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Covid scare didn-'t deter visitors to Chamudeswari temple and other...

Resorts around forests hardly had any takers Mysuru suffered a loss of Rs 10 Crore and Kodagu lost turn over of Rs 5...

8 Jun 2020 5:13 PM IST

Air India flight from Cairo, Egypt. (Twitter image)

Exorbitant ticket fares make special flights unaffordable for stranded...

Hundreds of stranded students and jobless unable to afford Vande Bharat flights

8 Jun 2020 2:23 PM IST

Medics examine swab samples collected from asymptomatic patients inChennai. PTI photo

India sees record single-day spike in COVID-19 cases

India is the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia and UK, according to Johns...

8 Jun 2020 11:45 AM IST

A child reacts as a medic collects his swab sample for COVID-19 test at an isolation centre for passengers arriving from Delhi by train in Chennai on Sunday. PTI

Tamil Nadu-'s COVID-19 curve rises through weekend

Of the 1,515 persons who tested positive on a single day on Sunday, the number of persons returning from other states is...

8 Jun 2020 10:59 AM IST

A community worker sprays disinfectant at Yahiyaganj Gurdwara, ahead of its opening in Lucknow. PTI photo

70pc of COVID-19 deaths in India due to co-morbidities, no community...

Maharashtra continued to top the chart in confirmed cases, active cases, recoveries and deaths

8 Jun 2020 1:34 AM IST

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

With nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 cases, India now 5th worst-hit nation

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday

7 Jun 2020 1:44 PM IST

In this June 17, 2016, file photo, an Indian tourist rides on a horse back at the Pangong Tso Lake high up in the Ladakh region of India. Tensions along the China-India border flared up again in recent weeks. Indian officials say the latest row began in early May when Chinese soldiers entered the Indian-controlled territory of Ladakh at three different points, erecting tents and guard posts. (AP)

MEA: India, China agreed on peaceful way out of border deadlock in...

In a statement 24 hours after military-level talks, MEA says the situation will be resolved as per past bilateral...

7 Jun 2020 11:46 AM IST

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Places of worship set to reopen on Monday

Managing large crowds remains big challenge; children, elderly not to get mosque entry

6 Jun 2020 5:29 PM IST

Indian soldiers keep watch at India-China border. (AFP)

India, China continuing to engage through diplomatic, military...

The statement came in the midst of a scheduled high-level military dialogue between the two armies.

6 Jun 2020 4:15 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19 crisis: Arvind Kejriwal alleges black marketing of hospital...

He also asserted that there is no dearth of hospital beds in the national capital to treat COVID-19 patients

6 Jun 2020 3:05 PM IST

Girdhar Vyas, who claims to sport the world longest moustache, wears a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic in India. (PTI)

Top WHO expert-'s warning: India faces risk of coronavirus explosion

The impact of the pandemic is different in different parts of India, he adds

6 Jun 2020 1:37 PM IST

The United Nations (UN) has thanked India for paying its regular budget assessments, only the fourth nation to make full contributions within the specified timeframe of the 193-member world body. (Photo: File)

India -'very likely-' to win non-permanent UN security council seat on...

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said Indiaâ€™s approach will be guided by the â€œFive Sâ€™s.

6 Jun 2020 12:12 PM IST