Hyderabad, Two Telangana ministers on Sunday slammed BJP President J.P.Nadda for making an "irresponsible" statement on the state's handling of Covid-19 situation and asked him not to play petty politics over the issue.

Health Minister E. Rajender and Finance Minister Harish Rao questioned the BJP ch

Hyderabad, Telangana on Sunday recorded the steepest jump in the single day Covid-19 cases with as many as 730 people testing positive for the virus.

Setting a new record with every passing day, the state's Covid-19 cases hit all time high, pushing the state's tally to 7,892.

The state had s

Bengaluru, Covid-19 tally crossed the 9,000-mark, with 453 new positive cases recorded in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, an official said on Sunday.

"With 453 new cases, the Covid tally across the state shot up to 9,150, with 3,391 active after the number of discharged increased to 5,618, including 225 durin

Mumbai, Maharashtra on Sunday notched 3,870 Covid-19 cases - the second highest so far but marginally down from Saturday's peak of 3,874, while Mumbai recorded its new high of 41 deaths, the maximum till date on a single day.

The number of fatalities on Sunday came down to 101, down from Saturday's 160, he

Jerusalem,  The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Israel has doubled since early June, according to figures released by Israeli Ministry of Health.

It said 209 COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized in Israel, compared with 105 on June 1, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

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Bhubaneswar, The Odisha government on Sunday said it will take favourable action as legally permissible when the writ petition on holding of Puri Rath Yatra is taken up for hearing before the Supreme Court.

The statement of the government came a day after Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, who is also the chairman of

Jammu, Pakistan started indiscriminate, unprovoked shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday in J&K's Poonch and Rajouri districts.

Colonel Anand, defence ministry spokesman said, "At about 3.30 a.m. today Pakistan initiated unprovoked firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the L

Mumbai, Actress Madhuri Dixit believes that music heals and she hopes that this year's World Music Day, which is celebrated on June 21, is all about that.

She has posted a video of herself reading a book and humming a song.

"Caught in the act of chilling & humming! Music heals & I h

Los Angeles, Actress Scarlett Johansson says stars now are under more pressure to look thin and has described the situation as "much worse" than before

"There has always been pressure on actors to stay thin. There's a scene in one of my favourite movies, 'All About Eve', where Bette Davi

New Delhi, On World Music Day on Sunday, popular music composer duo Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya shared that day is dedicated to musicians, composers and singers who put in efforts on making music, which help listeners in many ways.

Jigar told IANS: "The feeling of dedicating one day for music althou