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MP Veerendra Kumar

Veerendra Kumar, Mathrubhumi MD and former Union Minister no more

Kumar was 84. His last rites will be performed at his residence in Wayanad.

29 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

The latest Covid-19 figures.

With 4,706 corona deaths, India surpasses China in total fatalities

India has now overtaken Turkey as the ninth worst-hit country in terms of total number of cases.

29 May 2020 11:37 AM IST

US President Donald Trump on Thursday. (AFP)

Trump says Modi in bad mood'. India says Whaaaat!

A day earlier, the president offered to mediate between India and China.

29 May 2020 9:58 AM IST

Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy and her supporters throw social distancing norms to the winds as she participates in the inauguration of the LB Nagar flyover in Hyderabad. (DC Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

Now, a new record every day: Telangana records 158 new Covid-19 cases,...

Telangana's toll in the pandemic has now risen to 67

29 May 2020 8:14 AM IST

Migrant workers and families gather in front of a police station to get transferred to a railway station to board a special train to Bihar. (AFP)

Highest per-day spike of 827 positive cases in Tamil Nadu, death toll...

Migrants and returnees account for more than 100 positives on Thursday

29 May 2020 8:04 AM IST

A man holds a locust in Jaipur, Rajasthan. (PTI)

Five-man panel to study locust threat to Telangana

Chief minister tells his staff to stand ready with pesticide if the swarms come south

29 May 2020 7:54 AM IST

Construction workers have resumed work near the Yendada junction in Visakhapatnam. The states tally of coronavirus positive cases is growing due to the spread of the virus among the guest workers. (DC Photo: K Narasimha Murthy)

AP reports 54 new Covid-19 cases, one death

Dozens of positives being detected among guest workers arriving in Andhra Pradesh

29 May 2020 7:36 AM IST

A workers family waits outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to board a train to their native on Wednesday. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Supreme Court orders states to foot the bill for guest workers' travel

Plus, their food and shelter while they wait for their train or bus are the states' responsibility

29 May 2020 6:59 AM IST

Maharashtra adds to covid cases in Karnataka. (PTI Photo)

Mangammanapalya adds six more cases to Bengaluru's coronavirus worries

With these six additions, Mangammanapalya has 15 active cases.

28 May 2020 6:49 PM IST

A liquor shop in Kochi on Thursday. (DC Photo)

Kerala government resumes sale of liquor via its BevQ app

Technical glitches galore in BevQ app; users raise issues on playstore.

28 May 2020 5:55 PM IST

The tally as on 8 am, May 28.

India records 6,566 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours; total stands at...

The number of active COVID-19 cases stand at 86,110.

28 May 2020 11:10 AM IST

File photo of civic staff taking mitigating action on the premises of LG Polymers outside Vvisakhapatnam where a leak of styrene gas killed more than a dozen people and spread panic in the port city. (DC Photo: K N Murali Krishna)

Styrene gas leak suspected to be cause of another death in Vizag

Seventy-three-year-old woman took after the May 7 gas tragedy and was readmitted to hospital this week

28 May 2020 11:08 AM IST