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A priest holds a lamp as devotees pray at a temple during the Tamil holy month of Aadi in Chennai. India on July 17 became the third country in the world to record one million coronavirus cases, following Brazil and the United States. Experts said the number of cases is expected to shoot up to 2 million in barely another three weeks. (AFP).

India all set to cross 2 million mark in coronavirus cases by August...

34,884 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

18 July 2020 4:06 PM IST

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao. (CMO Telangana/Twitter)

Telangana college teacher inspires KCR to extend mid-day meals to...

The Chief Minister also sanctioned a new college building for Jedcherla Junior College following a request made by...

18 July 2020 2:13 PM IST

Tirumala Tirupati temple. (TTD website)

One of the Jeeyangars, religious ombudsman of Tirupati temple, is...

Jeeyangars are treated by the TTD as the custodians of traditions of the temple.

18 July 2020 1:11 PM IST

The statue that was desecrated by miscreants.

Desecration of Periyar statue in Coimbatore condemned across party...

Government said strict action would be taken against anyone found desecrating statues of political leaders.

18 July 2020 12:34 PM IST

E Palaniswamy at an recent event. (Twitter/ CMO Tamil Nadu)

Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami denies community transmission even as cases...

Palaniswami also denied that there was any plan to extend the lockdown.

18 July 2020 12:14 PM IST

The Army officials here said that the JCO whose name they withheld till his family is informed was killed in unprovoked ceasefire violation by the Pakistani troops.

Three members of a Poonch family killed in unprovoked Pakistani...

One person who was injured has been hospitalized.

18 July 2020 11:38 AM IST

According to him, at around 10.30 am, armed Naxals ambushed a search party comprising CoBRA personnel in the jungle near Irapalli village under Bijapur district.

Naxals who entered Telangana will soon be caught and produced in...

The DGP reviewed the prevailing conditions at Komaram Bheem Asifabad district in connection with the recent Maoist...

18 July 2020 11:05 AM IST

Jadhav is a retired Indian Navy officer who was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism after a closed trial in April 2017. (Photo: File)

Pakistan offers third consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav after...

India had lodged a protest with Pakistan after Indian officials were â€œnot given unimpeded, unhindered and...

18 July 2020 10:31 AM IST

The ICE had in March arrested 161 students from the fake university established by it. (Representational Image)

COVID-19 fear: Students and teachers of Telangana technical colleges...

Meanwhile, students, mostly from other states or rural areas studying in Hyderabad, are unsure of resuming classes as...

18 July 2020 9:58 AM IST

Villagers carry the mortal remains of a 72-year-old Covid-19 victim for burial in his ancestral graveyard in Baramulla district of North Kashmir on April 25, 2020. (PTI)

AP mortuaries running out of space as cremation staff struggle against...

Hospitals are finding COVID positives among victims of unnatural death too

18 July 2020 9:46 AM IST

Representational image.

Suspecting coronavirus, teacherâ€™s body denied burial in Anantapur

Family spends Rs 1 lakh to transport body to another cemetery for burial on outskirts

18 July 2020 9:04 AM IST

N Ramesh Kumar. (File image)

Andhra High Court tells ex-SEC N Ramesh Kumar to approach governor to...

Bench asks why government has not implemented its order so far.

18 July 2020 8:44 AM IST