Andhra Pradesh

Thane district reports 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

12:34 pm August 23, 2020

Thane: The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Thane district has gone up to 1,13,884 with 1,284 more people testing positive for the disease, a health official said on Sunday. The fatality count in the district has reached 3,240 as 26 more people succumbed to the viral infection on Saturday, he said. Kalyan town in […]

COVID caseload in India breaches 30-lakh mark

12:29 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh […]

Srisailam Hydel project tragedy: two bodies recovered

4:49 pm August 21, 2020

Hyderabad: Two bodies have been recovered by rescue teams from the Srisailam hydroelectric plant on the Telangana-Andhra Pradesh border, where nine persons are feared trapped in a fire mishap, officials said on Friday. Both were assistant engineers at the plant. Nagarkurnool District Collector L Sharman said the body of Assistant Engineer Sunder Nayak, hailing from Suryapet, has been […]

Fire broke out at Telangana’s Srisailam power plant, 9 feared trapped

11:24 am August 21, 2020

Nagarkurnool: As many as nine are feared to be trapped after a massive fire broke out inside the Srisailam Left Bank Hydra Electric Project’s powerhouse of the Srisailam reservoir here at around 10:30 pm on Thursday. So far, no casualties have been reported. A fire tender from Atmakar Fire Station in the Kurnool district was deployed at the spot to control […]

Kamal Nath asks MP govt to ramp up COVID-19 testing

11:07 pm August 18, 2020

Bhopal: Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Tuesday said Madhya Pradesh lags behind other states in conducting COVID-19 tests. In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nath asked him to ensure that the number of tests is increased. “Till the mid of this month, as compared to other states, Madhya Pradesh has […]