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Health workers administer COVID-19 vaccine doses to shopkeepers at a market in Bhopal, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Centre places order for 44 cr doses of COVID-19 vaccines

AIIMS director said there is no data to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent Covid-19 waves

9 Jun 2021 1:35 AM IST

Migrants undergo thermal screening after arriving from Mumbai via special flight at Prayagraj airport arranged by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. PTI Photo

Denied jabs, Gulf migrants languish back home in Telangana

There is no special category for Gulf migrant workers to get Covid-19 vaccines

9 Jun 2021 1:31 AM IST

Holding an extensive review on the preparedness for Navaratnalu-Pedalandariki Illu, Jagan Mohan Reddy tells officials that steel and other materials be provided to those intending to construct houses on their own. State would request centre for more funds for the scheme. Officials tell CM the houses would be built by June 2022. (Photo: Twitter @AndhraPradeshCM)

CM Jagan writes another letter to Modi seeking funds for Greenfield...

To ensure quality construction of these houses, we have created a post, equivalent to Additional District Magistrate...

9 Jun 2021 1:11 AM IST

He asked officials to collect and provide the details of the orphan children taking shelter in SC, ST, BC and minority hostels to the head of the Child Protection Bhavan. (Twitter/@Collector_KNR)

Karimnagar collector asks officials to protect children orphaned by...

District welfare officer Sharada informed the collector that her department has identified around 248 such orphan...

9 Jun 2021 1:03 AM IST

COVID-19 patients undergo treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad, Sunday, May 23, 2021. (PTI)

Private hospitals in Telangana in fix as COVID patients turn up for...

Revenue officials are calling the patients and their relatives stating that they are going to be refunded but it is...

9 Jun 2021 12:55 AM IST

KCR is learnt to have taken this decision ostensibly not to bank on any sympathy factor, which failed to work in the Dubbak Assembly by-election last December. (Photo: Twitter @TelanganaCMO)

Lockdown for 10 more days in Telangana; relaxation from 6 am to 6 pm

The Cabinet gave approval to set up special food processing zones in the nine undivided districts except Hyderabad

9 Jun 2021 12:17 AM IST

Though unconfirmed, netizens are speculating the deaths of the 22 critical patients whose oxygen was cut during the mock drill. (PTI)

UP hospital owner conducts oxygen mock drill, claims patients 'turned...

The drill is said to have been on April 26, wherein they cut the oxygen of 22 critical Covid patients in the ICU

8 Jun 2021 6:34 PM IST

Karnataka has one of the lowest mortality rates among doctors during the second wave, the minister said. (ANI file photo)

COVID fatality rate among docs one of the lowest in Karnataka

The state has so far reported 27,07,481 infections and 31,920 fatalities since the outbreak of COVID-19

8 Jun 2021 2:12 PM IST

As per a directive, the collectors of Krishna and Guntur districts are to provide the list of beneficiaries to whom the house sites are to be allotted to the AP Capital Region Development Authority commissioner (APCRDA).

Kerala government move to renovate CM's official residence draws flak

Finance Minister K N Balagopal rejected the Opposition's criticism saying the government was taking all possible steps...

8 Jun 2021 1:03 PM IST

J&K hamlet first village to achieve 100% COVID vaccination of its adult population

J&K hamlet first village to achieve 100% COVID vaccination of its...

The credit goes to the healthcare workers whose strenuous efforts shot Weyan hamlet, with an adult population of 362, to...

8 Jun 2021 12:31 PM IST

Parliament of India

Virtual sessions rejected, parl standing committees likely to resume...

Sources stated that virtual sessions are not possible due to the confidentiality and the sensitive character of these...

8 Jun 2021 11:43 AM IST

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural depicting a frontline medical staff stopping the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Navi Mumbai on June 7, 2021. (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

COVID-19 count in India dips below one lakh after over two months

The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,51,309 with 2,123 daily deaths, the lowest in around 47 days

8 Jun 2021 10:12 AM IST