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For nearly a week, states other than Bihar have been arranging buses, such as this one by Uttar Pradesh, to take students from tutorial town Kota in Rajasthan to their home towns. (PTI)

In Kota, Bihari students watch everyone else go home

And in Patna, Nitish Kumar's government tells High Court it can't discriminate between Kota students and migrant workers

24 April 2020 7:18 PM IST

Health workers take a mans sample as Tamil Nadu intensified testing for coronavirus in Chennai in an effort to contain the virus in red zones in Tamil Nadus big cities. (PTI)

Corona surge anticipated: Tamil Nadu's big cities to have total curfew...

Government opts for tougher measures because spread of epidemic in red zones not yet contained

24 April 2020 6:18 PM IST

Karimangar had hit headlines after it came to light that the Indonesian preachers visited various places in the district after attending the Tablighi Jamat event in Delhi. PTI

Telangana's Karimnagar district lifts lockdown restrictions in six...

The district, which had as many as 19 cases at its peak,has only two active cases now

24 April 2020 5:36 PM IST

An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Kolkata. PTI photo

Covid19: Centre sends 4 interministerial teams to Gujarat, Telangana,...

These teams will be in addition to six interministerial central teams constituted earlier

24 April 2020 5:03 PM IST

A policeman stands guard as people maintaining social distancing wait in a queue to enter a vegetable market during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. PTI Photo

Seven police personnel in Coimbatore test covid positive

They were part of a group of 75 personnel manning 10 containment zones in the city

24 April 2020 4:41 PM IST

Health workers wearing protective suits walk in a locality during their door-to-door surveillance to detect COVID-19 cases, in Kolkata. PTI photo

Lockdown helped prevent US or Europe-like situation in India: Experts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the countrywide lockdown for 19 additional days till May 3 to contain the spread...

24 April 2020 4:05 PM IST

Medics wearing protective suits in Kolkata. PTI photo

Bengal Governor Dhankar slams CM Mamata's minority appeasement

"It is an attempt emanates from a script that seeks to cover up monumental failures in these challenging times by a...

24 April 2020 1:39 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Police personnel stop vehicles at Kaushambi as Delhi-Ghaziabad border is sealed, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP Photo

13 students in Kanpur's madrassa test positive for coronavirus

The students had come in contact with Tablighi Jamaat members who were infected with the virus, the officials said

24 April 2020 1:13 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Sarpanches from across the country via video conferencing, amid ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in New Delhi. PTI photo

Coronavirus made us self-reliant: PM Narendra Modi

Modi said the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up new challenges which the country never faced before, but also made...

24 April 2020 12:32 PM IST

A medic checks the temperature of a stranded student from Kota upon her arrival, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Indore. PTI Photo

Covid cases in the country surge past 23,000

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said a total 23,502 samples have been confirmed positive for coronavirus...

24 April 2020 11:52 AM IST

Representational image (PTI)

3,000 individuals being tested daily to check for virus in Gujarat

The Gujarat government has also decided to declare the figures of coronavirus tests and deaths only once in 24 hours

23 April 2020 5:18 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (Twitter)

Resolve migrant workers' problems on priority: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi said the further extension of the lockdown post May 3 should only be continued in COVID-19 hotspot zones

23 April 2020 4:04 PM IST