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Migrant workers peep inside a doctors clinic in Mumbai. (AFP)

Video shows patients sleeping next to covered bodies in Mumbai...

Civic officials say action will be taken against the responsible persons after investigative committee submits its...

8 May 2020 9:56 AM IST

487 police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19 since the lockdown. (PTI Photo)

487 Maharashtra cops infected by coronavirus

Home minister also said that there is a steady rise in the number of calls regarding Covid-19 on the police helpline...

8 May 2020 9:20 AM IST

Airport staff carry out pre-departure checking of an Air India Express flight bound for UAE to bring back stranded Indian nationals. (PTI)

354 expats land in Kerala from UAE

Passengers underwent Covid19 tests including a thermal screening at the airport before coming out in batches from the...

8 May 2020 8:50 AM IST

Corona cases in India rise at alarming rate after BSF, police personnel test positive

Corona cases in India rise at alarming rate after BSF, police...

In Maharashtra, 531 Maharashtra police personnel 480 constables and 51 officers tested positive in the 44 days of the...

8 May 2020 8:39 AM IST

Civilian killed in police firing as protests flare up in Riyaz Naikoos village

Civilian killed in police firing as protests flare up in Riyaz...

Authorities say protests over the killing of Hizb commander were 'negligible' and 'sporadic'

7 May 2020 11:34 PM IST

Visuals outside hospital in Raigarh (ANI)

Chattisgarh:7 paper mill workers in Raigarh hospitalised after gas...

This is the second incident of a gas leak to have occurred today

7 May 2020 7:24 PM IST

When infection strikes, the body starts making proteins called antibodies specially designed to target that germ. Those antibodies float in survivors blood - specifically plasma, the yellowish liquid part of blood - for months, even years

Indore: 4 coronavirus positive patients recover after plasma therapy

Plasma therapy was used on some coronavirus positive persons at the privately-run Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical...

7 May 2020 4:39 PM IST

Representational image.

Coronavirus lockdown: Uttar Pradesh government lifts ban on sale of...

The order, however, clarified that the ban on manufacture, storage and sale of 'gutka/paan masala' with nicotine and...

7 May 2020 3:33 PM IST

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel escort a central representative team to MR Bangur Hospital, where COVID-19 patients are treated, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Kolkata. PTI photo

Rising covid tally in BSF sets off alarm bells

There are 85 cases from the Border Security Force.

7 May 2020 12:25 PM IST

PM takes stock of situation, assures all help to Andhra CM. (DC Photo)

Vizag gas leak tragedy: PM Modi assures all help to AP CM Jagan

At least six people have died and around 100 hospitalised after gas leaked from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam

7 May 2020 12:22 PM IST

Workers clean drains at Vashi ahead of pre-monsoon season, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Navi Mumbai. (PTI)

Neighbouring cities deny entry to locals employed in Mumbai

According to the civic officials, the Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring areas are on rise due to the infections coming...

7 May 2020 11:20 AM IST

A gas-affected child is carried to hospital in the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. A gas leak from the LG Polymer chemical company killed at least five people and put more than 1000 is hospital early Thursday morning, May 7, 2020. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Vizag gas leak death toll touches 11

Gas leak from chemical company on the outskirts of Vizag sees people fall like leaves in the street

7 May 2020 11:15 AM IST