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Passengers board KSRTC busses to their native place after Karnataka announced completle lockdown on sundays. Photo: Satish B

Bengaluru records highest ever single-day spike with 1172 cases and 24...

Incidents of people struggling to get admitted to hospitals, dying due to lack of coordination are all out in the open

5 July 2020 12:11 PM IST

To-let boards have sprung up at many houses and commercial places in Hyderabad. (DC Photo)

-'To-let-' boards spring up at houses, shops as workers leave...

Even those wanting to return are now having second thoughts, with talk of Lockdown 2 being imposed in the state

5 July 2020 12:07 PM IST

A fighter aircraft carrying out air operations at a forward airbase near India-China border on Saturday. (AFP Photo)

India-China border: IAF ramping up deployment of fighter jets,...

It also deployed Apache attack choppers and Chinook heavy-lift helicopters to transport troops to various forward...

5 July 2020 11:18 AM IST

A worker sprays disinfectant at Delhi Haat, during Unlock 2.0, in New Delhi. PTI photo

India-'s virus tally soars to 6.7 lakhs after record 24,850 cases in...

This is the third consecutive day that coronavirus infections have increased by more than 20,000 in the country

5 July 2020 10:59 AM IST

Social distance has not yet become the norm in the streets of Hyderabad. (DC Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

Telangana admits most of the population will get infected

Movement of people is leading to an increase in cases, says

5 July 2020 9:15 AM IST

A screenshot of one of the photos uploaded on TikTok by the accused.

West Bengal youth caught by Kerala Police for impersonating as naval...

In a similar case, an accused was caught impersonating as Commander in the Indian Navy.

5 July 2020 4:52 AM IST

Tamil Nadu CM Eddapadi K Palaniswami with Governor Bhanwarilal Purohit. (Twitter)

Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami meets governor, briefs him about COVID...

He was accompanied by Health Minister C Vijaybaskar and Chief Secretary K Shanmugham.

5 July 2020 2:17 AM IST

Punes Serum Institute of Indias covid vaccine to be out in the market by October, but only if human trials are successful . (Photo: Serum Institute of India)

Amid criticism, ICMR defends move to fast-track coronavirus vaccine...

The ICMR said that the letter by DG Dr Balram Bhargawa was intended to cut unnecessary red tape, without bypassing any...

4 July 2020 10:10 PM IST

A patient who died of COVID-19 is buried in a cemetery. (PTI)

Coronavirus continues to trouble India as Centre revises treatment...

During the last 24 hours, 14,335 patients have been discharged, taking the cumulative figure to 3,94,226.

4 July 2020 8:35 PM IST

Archbishop emeritus of Bengaluru diagnosed with mild COVID symptoms

Archbishop emeritus of Bengaluru diagnosed with mild COVID symptoms

A statement released by the Archbishop of Bangalore Peter Machadao stated that his the condition of Archbishop Emeritus...

4 July 2020 8:13 PM IST

The masive COVID-19 treatment facility built at the Radha Soami Satsang Centre in Delhi. (PTI)

Paramedical personnel kept on standby as corona spurt expected in...

Home Ministry anticipates that increased testing is likely to lead to higher numbers

4 July 2020 6:51 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Keralite dozes off at Dubai airport, misses repatriation flight

The expat said he didn-'t sleep the previous night as he was waiting to get a confirmation on his flight ticket to...

4 July 2020 5:56 PM IST