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Special camp at prison to lodge foreign Tablighi delegates

Communication gap hindering their bail application process




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Tamil Nadu to introduce online application for RTI

Trial run of software will be conducted




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Our families are the real heroes: doctors

Medical staff and their kin talk about sacrifices they are willingly making for each other and the nation




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Contributions for COVID-19 relief pour in

Contributions continued to pour in for COVID-19 relief in Tamil Nadu. The Ola Group announced a contribution of ₹50 lakh to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minis




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Odisha govt.defends move to bring back migrants

Every citizen has a legal right to return to their home, says State’s Chief Spokesperson on COVID-19




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Life in the lockdown

From rescripting their day to including an afternoon nap, to learning a new skill, Delhiites are finding ways to make the most of a trying time




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Be considerate in trying times, HC tells insurance firms

Court confirms award of ₹9.05 lakh to parents of 7-year-old accident victim




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Punjab to give ₹50 lakh ex gratia to govt. staff

State records 31 new COVID-19 cases




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Thirumazhisai market ready

About 200 shops set to begin operations tomorrow; all vehicles to be sanitised




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Online platform for NoRKs to book vehicles

Stranded people can submit enquiries to tour/transport operator through Kerala Tourism




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Restore funds under MPLADS, Stalin says

The works for this year under MPLADS have already started, he said and demanded withdrawal of the circular of the Union Ministry of Statistics and Policy Implementation suspending the funds.




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HC denies bail to accused in TNPSC recruitment scam

The Madras High Court has refused to grant bail to one of the accused in the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) recruitment scam pertaining




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A tailor’s long journey from Jaipur to Farrukhabad to be with family

The sudden lockdown announcement, an uncertain future, concern for family pushed him to walk to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh hundreds of kilometres away




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Two UP migrant workers returning from Gujarat in trains die en route: Police

Asked about the incidents, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said he that he is aware of them.




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Infant mortality rate drops by one point in Tamil Nadu

The State’s IMR has been on the decreasing trend.




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Work begins on final stretch of Outer Ring Road

Work to construct the final portion of the Chennai Outer Ring Road (CORR) at Padianallur in Red Hills has begun after the government allowed construct




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Elephant Gate bridge demolished

The age-old Elephant Gate bridge was fully demolished on Saturday. The Southern Railway dismantled the railway overbridge (ROB) within 12 days, after




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Coronavirus | Special train takes migrants to Odisha

First Shramik Special from Chennai Central will reach destination on Monday




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Start-up comes up with multi-purpose hospital solution

assistplus will be rolled out at a health care centre in Malappuram by June




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Bakery owner arrested for offensive ad

The Mambalam police on Saturday arrested Prasanth, 32, owner of T. Nagar-based Jain Bakeries and Confectioneries, on the charge of outraging religious




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Ban on entry of unregistered Keralites through Talapady

Surge in number of returnees without registration




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How different is the PM CARES Fund from the PM’s National Relief Fund?

Does not India already have a fund with similar objectives?




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Coronavirus | What turned Koyambedu, Chennai’s popular wholesale complex market, into a COVID-19 hotspot?

Why has Koyambedu been so badly affected in all stages of the pandemic response?




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Coronavirus lockdown | How can inter-State workers be protected?

Should a 1979 law on migrant workers be retained or must it be subsumed under a proposed labour code?




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COVID-19 in neonates and infants

Here is some good news for pregnant and lactating mothers: Coronavirus infection is less frequent and less severe in children (Child Sparing Pattern)D




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347 returnees quarantined in Thrissur

The quarantine centres for Keralites returning from abroad and other States have accommodated 347 people in Thrissur district. They were sent to the c




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Coronavirus lockdown | Three migrant workers on way to Uttar Pradesh die on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border

The trio were among thousands of migrant workers who have set out on foot for their home states from Maharashtra in the last few weeks amid lockdown on account for coronavirus.




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Stringer held for harassing college girl in Nagercoil

The police seized perpetrator’s laptop, mobile phones and storage devices from his house.




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Coronavirus | ICMR to test for community transmission in 75 districts

Health Ministry to send central teams to 10 States.




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Seeman booked for defamatory speech

The Kuniyamuthur police here have registered a case against Naam Tamilar Katchi coordinator Seeman for allegedly speaking against the Central Governme




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Man murdered in Gummidipoondi over alcohol

Munusamy, 26, was reportedly murdered in Gummidipoondi on Friday, by his neighbour Sanjay after a fight broke out between them, since the former refus




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IT firms told to use buses

‘They can operate with 33% workforce in red zones, including GHMC area’




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Conduct health test for sanitation workers: KTR

Officials told to prepare for the monsoon




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Decks cleared for repatriation of evacuees from Maldives

They are set to arrive at Kochi port today




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‘10 minutes at 10 a.m. every Sunday’

The GHMC is taking up a novel initiative to eradicate mosquitoes and larvae ahead of the monsoon, whereby every Sunday, citizens will be encouraged t




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Demented woman treated and restored to family

She recovered within 42 days of being put in a shelter home




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HC to hold sitting on transport of returnees

A division bench of the Kerala High Court will hold a special sitting on Sunday to consider issues pertaining to the transport of Keralites from acros




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Police, not judges, award ‘punishment’

Moving the barricades in the sun is their punishment, say police




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Coronavirus lockdown | Weary migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes

Most entering Madhya Pradesh from Maharashtra are headed to Uttar Pradesh.




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Turkey reports 50 new COVID-19 deaths as it prepares to return to normal life

Total fatalities stand at 3,739, while infections number 137,115. According to figures posted on Twitter by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, 89,480 patients have recovered.




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Bihar, Delhi govts. spar over migrants’ train fare

Both claim they are footing the bill




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4,311 migrant workers in Wayanad register to go home

Most of them are from West Bengal




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COVID-19 | ‘Sometimes, we have to ask the police to get relatives to fetch bodies’

Resident doctor shares his experience of working at Sion hospital, where unattended bodies were found next to patients




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Planetarium to conduct online hobby camp for students

The Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Kozhikode, is organising “Online Summer Hobby Camp 2020” for students of Classes 7 to 10 from May 18. T




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Youth held for flouting lockdown norms

The police arrested a man absconded from the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, and was trying to cross into Tamil Nadu through the distr




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Learning app offers free service

Edusap can be downloaded from Playstore and Appstore




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Gulf returnee tests positive; admitted to isolation ward

A 23-year-old man who returned from Abu Dhabi on a repatriation flight, has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The district now has two positive recorded




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Coronavirus | ICMR, Bharat Biotech tie up for Indian COVID-19 vaccine

Virus strain from NIV Pune transferred.




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COVID-19 | Mumbai records 722 new cases, 27 deaths

BMC divides Mumbai into seven zones, appoints IAS officer in each zone to ensure better coordination




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Teacher of Delhi school involved in distributing ration tests COVID-19 positive

The teacher was posted at a primary school in Wazirabad under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation.