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Protest over madrasa teacher being beaten up by cop during lockdown. (AP Photo)

Clerics protest after cop thrashes Madrasa teacher during lockdown in...

Several clerics have filed the complaint and demanded strict action against the sub-inspector

10 Aug 2020 1:33 PM IST

District president of Budgam BJP Abdul Hamid Najar was shot at by terrorists on Sunday succumbed to his injuries. (PTI Photo)

Another BJP leader killed by terrorists in J&K, party leaders tender...

Hours after Abdul Hamid Najar was shot by militants, four BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir-'s Budgam resigned from the...

10 Aug 2020 10:49 AM IST

Hyderabad-based businessman who complained against revenue officials for demanding a bribe was arrested by the Hyderabad police on Sunday. (Representative Image)

Whistleblower arrested for forging documents

The accused claimed that his father purchased the land in 1969 and fabricated the documents

10 Aug 2020 10:06 AM IST

DMK MP Kanimozhi on Sunday said a CISF officer asked her if she was an Indian, when she asked the woman official to speak in Tamil or English. (PTI Photo)

Asked if I am an Indian for not speaking in Hindi at airport:...

I would like to know from when being indian is equal to knowing Hindi, Kanimozhi tweeted

9 Aug 2020 4:44 PM IST

Officials inspect the wreckage of an Air India Express jet at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala. (PTI Photo)

Kerala landslide victims to get Rs 5 lakh as ex gratia; Air crash...

The opposition in Kerala is pointing out the disparity in ex gratia payments and accusing CM Pinarayi Vijayan of...

9 Aug 2020 3:38 PM IST

There has been an 85 per cent decline in the use of stents, implants and optical devices from April to June 2020.

Stent procedures, knee replacements take a heavy Covid blow

Scared of coronavirus infection, patients and surgeons are managing with drugs rather than surgeries

9 Aug 2020 2:31 PM IST

People stand near a Covid-19 mobile testing facility, at Jafarguda near Karwan in the old city of Hyderabad. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19 cases in Hyderabad to fall by August-end, says health...

The government has ensured stocks of medicines and disposables to meet the need for another two months, said Dr G...

9 Aug 2020 2:08 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

Defence Ministry bans 101 import items, big push to Atmanirbhar Bharat...

Ministry has prepared a list of 101 items for which the embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented...

9 Aug 2020 1:22 PM IST

Rescue workers on Saturday used heavy machinery to search for missing people buried under mud after a landslide swept a tea plantation in Pettimudy in Kerala. (AFP)

Sniffer dogs roped in as toll in Kerala landslide rises to 28

Many tea workers still missing as rain hampers rescue mission

9 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST

A COVID-19 survivor donates plasma at the plasma bank at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on , July 31, 2020. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)(PTI31-07-2020_000119A)

Hyderabad, here-'s how Chennai is winning against the virus

Doubling time has come down from 5 days to 72, and containment zones are down from 1000 to 24

9 Aug 2020 12:39 PM IST

The Boeing 737-800 plane, coming from Dubai, had overshot the runway while landing in heavy rains and broke into two pieces. (Photo- PTI)

AI plane touched down 1 km away from runway threshold

Some of my colleagues in the political system have raised queries regarding Kozhikode air accident without ascertaining...

9 Aug 2020 11:36 AM IST

COVID-19: Fear, paranoia grip people

COVID-19: Fear, paranoia grip people

Corona infected family was forced to evacuate a house they were living in temporarily at Kamala Nagar in Vanasthalipuram

9 Aug 2020 10:58 AM IST