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NEW DELHI: As Covid cases rise in India, some states are already facing a oxygen shortage. Many others depend for some or most of their oxygen supply on out-of-state units. These face the threat of shortages, as some states have tried to prevent oxygen from moving outside their borders, forcing …

BENGALURU: Calling the celebration of ‘Hindi Diwas’ a “covert method” to impose the language on people who speak other languages, JD (S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Monday he demanded its cancellation. In a series of tweets on a day when Hindi Diwas is celebrated, the former Chief Minister cautioned against …

Karnataka on Sunday reported its highest single-day peak in new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the state’s overall tally to more than 4.5 lakh since the outbreak. With a record 9,894 patients confirming positive for the virus today, Karnataka’s total number of positives has now reached 4,59,445, …

Congressman Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: On Friday, Congress undertook a major organizational shakeup that was a clear advantage for Rahul gandhiconfidants, including those of the old guard, while setting out a clear roadmap for an AICC session to elect the new party president with the appointment of an …

(This story was published in the Times of India on September 10, 2020) KALABURAGI: In a major crackdown on cannabis since the sandalwood drug trade controversy broke out, Bengaluru Police seized 1,350 kg of cannabis in two separate raids in Kalaburagi district in the north Karnataka. The raids were carried …

India added 99,181 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday as it continued to set new world records for daily cases, gradually approaching the grim threshold of 100,000 cases in one day. The total number of cases in the country reached 4,559,710, data compiled by HT from all states …

NEW DELHI: Amid a single-day record increase of more than 95,000 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the Center has again urged all states and territories in the Union to mandatorily rerun all symptomatic tests negative in rapid antigen tests (RAT). Retesting must be performed using the most reliable RT-PCR method …

It is likely to rain extremely hard over many places on the coast and southern interior of Karnataka on Friday, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) warned. It is also likely that it will rain very heavily on Kerala, the coast and the interior of southern Karnataka between Thursday and Saturday. …

NEW DELHI: With 74,894 reported recoveries in the past 24 hours, India’s recovery rate is now 77.77 percent, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reported on Wednesday. “A total of 33,98,844 Covid-19 patients have recovered so far. The total number of weekly recoveries has increased from 1,53,118 …

With India’s coronavirus count crossing the 43 lakh mark, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday that 60% of total cases came from the five most affected states, adding that of the cases in the past 24 hours, more than 20,000 are from Maharashtra alone. . “60% of all cases are …