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Five Air India pilots test positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Five Air India pilots test positive for coronavirus

A senior airline official said the five pilots had not operated any flight in the last three weeks

10 May 2020 3:47 PM IST

Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh. (PTI Photo)

Protesters demand closure of LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh after...

Some protesters barged into the compound and police had to block their way to allow officials investigating the leak to...

10 May 2020 2:48 PM IST

A man gives money to a worker (L) to buy bottles of alcohol from a liquor shop. (AFP)

Madhya Pradesh mulls over tax on liquor to revive state revenue

States like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have already imposed tax on sale of liquor in their...

10 May 2020 2:29 PM IST

Highly placed sources said the central government is contemplating community mapping of the coronavirus pandemic in India. (AP)

Move for community-based mapping of coronavirus?

Sources said the Centre is toying with the idea of mapping the virus in terms of community, lifestyle, income, daily...

10 May 2020 1:59 PM IST

Delhi government asks DMs to release 2,446 Tablighi Jamaat members. (PTI Photo)

Send back quarantined Tablighi members to their homes: Delhi...

As man as 567 foreign attendees of the congregation held in Delhi's Nizamuddin area in March, will be handed over to the...

10 May 2020 1:29 PM IST

Representative Image. (ANI Photo)

Truck carrying migrant workers overturns near MP, 5 labourers killed...

Five labourers were killed and 13 others were injured after the mangoes-laden vehicle overturned

10 May 2020 12:38 PM IST

INS Jalashwa berthed at Kochi port on Sunday. (DC Photo)

Operation Samudra Setu: Naval ship reaches Kochi with 698 repatriated...

Passengers with Covid 19 symptoms are being disembarked first followed by others in small groups

10 May 2020 11:55 AM IST

Stranded migrant labourers queue to board a special train to hom. (AFP)

Unable to return home, migrant labourer from Bengal ends life in...

The 22 year-old labourer was unable to book ticket in the Shramik Special' train recently from Kerala as he did not have...

10 May 2020 11:03 AM IST

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60-yr-old Covid19 patient kills self at Mumbai hospital

The senior citizen might have been suffering from anxiety or depression after being diagnosed with coronavirus, leading...

10 May 2020 10:28 AM IST

On Thursday, leakage of styrene gas from the LG Polymers factory near Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam led to the death of 12 people and hospitalisation of hundreds. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

After Vizag gas leak, NDMA issues guidelines for restarting industrial...

NDMA guidelines said while restarting a unit, first week should be considered as trial run period after ensuring all...

10 May 2020 9:53 AM IST

Air ambulance flies from Chennai to evacuate AP native from Johannesburg

Air ambulance flies from Chennai to evacuate AP native from...

At the centre of the mission is a bank employee suffering from terminal cancer who needs immediate evacuation from...

9 May 2020 6:49 PM IST

Health workers sanitizing an area near Nizamuddin mosque after people who attended religious congregation at Tabling -e Jamaats Markaz tested positive for corona virus in New Delhi. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

10 Indonesian Tablighis granted bail

The accused argue that the present case is a classic example of misuse of powers of the police machinery

9 May 2020 12:09 PM IST