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A Girl covering plastic covers her head to protecting rains due to the Nivar cyclone in Vijayawada on Thursday. (DC Image: Narayana Rao)

Cyclone Nivar rips apart villages in Andhra Pradesh

Traffic on the National Highway No 16 that connects Chennai and Kolkata was affected, and vehicles were stranded for...

27 Nov 2020 8:35 AM IST

Akbaruddin Owaisi.

Akbar Owaisi triggers fresh row; demands demolition of PV, NTR...

Slams TRS double standards and false promises

26 Nov 2020 5:32 AM IST

The Supreme Court directed the Centre and the states not to take any action against companies unable to pay full wages. (PTI Photo)

Amaravati land scam: SC stays HC gag order on media from publishing...

The bench refused to stay at this stage the other directions of the high court including the stay on probe into the FIR...

25 Nov 2020 8:33 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on September 24, 2020. (AFP)

Telangana logs 993 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths

As many as10,886 patients are under treatment and 47,593 samples were tested on Tuesday

25 Nov 2020 10:24 AM IST

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