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Children are pushed into a bus through the window by their parents as the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) resumed bus services after the government eased lockdown restrictions Telangana. (AFP)

Mumbai returnee tag stigmatises guest workers in Telangana

Returning workers are sent to home quarantine but the stigma of having been in Mumbai sticks to them

27 May 2020 12:04 PM IST

A woman (C) speaks on her phone on a bus before being taken to a quarantine facility after arriving from Mumbai. (AFP)

Mumbai returnee tag stigmatises guest workers

Villagers are scared that guest workers returned from places with high number of corona positives will spread the virus

27 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

Guest workers throng the Nampally railway station to board trains to their native places. (PTI)

High Court orders Telangana to test all dead bodies for Covid-19

Using strong words, two-judge bench tells state government to release data on tests on guest workers

27 May 2020 11:50 AM IST

A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Lapses in handling human crisis: Supreme Court to Centre on miseries...

The court also issued notice to all the states and UTs, directing them to submit their response by Thursday.

27 May 2020 11:47 AM IST

Planes parked at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahraj International Airport in Mumbai on Sunday, May 24, 2020. Domestic flight services resumed from May 25 in a calibrated manner. (PTI)

Chaos at airports continue as flights resume

Around 630 flights were cancelled on Monday while on Tuesday 80 flights were cancelled at Delhi alone.

27 May 2020 11:08 AM IST

A migrant with her children steps out of Prayagraj railway station after arriving from Ahmedabad via special train. (PTI)

Guest workers add to rising number of corona cases in UP, eastern...

Amidst the political 'tu-tu, mein-mein', the plight of the guest workers continues to trouble the conscience of the...

26 May 2020 11:49 PM IST

Migrant workers who have yet been unable to return to their home states in north India sit wearing masks at a town square in Kochi. Villages across India are seeing an increase in cases with the return of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who left cities and towns. (AP)

Kerala's Covid success story under threat as new cases erupt

Coronavirus figures go northward: 273 new cases, two deaths in five days

26 May 2020 7:43 PM IST

Padarayanapura was among the first wards declared a containment zone and was sealed off completely in April. PTI Photo

Frontline warriors on duty at Bengaluru's Padarayanapura get tested...

Cops who were posted on duty in the containment zone have been asked to give their samples for testing

26 May 2020 6:22 PM IST

Social distancing in the North East.

North East states lose corona-free tag as Covid-19 comes to haunt...

The Centre has taken note of the rise in coronavirus cases in the North East region.

26 May 2020 5:43 PM IST

File image of Vizag airport.

Andhra Pradesh restarts flight operations amid rising corona cases in...

Vijayawada and Vizag airports in Andhra Pradesh will handle eight flights each during the day.

26 May 2020 2:41 PM IST

A file image of indigenously built Tejas LCA

IAF's famed 18 Squadron to be operationalised yet again on Wednesday

The legendary 18 Squadron, also known as Flying Bullets', will be based out of Sulur AFS.

26 May 2020 12:52 PM IST

Delhi Police keeping an eye on the increasing traffic amid a surge in positive cases in Delhi. (PTI)

No respite from coronavirus as India records 6,535 cases in a single...

The number of active COVID-19 cases climbed to 80,722.

26 May 2020 12:07 PM IST