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Passengers arrive from Jeddah via Air India flight at Kochi International Airport, as part of an evacuation operation due to closure of commercial air services amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Kochi. PTI photo

Kerala ups COVID-19 testing as more expats return home

Antibody test begins to check for community spread

12 Jun 2020 3:05 PM IST

A woman and her three children, with two of them COVID-19 positive, wait for relatives outside a government hospital to return home, in New Delhi. PTI photo

Dead being stacked next to covid patients in hospitals shocks Apex...

Hospitals are not giving due care to keeping of bodies and not even informing family members about deaths

12 Jun 2020 2:36 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the interaction.

In conversation with ex-envoy Nicholas Burns, Rahul slams Modi-'s...

Burns pointed fingers at China, amid India-'s ongoing stand with it, and called it a geopolitical challenger to India.

12 Jun 2020 1:53 PM IST

A medic checks the temperature of a sanitation worker at a health camp in Vijayawada. PTI photo

Imported cases add to Andhra Pradesh covid tally

Out of a total number of 4,261 coronavirus cases, 1,641 are in hospital while 2,540 have been discharged

12 Jun 2020 1:16 PM IST

A bomb disposal squad member prepares to blow up the IED Aditya Rao claimed to have kept in his laptop bag, which he planted at a ticket counter of the Mangaluru International Airport on January 20. (PTI Photo)

Karnataka Police files chargesheet against man for planting IED at...

The detailed charge sheet says he had planted the explosive to trigger fear among the users of the airport.

12 Jun 2020 12:19 PM IST

Delhi people have started creating ICUs and isolation wards at home and in housing societies

Delhi Desperate: COVID-19 patients setting up ICUs at home

Many healthcare groups are taking advance booking of about 1.5 lakh to set up ICUs in just 4 hours at home

12 Jun 2020 10:14 AM IST

A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 11, 2020. (AFP)

Small drop in corona positive cases in Tamil Nadu but no respite in...

Decision to clamp another lockdown on Chennai rests with chief minister Palaniswami

12 Jun 2020 9:44 AM IST

An Indian Army truck crosses Chang la pass near Pangong Lake in Ladakh region, India. AP Photo

Ladakh standoff: India reiterates early resolution with China

Both sides had held very senior-level military talks on June 6 to resolve the military face-off in the Ladakh sector.

12 Jun 2020 4:15 AM IST

Indian fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya. (PTI Photo)

Do not consider Vijay Mallya-'s asylum application: India urges UK

The statement comes amid media reports that Mallya has sought asylum in the UK on humanitarian grounds.

12 Jun 2020 3:47 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI)

India snubs Imran Khan-'s offer to share knowhow on cash transfers

New Delhi said that its stimulus package is as large as Pakistan-'s annual GDP.

12 Jun 2020 3:17 AM IST

Plumes of smoke rise from a building after a fire broke out in few shops at Crawford Market in Mumbai, Thursday. (PTI)

Several shops in Mumbai-'s Crawford market gutted; fire now doused

Fire officials took almost three hours to douse the flames; none injured.

12 Jun 2020 2:29 AM IST

File image of Samuel Brownback.

India rejects US government report on religious freedom

India said it â€œsees no locus standi for a foreign entity to pronounce on the state of our citizensâ€™ constitutionally...

12 Jun 2020 1:33 AM IST