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Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. (Photo: AP)

Sidelined Syed Ali Shah Geelani quits Hurriyat Conference

Sources privy to the development said the nonagenarian politicianâ€™s move was being anticipated for quite some time...

30 Jun 2020 9:03 AM IST

File photo of Kolkatas Chinatown wearing a deserted look on June 19, 2020. (PT)

Schools, cinemas to stay shut in Unlock 2: Here are all the guidelines

Home Ministry issues detailed guidelines to be in force till July 31

29 Jun 2020 11:41 PM IST

Health workers record the details of a woman during screening for coronavirus infection in Ramabhai Ambedkar Nagar in Ghatkopar East in Mumbai. Screening of citizens has been intensified in Mumbai as coronavirus infections continue to spread vigorously in Indias financial capital. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Maharashtra extends lockdown till July 31

Other states like Karnataka and Telangana, where infections are burgeoning, may have to follow suit

29 Jun 2020 5:02 PM IST

A total of 12,010 COVID-19 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours. (ANI Photo)

India-'s COVID-19 recovery rate reaches 58.67%

A total of 12,010 COVID-19 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours

29 Jun 2020 3:34 PM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal at the Sardar Patel covid care centre in Delhi. PTI

Delhi to set up plasma bank to treat COVID-19 patients

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the bank will start working in the next two days

29 Jun 2020 1:42 PM IST

Telangana High Court. (DC Photo)

Telangana new secretariat gets High Court nod

The bench observed that the court does not find any arbitrary or unreasonableness in the decision of the state cabinet...

29 Jun 2020 1:28 PM IST

A students temperature is being checked at the entrance of a exam centre in Karnataka. Satish B photo

SSLC student tests positive for virus in Udupi

With the student testing positive, the district administration has taken all precautionary measures at the exam centre

29 Jun 2020 1:23 PM IST

A firefighter sprays disinfectant at a containment zone against the spread of COVID-19 in Chennai. PTI photo

Kerala keeps a close watch on Chennai Malayalis

Officials are trying to get in touch with people who travelled or stayed at Chennai to know their travel plans

29 Jun 2020 1:12 PM IST

Police personnel announced a route march after the Karnataka government announced a strict lockdown in Bengaluru due to rising number of cases. PTI photo

Not just hospital beds, search on for graveyards too as COVID-19...

Karnataka till date has reported 207 deaths of which Bengaluru alone has seen 88 deaths

29 Jun 2020 12:56 PM IST

Members of the Dalit party Viduthalai Chiruthaikal Katchi (VCK) protest in Tiruchy on Sunday, demanding the arrest of policemen responsible forthe custodial deaths of two traders Jayaraj and his son J Bennix, at Sathankulam in Tamil Nadus Thoothukudi district. (DC Photo)

Tamil Nadu cop suspended for social media post on Thoothukudi...

According to the police, his remarks had discredited the entire police force

29 Jun 2020 12:25 PM IST

Passengers from various countries arrive via relief flight at the Cochin international airport in Kochi, Kerala. PTI photo

Two doctors, three nurses in Malappuram hospital test positive for...

Total lockdown has been announced in 47 out of the 51 wards in Ponnani municipality and four panchayats in the district

29 Jun 2020 12:08 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (ANI Photo)

Rahul Gandhi urges people to -'speak up against fuel hike-'

The Congress has termed the increase in the price of petrol and diesel as -"unjust-" and -"thoughtless-"

29 Jun 2020 11:44 AM IST