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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

A child receives a general immunization vaccine at a government hospital in Hyderabad, April 22, 2020. (PTI)

Telangana reports only seven new cases, coronavirus tally up to 990

Three of the seven new positive cases are children

26 April 2020 10:11 AM IST

Indians stand in a queue to receive food distributed by volunteers during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Hyderabad. (AP)

Telangana activists submit plea to let migrant labourers go home

Relief measures were announced only for 3.35 lakh people while the labour department's website mentions over 15.45 lakh...

26 April 2020 9:31 AM IST

Lack of information about what happens to those in quarantine is keeping the general public to come forward for testing. (PTI)

So is Telangana betting on herd immunity?

In a sudden policy switch two days ago, health officials stopped testing secondary contacts unless they had covid-19...

26 April 2020 8:42 AM IST

Villagers carry the mortal remains of a 72-year-old Covid-19 victim for burial in his ancestral graveyard in Baramulla district of North Kashmir on April 25, 2020. (PTI)

Corona toll in J&K rises to 6, while 40 new infections detected

Officials say surge in fresh cases due to increased testing

25 April 2020 10:59 PM IST

Health staff and policemen move into a coronavirus hotspot area in Allahabad to conduct testing for the coronavirus on Saturday, April 25, 2020. (AP)

Here be hope: We had the lowest daily growth of corona cases today

But then the death toll increase of 58 was the highest daily increase

25 April 2020 8:25 PM IST

In Bengaluru on Saturday 25 April 2020, workers engaged by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Rail Corporation Limited resumed work to dismantle the Jayadeva Circle Flyover to make way for the Namma Metro Rail network. (DC Photo: Satish B)

Karnataka reaches 500 but is too nervous to exhale

From 6 cases on March 14 to 500 on April 25, has the state got a grip on the pandemic or is the worst yet to come?

25 April 2020 7:13 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

UP govt starts bringing back workers; Over 2,000 return from Haryana

Migrant workers in several states have demanded that they be sent back to their native places

25 April 2020 5:26 PM IST

A man walks past a statue representing a mans head wearing a facemask to raise awareness about recommended precautions in Hyderabad. (AFP)

Central team in Hyderabad to assess COVID-19 situation

The team began their assesment by inspecting the Gachibowli stadium, which has been converted into a COVID-19 hospital...

25 April 2020 4:56 PM IST

Representational Image. (AP)

Chennai Corporation declines reburial of Covid victim's body

The family was forced to bury the body in a different cemetery due to the protests by locals

25 April 2020 4:29 PM IST

Health staff screen women for influenza-like symptoms of coronavirus infection. (DC Photo: Satish B)

Karnataka begins trials of plasma therapy for Covid-19 patients

ICMR has given permission for a line of treatment that holds out some hope

25 April 2020 3:02 PM IST