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With the Covid-19 epidemic showing signs of acceleration, roads leading into infection hot-spots, such as this one at the Banashankari temple, have been sealed off. (DC Photo: Satish B.)Nation
2 deaths, 19 new cases: Covid-19 spurt sends anxieties soaring in...

After weeks of seeming to subside, pandemic seems to be gaining momentum again

15 April 2020 7:10 PM IST

NDMC firefighters spray disinfectants on a street at Birla Mandir during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. PTI photoNation
Health ministry identifies 170 corona hotspots in India

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India has risen to 11,439 with 1,076 fresh cases reported in last 24 hrs, death...

15 April 2020 5:58 PM IST

Police and health officials arrive for inspection at Tipu Nagar, during the nationwide lockdown, in Bengaluru. (PTI)Nation
Karnataka links covid hospitals across the state to critical care...

The initiative serves as a handholding facility for doctors in rural parts of the state to connect with a team of health...

15 April 2020 4:58 PM IST

Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel patrol a street urging people to stay indoors amid a nationwide lockdown in Ahmedabad. PTI photoNation
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani isolates self after MLA he met tests corona...

No visitor will be allowed at the chief minister's residence for the next one week

15 April 2020 4:04 PM IST

A police officer wearing a facemask. (AFP)Nation
Constable injured in Tamil Nadu after seized crude bomb explodes

The country bomb was recovered during an illicit liquor raid carried out raid in a farmhouse at Kuppanur village

15 April 2020 3:47 PM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)Nation
Kerala priest arrested for flouting lockdown curbs to hold mass

They accused are charged under IPC section 188 and relevant sections of the Kerala Epidemic Disease Act

15 April 2020 3:19 PM IST

A lockdown violator is made to take selfie at a \selfie point\ set up by Kolhapur police. Image credits: Facebook.Nation
Kolhapur cops publicly shame lockdown violators

This kind of punishment will put social pressure on the educated people, who violate the prohibitory orders, the...

15 April 2020 2:50 PM IST

Police and health officials wearing protective suits arrive for inspection after a senior citizen died of COVID-19 at Tipu Nagar last night, during the nationwide lockdown, in Bengaluru. (PTI)Nation
Coronavirus begins to acquire momentum in Karnataka

One case reported from Kalburgi is of a one-year-old boy with a history of an influenza-like illness

15 April 2020 2:24 PM IST

Monsoon will be normal this year. (PTI Photo)Nation
Southwest monsoon to be normal this year says IMD forecasts

The Long Period Average (LPA) of monsoon will be 100 per cent which falls in the -"normal-" category

15 April 2020 2:21 PM IST

Police officials stand in a queue to get sanitised after dispersing hundreds of stranded migrant workers from outside the Bandra Railway Station in Mumbai. PTI PhotoNation
Thousands of migrants defy lockdown to protest at Mumbai's Bandra...

An FIR was against a journalist over his report that trains would restart, which may have prompted gathering of migrants...

15 April 2020 1:25 PM IST

A man steps out of a body sanitizing tunnel at the entrance of a market, installed by Khowai police during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Khowai district. PTINation
New lockdown guidelines simplified: What is allowed, what's punishable

Spitting in public has been made a punishable offence and a strict ban enforced on sale of liquor, gutka, tobacco under...

15 April 2020 1:08 PM IST

Kins of an allegedly suspected COVID-19 patient are being transferred to a hospital during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Vijayawada. (PTI)Nation
Guntur doctor who treated covid patients tests positive for...

With 19 new case and two deaths overnight, Covid cases in Andhra Pradesh crossed the 500 mark on Wednesday

15 April 2020 12:55 PM IST

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