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A few days ago, three poachers killed a pregnant tigress near Pandharkawada in Maharashtra. R

Tigers get relief and security as human movement reduced in Covid...

NTCA advisory says animals may contract Covid virus

6 May 2021 2:40 AM IST

Countrys biggest COVID Care Centre to be shut from Sep 15. (PTI Photo)

Patients scramble for food at Nandyal Covid care centre

Women, children, old people and middle-aged men all tested their might in the melee

6 May 2021 1:44 AM IST

A health worker holds a vial of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 while Charles Chaplins movies are projected at the Lumiere movie theater, used as vaccination center, in Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina, on March 26, 2021. (Marcelo Manera / AFP)

Majority of prison inmates in Telangana get jab

The vaccination drive inside prisons has been going on for a month and a fairly large number of inmates aged above 45...

6 May 2021 1:04 AM IST

The MLA distributed PPE kits to all Muslim JAC members and was there when 21 bodies were being placed on Mahaprasthanam and JAC vehicles. DC file photo

Tirupati MLA performs last rites of unclaimed Covid victims

Incidentally, the JAC team had performed last rites to 501 bodies during the first wave last year with the cooperation...

6 May 2021 12:45 AM IST

Leaving nothing to chance, police are patrolling streets and warning those who venture outside. Motorists are being sent back with a strict warning. (Photo: DC/Narayana Rao)

AP CURFEW IMPACT | Only essential services run; violators warned

The curfew will be in effect from 12 noon to 6 am next day. All activities are allowed only from 6 am to 12 noon

6 May 2021 12:00 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)

Mega housing scheme to kick off in AP on June 1

CM orders provision of water, power, infra facilities by May 25 for its smooth run

6 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

He used to target women who came to toddy shops whom he would lure with liquor and money and take them to a secluded spot them. (Representational Image)

Jailbirds safer than general public: Telangana Prisons DG

On an average, from a batch of 20 new inmates in quarantine, 1 or 2 start showing symptoms in a week and are shifted to...

5 May 2021 11:59 PM IST

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Sex workers seek free Corona vaccination on priority

Coronavirus pandemic has brought in more challenges for commercial sex workers, as they are a vulnerable population

5 May 2021 11:51 PM IST

A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a girl to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at primary health centre, in Hyderabad on May 3, 2021. (AFP)

Telangana Chief Secretary rules out lockdown; says situation better'...

The CS said the state had stocks of testing kits, and was in the process of starting new RT-PCR testing centres in all...

5 May 2021 11:14 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

SC quashes Maharashtra law granting quota to Marathas, refuses to...

The court said that to change the 50 per cent limit is to have a society which is not founded on equality but based on...

5 May 2021 11:05 PM IST

Health workers collect nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 at a Government hospital in Vijayawada. (PTI)

No let-up in Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh

22,204 new COVID-19 infections and 85 deaths were registered in the past 24 hours in the state

5 May 2021 11:00 PM 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)

Major IAS reshuffle on cards in Telangana

The last major reshuffle of IAS officers was done in February 2020 when 50 IAS officers at all levels were transferred

5 May 2021 7:09 AM IST