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A grounded Emirates flight at Dubai International airport. AFP photo

Over 1,50,000 Indians in UAE register to return home

The coronavirus has infected 13,599 people and claimed 119 lives in the UAE

3 May 2020 2:57 PM IST

An EDMC official sprays disinfectant at CRPF camp at Mayur Vihar in Delhi. PTI photo

CRPF headquarters in Delhi sealed after staff tests positive for...

Officials working in the building will not be allowed inside the premises

3 May 2020 1:08 PM IST

Migrants undergo thermal screening after arriving from Keralas Ernakulam Railway Station by a special train at Jagannathpur Railway Station, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ganjam district. PTI photo

India covid death toll hits 1,301, cases touch 39,980

The total number of cases include 111 foreign nationals

3 May 2020 12:40 PM IST

Special trains only for passengers authorised by states: Railways

Special trains only for passengers authorised by states: Railways

Railways only accepting passengers, brought and facilitated by state governments

3 May 2020 11:06 AM IST

Horse mounted police personnel patrol a hot spot in Varanasi. PTI photo

Role of Tablighi Jamaat members in spread of coronavirus...

'Had they not hidden the disease and went about like its carriers, then perhaps we would have controlled the outbreak to...

3 May 2020 10:52 AM IST

Go, corona, go: In Telangana, if you close your eyes, corona will go away

Go, corona, go: In Telangana, if you close your eyes, corona will go...

ICMR data show that the number of positive cases has dropped since the decision to limit testing

3 May 2020 10:12 AM IST

Migrants from various northern states of India wait to board a special train for Gorakhpur in Bhiwandi on May 2, 2020. (PTI)

In a new high, India sees 2,411 cases in 24 hours

A total of 71 deaths were reported from across the country

3 May 2020 9:07 AM IST

14 labourers rescued from concrete mixture truck. (DC Photo)

Misery of migrants: 14 labourers rescued' from concrete mixture truck

Traffic cops spotted 14 labourers being carried inside a concrete mixture making machine to their native place of...

3 May 2020 8:48 AM IST

Police question two girls on why they stepped out of their houses during countrywide lockdown imposed due to Covid-19. (DC Photo)

Mumbai, Pune citizens banned from moving out of cities

Maharashtra reported 790 new Covid-19 cases, 36 deaths on Saturday

3 May 2020 8:32 AM IST

The four important sections of COTPA are: Section 4: No person shall smoke in any public place; Section 5: Prohibition of Advertise-ment of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products; Section 6(a): Vendors should not sell tobacco products to minors, and Section 6(b): Shops selling tobacco products are banned within 100 yards of any educational institution.

Lockdown sees tobacco prices surge in Adilabad

The existing ban on many tobacco products in Telangana has only added to black market value of these commodities

2 May 2020 8:19 PM IST

Vijayawada: Narasaraopet civic chief shifted

Vijayawada: Narasaraopet civic chief shifted

State government transferred Narasaraopeta municipal commissioner B. Siva Reddy to Kavali as virus cases continued to...

2 May 2020 8:06 PM IST

All kindergarten and primary schools will stay shut till March 31 in Tamil Nadu. (PTI)

AP's school academic calender changed

The government is framing guidelines to limit the Dasara holidays to three days and Pongal holidays to five days

2 May 2020 7:52 PM IST