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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

The Andhra Pradesh High Court Complex at Amaravati.

Andhra Pradesh High Court takes stock of Covid handling by state...

Lists measures to be followed by government; appoints amicus curie to assist it

5 May 2021 6:51 AM IST

An Indian policeman questions a commuter at a checkpoint during lockdown. (AP)

Curfew from 12 noon to 6 am in Andhra Pradesh from today

To be in force for two weeks; Transport, all establishments to cease ops

5 May 2021 5:46 AM IST

A health worker marks the hands of residents with home quarantine stamp, at Bhaji Galli Road no. 3 of Andheri East in Mumbai. PTI photo

Clerics say Covid norms violation a sin'

Referring to spiritual teachings and religious texts, they said one should not be a cause for other's ill health

5 May 2021 1:11 AM IST

Delhi High Court (Photo: File)

HC asks Centre why it should not face contempt for failing to supply...

There is Supreme Court order and now we are also saying that you will have to supply 700 MT oxygen daily to Delhi right...

5 May 2021 12:59 AM IST

The accused person convinced the victim that vaginal swab was necessary for the Covid test. (PTI Photo)

59 Covid deaths in one day shock Telangana

Nalgonda district emerged as an overnight hotspot for Covid-19 reporting 402 new cases on Monday, up from a mere 52 on...

5 May 2021 12:48 AM IST

Stranded UK citizens wait to board their flight at the Ahmedabad airport amid coronavirus lockdown. A special British Airways flight flew back UK citizens stranded in India. PTI photo

Students with classes after August 1 can enter US

Students and certain academics covered by exchange visitor programmes were exempted from the order

5 May 2021 12:40 AM IST

A Covid-19 coronavirus patient lies in an ambulance while waiting to get an admission in a hospital in New Delhi. (AFP)

Call to study virulence of Covid strain in Andhra Pradesh

Doctors are perplexed by the increasing trend of entire families contracting virus and rapid fall in oxygen saturation...

4 May 2021 11:59 PM IST

A medical staff being administered with COVID Vaccine at Public Health Centre at Chinna Waltair in Visakhapatnam. (DC Image/Murali Krishna)

No more walk-in for Covid jab, says Telangana government

Anyone seeking to get Covid vaccine must register on cowin.gov.in and book a slot at a vaccination centre that is...

4 May 2021 8:38 AM IST

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti, whose detention has been extended by three months. (File photo)

Another govt official dismissed in J&K in 'interest of the state's...

The J&K government has sacked a large number of its employees over a period of time

4 May 2021 8:30 AM IST