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Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan (C) poses for photographs with COVID-19 survivors who have donated plasma, on Monday. (PTI)

With record single-day spike of 2,207 cases, Telangana-'s COVID-19...

The case fatality rate in the state was 0.79 per cent

7 Aug 2020 1:19 PM IST

Bihar IPS officer released from quarantine. (PTI Photo)

Sushant case: Bihar IPS officer Vinay Tiwari released from quarantine

Tiwari-'s release, a week before coronavirus quarantine was to end, follows a request by Bihar police to release him,...

7 Aug 2020 12:15 PM IST

Railway officials inspect a track that was damaged in a landslide following heavy rain at Muttamplam in Kottayam district of Kerala. The India Meteorology Department has issued an alert for more rain in Kerala. (PTI)

Four feared dead, at least 80 feared trapped in landslide in Munnar,...

Heavy rains batter Kerala, triggering floods at many places

7 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST

There are only two functional Confucius Institutes in India.

MEA says India expects China to work sincerely on complete...

This comes amid reports of a stalemate in the Sino-Indian military de-escalation

7 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST

Due to continuous torrential rains, many trees fell on the road in south Mumbai, one of them fell on a car near Wankhede stadium, The Colaba observatory in south Mumbai recorded 330 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 5.30 am on Thursday. Rajesh Jadhav photo

Heavy rains, strong winds batter Mumbai

Any city in the world would have collapsed in such situation, said BMC chief

7 Aug 2020 11:39 AM IST

Former minister of state for railways Manoj Sinha takes oath as Jammu and Kashmirs new lieutenant-governor. (ANI)

Ex-Union minister Manoj Sinha sworn-in as L-G of Jammu and Kashmir

Sinha reached Srinagar Thursday evening by a state plane and met the outgoing L-G.

7 Aug 2020 11:07 AM IST

A sadhu stands outside Hanuman Garhi Mandir in Ayodhya, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (AP)

India warns Pakistan against communal incitement

Pakistan had criticised the foundation laying of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on the site of Babri Masjid on Wednesday

7 Aug 2020 10:25 AM IST

A policewoman gets her swab taken for a coronavirus test at a Sanjeevini bus outfitted to collect test samples at the Government ENT Hospital in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. (DC Photo by K N Murali Krishna)

Andhra Pradesh records single-day high of 10,328 new Covid-19 cases

East Godavari is the worst-affected district in Andhra Pradesh

7 Aug 2020 9:56 AM IST

Satellite image of the Line of Actual Control between India and China.(AP)

Defence ministry removes Chinese incursion report from its website

The document acknowledged that the Chinese transgressed into Indian territory in Ladakh

7 Aug 2020 9:17 AM IST

Vehicles head towards a toll plaza on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Satish B photo

Cancel e-pass for travellers in Tamil Nadu: DMK

While five including two government employees were held in Chennai, two were arrested in Tiruchirapalli and a man was...

6 Aug 2020 4:19 PM IST

Assam police on Thursday imposed curfew for an indefinite period in parts of central Assam. (Representative Image)

Curfew imposed in Assam-'s Sonitpur after clashes over Ram Mandir...

The clash broke out after some local minority organisations raised objection to a bike-rally by Bajarang Dal activists...

6 Aug 2020 4:17 PM IST

Harish Poonja (file)

Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja corona positive

Poonja is the second MLA to test positive in Coastal Karnataka after Y Bharath Shetty

6 Aug 2020 4:11 PM IST