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Jailed RJD chief Lalu Yadav has been shifted to the official residence of the hospital director located on the premises. (PTI Photo)

Lalu Yadav shifted to RIMS director-'s residence amid COVID-19 fear

Doctors said that he is suffering from heart, renal and other serious diseases and needed to be kept away from COVID-19...

6 Aug 2020 3:09 PM IST

Chief Lokanath Behera

Kerala police chief issues new guidelines to curb pandemic spread

Now, you need prior appointment for bank transaction in Kerala and banks asked to give fixed time slots for customers in...

6 Aug 2020 1:45 PM IST

Heavy rain lashed Mumbai city, seen in the picture low lying area of Mumbai like wadala under rain flooded water on Tuesday. (DC Photo- Rajesh Jadhav)

Intense rainfall batters Mumbai, police urges citizens to stay indoors

We request Mumbaikars to stay indoors and not venture out unless it-'s extremely essential, the city police tweeted

6 Aug 2020 12:57 PM IST

Security personnel stand guard on a street during the restrictions imposed on the first anniversary of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, at Bhaderwah in Doda district. (PTI)

UN Security Council holds â€˜informalâ€™ discussion on Kashmir over...

India-'s UN Ambassador said that almost all countries held the opinion that J&K dispute is a â€˜bilateral issueâ€™...

6 Aug 2020 12:15 PM IST

A COVID-19 survivor donates plasma at the Plasma Bank in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, in Chennai. PTI photo

Fresh infections, fatalities mount in Tamil Nadu districts

Singer SP Balasubramaniam and actor and politician Karunas tested positive

6 Aug 2020 11:55 AM IST

Journalists hold signs during a protest against restrictions of the Internet and mobile phone networks at the Kashmir Press Club during a lockdown in Srinagar. (AFP Photo)

Amnesty International seeks end to curbs on J&K politicians,...

Human Rights Watch said that Indian government continues to impose â€œharsh and discriminatory restrictionsâ€ on...

6 Aug 2020 11:16 AM IST

Some of Hyderabads private hospitals received land at concessional rates upon pledging to provide free treatment to the poor.

Hyderabad-'s two biggest hospitals come under Telangana High Court...

Chief justice R S Rathore asks: If these hospitals were given land to treat poor patients free, why isn-'t the land...

6 Aug 2020 10:53 AM IST

Multiple sclerosis patients (MSPs) of the city are overjoyed with the governments decision. They say that disability certificates would entitle them to educational scholarship schemes, rebate in income tax, reservation in government jobs, free travel in state buses, loans for setting up businesses and so on.

Telangana decides to reserve majority of new jobs for local workers

Cabinet approves draft policy that mimics similar developments in other states

6 Aug 2020 10:23 AM IST

The fire started around 3.30 am in the ICU unit of Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad. (Photo-Twitter)

Gujarat: 8 dead as fire breaks out at Shrey hospital in Ahmedabad

Firefighters have managed to control the fire which broke out at the ICU of the hospital

6 Aug 2020 9:35 AM IST

Rajaiah had a fever and had cleared his first test for Covid-19

Telangana CPM leader Rajaiah, who took bus as MLA, dies of COVID-19

He was 60, and is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son, none of whom is in politics

5 Aug 2020 8:17 PM IST

A woman gets her nasal swab sample taken for COVID-19 test at a government health center in Hyderabad. AP Photo

Hyderabad-'s Virinchi Hospital too loses licence for treating COVID...

The hospital first to lose permission to treat Covid-19 patients was Deccan Hospital in Somajiguda, also for similar...

5 Aug 2020 8:00 PM IST

File image of accused Swapna Suresh.

Kerala gold smuggling case: ED gets custody of key accused Swapna...

They agency got their custody from a special NIA court in Thiruvananthapuram

5 Aug 2020 7:29 PM IST