Nehru bus stand appears deserted during COVID curfew during in Vijayawada. (DC Image/Narayana Rao)

Partial curfew improves Covid situation in north Andhra

The impact is more in Srikakulam, where positive cases have come down by half on Sunday

24 May 2021 12:56 AM IST

Food, e-commerce and essential delivery agents will be allowed, provided they produce proof of takeaway orders and deliveries. (Photo: DC/Surenderreddy Singireddy)

After Saturday fiasco, top cops streamline lockdown norms in Hyderabad

Food delivery boys, who were at the wrong end of the stick, have been permitted to make their deliveries

24 May 2021 12:44 AM IST

Students wearing face masks write their exams. (PTI photo)

Class 12 exams likely between July-September in Telangana

There has been no response however on how the state govt plans to keep the students and staff safe through vaccination...

24 May 2021 12:41 AM IST

Medical staff prepare dose for COVID vaccine to administer. (DC Image/P Narasimha Murthy)

First dose of C-vaccine jabs to restart today in Andhra Pradesh

First dose of Covishield vaccine will be administered to employees above 45 years belonging to railways, RTC and banks...

24 May 2021 12:41 AM IST