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Not only were they resorting to financial irregularities, many managements were threatening not to relieve house surgeons and withhold certificates unless they complete the extended two months of internship. DC image

Junior docs strike work, demand payment of pending stipend

PG students, house surgeons of private medical colleges getting less than those of government medical colleges

21 March 2021 8:58 AM IST

Presently, the nearly 1,145 PHCs in rural areas function from 9 am to 4 pm. Meanwhile, nearly 500 of them are already working 24x7 as they are located in agency and highly inaccessible areas to attend to emergency cases of the tribal population. (Representational Photo: DC)

All rural PHCs to work 24x7 in Andhra Pradesh

PHCs will function from 9 am to 4 pm in the first shift and from 2 pm to 9 pm in the second

21 March 2021 4:34 AM IST

An Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) worker (L) checks the temperature of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) municipal worker outside a containment zone in Hyderabad. PTI Photo

Adilabad more prone to Covid as it borders high-risk Maharashtra

It is suspected that these districts are high-risk as many people from the neighbouring state, particularly Yavatmal...

20 March 2021 8:24 AM IST

A medic places a swab sample in the tray to be sent for COVID testing at a lab in Hyderabad. PTI photo

Anantapur district on Covid alert

The medical college administration announced a week-long holiday for students

20 March 2021 8:17 AM IST

A medic collects swab samples of a girl for COVID testing. PTI photo

Increase in Covid-19 cases shatters parents, officials

Veenavankam ASI, deputed to Vemulawada for the Maha Shivarathri jatara succumbed while undergoing treatment for...

20 March 2021 8:04 AM IST

A health worker collects sample of a woman for COVID testing at a medical camp in Chennai. PTI photo

COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions on the rise in Telangana

According to the daily Covid-19 bulletin, with 313 cases reported in Telangana on Thursday, the total cases have risen...

20 March 2021 7:59 AM IST

Telangana High Court. (DC Photo)

Telangana High Court hears Rs 5 crore corruption charge against tax...

The petitioner said the tax evasion charges were being registered against him based on statements given by third parties

20 March 2021 7:49 AM IST

Students wait to enter the exam hall in Mallapur following COVID protocol. Deepak Deshpande Picture

Covid danger ahead, warn Kadapa health authorities

The number of cases reported from Kadapa district, which was in single digits for a long time, reached an alarming 46...

19 March 2021 11:45 PM IST

A medical worker inoculates an elderly woman with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a primary health centre in Hyderabad. (AFP)

More private facilities to be allowed as vaccination centres in...

COVID vaccination pace is being further increased through an increase in the number of CVCs in both government and...

19 March 2021 3:41 PM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for coronavirus tests at the CSMT railway station, amid surge in COVID-19 cases, in Mumbai. (PTI)

Nearly 40,000 COVID-19 cases reported in India in last 24 hours

Registering an increase for the ninth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,71,282

19 March 2021 10:44 AM IST

An allocation of Rs 1,000 crore has been pencilled in for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project, Rs 250 crore for the Warangal Municipal Corporation and Rs 150 crore for the Khammam Municipal Corporation. DC Image

Telangana Budget vows to give a facelift to government schools

The Budget has proposed allocating Rs 400 crore for taking up comprehensive land survey, a scheme for welfare of gulf...

19 March 2021 7:52 AM IST

NIA officers investigate Sachin Vazes Mercedes car following his arrest, in connection with a probe into the recovery of explosives from a car parked near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis house, in Mumbai, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (PTI/Mitesh Bhuvad)

NIA seizes second Mercedes car in Mukesh Ambani terror threat case

The NIA on Thursday called two policemen, including an aide of Mr Waze and a senior police inspector, for questioning,...

19 March 2021 7:21 AM IST