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Exactly six months ago, on August 5, 2019, with the stated purpose of fully integrating Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian mainstream, the Narendra Modi government ended the states autonomy and broke it up into two Union territories of J&K and Ladakh. (Representational | PTI)

2 BSF jawans shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir

Killings follow elimination of two dreaded Hizb militants in massive encounter

21 May 2020 12:47 PM IST

Covid numbers shoot up in Karnataka. (PTI Photo)

Assam registers record 42 corona cases in a day

Two-month-old baby among victims, total jumps to 157

21 May 2020 12:32 PM IST

Migrants are turning out to be the major vectors. (PTI)

Tamil Nadu launches intensive micro-plan to contain corona in red...

The total number of positive cases in Chennai alone is a staggering 8,228.

21 May 2020 12:13 PM IST

Information Technology companies in the city will have to work according to strict guidelines. (PTI Photo)

IT companies told to follow new SOPs

Telangana government released a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) for all IT companies and IT parks in the...

21 May 2020 12:01 PM IST

A medical worker wearing protective gear shows a blood sample test tube for COVID-19 coronavirus testing during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. PTI photo

Covid-19 pandemic: Corporate hospitals in Hyderabad testing doctors,...

These test results or number of tests do not figure in the daily medical bulletin released by the government.

21 May 2020 11:34 AM IST

Covid19 claims 2 more lives in Hyderabad . (PTI Phto)

Covid19 claims 2 more lives in Hyderabad

This takes the Covid-19 deaths to six in just two days and to 40 so far in the state

21 May 2020 11:25 AM IST

Covid recovery rate improving. (PTI Photo)

Covid recovery rate improving: Health Ministry

Health ministry officials said the recovery rate has gradually improved from 7.1% to 39.62% now as almost 40%

21 May 2020 10:42 AM IST

Migrant workers waits at a temporary shelter to register for free travel on a train, during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus on the outskirts of Hyderabad. (AP)

Movement of corona positive guest workers a big worry

The major worry in this group is inability to practise social distancing.

21 May 2020 10:41 AM IST

File image of Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. (PTI)

Nepal's new map artificial enlargement, says India

Oli, in an address to Parliament in Kathmandu, asserted that Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belong to Nepal.

21 May 2020 9:36 AM IST

Trees sway in gusty winds induced by the super cyclone Amphan hit Rasgovindpur in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. (PTI)

Cyclone Amphan batters Bengal, Odisha: 6.5 lakh evacuated; six dead

Gigantic tidal waves disrupt power for many; Kolkata airport suspends ops

21 May 2020 2:09 AM IST

The police sources said that one of the jawans was killed on the spot and the other died on way to nearby Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). Medical Superintendent at SKIMS. AP Photo

Two BSF jawans shot dead by motorbike-borne militants in Srinagar

None of the militant outfit active in J&K has, so far, owned responsibility for the attack

20 May 2020 8:22 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Get ready for Manic Monday, June 1

On Tuesday Home Ministry hd in an important move announced that permission of the State where trains are to reach was...

20 May 2020 7:17 PM IST