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AIMIM President and MP Asaduddin Owaisi participates in a door-to-door GHMC election campaign in Hyderabad. (PTI)

We rejected Jinnah, no Pakistanis live in Old City: Owaisi

Owaisi said in civic body elections his opponents are speaking on irrelevant topics whereas we have to speak on issues...

25 Nov 2020 5:49 AM IST

Tap water in Mumbai is safe to drink, a study by the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry has found that the samples collected from the financial capital are compliant with the Indian standards for drinking water, according to a report. (Representational Image)

TRS-' free drinking water scheme not for middle, upper middle classes

The scheme will directly benefit about four lakh consumers who have been living in 1,800 notified slums in the city

25 Nov 2020 5:07 AM IST

Political parties usually court the communitys support by visiting Gurudwaras and seeking their votes during election time. This time too, for the GHMC Council polls, it has been no different. (Representational Image:AFP)

Sikhs in Hyderabad want better educational facilities, scholarships,...

Political parties usually court the communityâ€™s support by visiting Gurudwaras and seeking their votes during election...

25 Nov 2020 4:52 AM IST

The risk of death due to coronavirus infection is 17 times higher in doctors and 15 times more in healthcare workers, according to the Indian Medical Association. (AFP)

IMA to go to court against CCIM order on Ayush doctors performing...

The cost cutting measures, which were seen wrongly as an advantage by some, are criticised as faulty and improper...

25 Nov 2020 2:37 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab from a woman for a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) Covid-19 coronavirus tests in Ahmedabad on November 23, 2020. (AFP)

States panic as virus strikes back

Some states are even contemplating stopping incoming passengers from places like Delhi

24 Nov 2020 5:09 AM IST

Jammu & Kashmir police personnel show a damaged wall of a police post after an encounter in Nagrota yesterday, in Jammu district. (PTI)

India briefs envoys on JeM-'s sinister plans

It is learnt that the envoys of the US, Russia, France and Japan were among those who were part of the briefing

24 Nov 2020 5:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

2014-29 important for Indiaâ€™s progress: Modi

The PM said the last six years have been -'historic-' for the country-'s development and a lot remains to be done in the...

24 Nov 2020 4:53 AM IST

Security personel stand gurad beside an underground tunnel near the international border in Samba sector, suspected to have been used by terrorists killed in a recent encounter in Nagrota, in Jammu district. (PTI)

Security forces hunt tunnels along LoC with hi-tech gadgets

Sources said that the cross-border underground tunnel unearthed in Samba sector was 160 metres into the Indian side

24 Nov 2020 12:43 AM IST

Passengers on their arrival from New Delhi by Shatabdi Express, at Charbagh railway station in Lucknow, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. (PTI)

Maharashtra makes COVID-19 negative report must for travellers from...

Every passenger arriving from Delhi-NCR, states of Goa, Rajasthan and Gujarat will have to mandatorily carry a Covid-19...

24 Nov 2020 12:18 AM IST

Volunteers use an oximeter to measure the oxygen level during a door-to-door campaign to check symptomatic COVID-19 residents, amid rise in coronavirus cases, in East Delhi, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (PTI)

SC says COVID-19 situation has worsened in Delhi, Gujarat

Court asks Centre and all states to file status reports within two days, detailing steps taken to deal with the current...

23 Nov 2020 12:23 PM IST

A health worker (L) collects a swab sample from a woman tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on November 20, 2020, as Indias coronavirus caseload passed nine million. (AFP)

Telangana reports 602 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

Cumulatively, nearly 51.58 lakh samples have been tested so far in the state.

23 Nov 2020 10:32 AM IST

This satellite image released by NASA shows Cyclone Nisarga roaring toward the western coast of India. PTI photo

Cyclone Nivar may hit Andhra Pradesh on November 25

India Meteorological Department has advised agriculture and horticulture farmers to harvest their crops without delay

23 Nov 2020 5:05 AM IST