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A woman squeezes through a barricade set up at a containment zone in Hyderabad on Friday, May 1, 2020. Doctors in the Telangana capital say the state government is allowing Covid-19 patients to slip through and mingle in open society. Its a great danger to the strategy to contain the Covid-19 pan

Doctors: Telangana official Covid-19 figures are just not true

Doctors for Seva tell central officials that Telangana government's under-reporting strategy is flirting with disaster

2 May 2020 9:26 AM IST

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh borders to remain sealed until situation normalises:...

Baghel also said he preferred gradual relaxation of lockdown norms.

2 May 2020 9:18 AM IST

Covid19 death toll rises to 1,074; cases 33,050. (AFP Photo)

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records highest single day jump in...

Notably, although the cases are rising, the mortality rate in Maharashtra is dipping.

2 May 2020 9:09 AM IST

Uddhav Thackeray (PTI)

No relaxation in Maharashtra red zones: Uddhav Thackeray

Efforts are being made to phase out restrictions in the orange zone and green zone, he said.

2 May 2020 8:53 AM IST

Children enjoy themselves on a traffic-free road in New Delhi on Thursday, April 30, 2020. DC PPhotograph......Pritam Bandyopadhyay

Lockdown extended to May 17 but you can start breathing now

Country split into green, orange and red zones; restrictions will vary for each zone; crowding is prohibited

2 May 2020 8:18 AM IST

Fearing she would lose her work, she decided to trek back home on foot after making several vain attempts to board goods lorries.

Woman walks 120 km, needs police help to enter her home

Lakshmi, 53, went to Rayagada before the lockdown on March 22 to attend a function, but got stuck there and had no means...

1 May 2020 5:12 PM IST

Migrant workers ride on a truck to reach their native places, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Prayagraj. PTI photo

Adityanath for sealing UP borders to stop entry of coronavirus...

The number of coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh stood at 2,211 and the death toll due to the infection was 40

1 May 2020 4:54 PM IST

Guntur Rural SP Ch. Vijaya Rao, along with other officials, inspects a red zone at Varavakatta area in Narasaraopet town of Guntur district. Tejo Roy Eleti

Collecting data not easy due to public reluctance

Some patients, including an RMP doctor, Asha worker, village volunteer, had contacted between 100 to 300 people before...

1 May 2020 4:43 PM IST

ITBP personnel wearing protective suits patrol a street during a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi on April 22, 2020. (PTI)

5 ITBP personnel test positive for Covid-19; at least 90 quarantined

These are the first cases of the viral infection in the border-guarding force.

1 May 2020 4:26 PM IST

Health workers wearing protective suits shift to a van the body of a coronavirus victim. PTI Photo

Denial of burial: Kurnool civic body chief shunted out

With 386 Covid positive cases in Kurnool district alone, the curve is going up without showing any signs of flattening

1 May 2020 4:25 PM IST

There was speculation that the poll body would announce schedule for the Delhi Assembly elections along with that of the Jharkhand, but the EC invite only refers to poll schedule for the eastern state. (Photo: File)

Maharashtra: EC to hold elections for 9 vacant legislative council...

Sources in the poll panel said a decision was taken on Friday to hold the polls before May 27.

1 May 2020 3:58 PM IST

Police personnel keep vigil at a roadon duty during the night time while the whole nation goes lockdown to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.

AP invites docs to apply for corona warrior jobs here

After four death-free days, two fatalities are a downer in Andhra Pradesh

1 May 2020 3:22 PM IST