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Representative Image. (PTI Photo)

Indian government brushes off proposal to impose coronavirus tax on...

Some 50 officers of Indian Revenue Service recommended raising highest tax rate to 40% for people with annual income...

27 April 2020 8:23 AM IST

File photo of Andhra Pradesh governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan making an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in the state. (DC Photo)

Coronavirus enters Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan: four of governor's staff...

Governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan, 85, subjected to tests although he tested negative previously

27 April 2020 8:21 AM IST

Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka

TRS government has failed to curb Covid: Bhatti

Both the Centre and the state government delayed action. By the time they woke up, virus had spread in all states in the...

26 April 2020 6:41 PM IST

Some pollution hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai turn into green zones. (PTI Photo)

Pollution hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai turn into green zones during...

In Delhi, eight locations which used to be pollution hotspots before the lockdown have now become green zones

26 April 2020 4:58 PM IST

Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Photo- Twitter)

Indian envoy in UAE appalled after mortal remains of 3 citizens sent...

The deceased were not coronavirus cases but were returned by the authorities in New Delhi

26 April 2020 3:44 PM IST

These migrant workers were determined to walk all the way to their village in Tamil Nad. (DC Photo: SSR)

Used as photo ops by VIPs, migrant workers beg to be allowed to go...

At some shelters, food is delayed until a politician comes to pose for pictures

26 April 2020 3:12 PM IST

A laboratory technician from Dr. Dangs Lab displays a coronavirus testing tube during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in New Delhi. (Photo- PTI)

Covid19 test kits should be made available at lowest cost: Delhi HC

Justice Najmi Waziri issued the direction to three private companies which entered into an agreement to import 10 lakh...

26 April 2020 2:37 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo- ANI)

Certain shops to remain open in Delhi, barring containment zones

And in rural areas, all shops except those in shopping malls are allowed to open

26 April 2020 1:57 PM IST

Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Biswanath Somadder. (Photo- Calcutta and Allahabad High court Websites)

Two Judges travel 2000 km by road to take charge as High Court chief...

Judges hit the road amid the nationwide shutdown to ensure trials and justice delivery system do not go off the track.

26 April 2020 1:25 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI Photo)

Masks will now become symbol of civilised society: PM Modi

Speaking about the harmful habit of spitting, Prime Minister Modi said that now the time has come to eradicate this bad...

26 April 2020 12:51 PM IST

The dhobi ghat on Lower Tank Bund Road in Hyderabad has fallen silent since the lockdown. (DC Photo)

Struggling for a living, Hyderabad's dhobis seek welfare sops

Since no one's going out to work, they don't need clothes to be pressed

26 April 2020 12:29 PM IST

Police personnel place barricades in front of the Yasin Mosque near Resapuvanipalem in Andhra Pradeshs Visakhapatnam district. The mosque authorities asked the faithful not to have group prayers. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Andhra crosses 1,000 corona cases: virus spreads to Srikakulam too

Only one district now corona free in Andhra Pradesh

26 April 2020 10:31 AM IST