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After 17 days of intense lockdown in the state capital and suburban areas, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Saturday announced relaxations for Chennai while extending curbs for Madurai and nearby regions till July 12.

Karnataka Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Saturday that he and his family would get tested for COVID-19 after one of his security persons tested positive for the infection.

The commissioner of Bengaluru civic body has offered an unconditional apology to the family of the COVID-19 patient who died at his home after waiting for an ambulance for nearly two hours.

A Karnataka Congress MLA lashed out at the state government on Saturday over the "pathetic" condition of hospitals and healthcare infrastructure, after reportedly spending over five hours trying to locate a hospital bed for a COIVD-19 patient

A police constable wanted in connection with the case of custodial torture and murder of a father-son duo in Tuticorin, was arrested on Friday, police said.

With disruption in the film business due to the coronavirus crisis, a Chennai-based film director Anand opened up a grocery store to make his ends meet during the pandemic.

Karnataka on Friday reported its biggest single day spike of 1,694 new COVID-19 cases, taking the taking the total number of infections in the state to 19,710, the Health department said.

Kerala's COVID-19 tally is galloping towards the 5,000 mark, with the state recording the highest single day spike of 211 cases and recoveries touching 201 on Friday.

The wife of one of the fishermen killed in firing by Italian marines onboard Enrica Lexie off Kerala has expressed happiness over the verdict of the International tribunal in the case and said steps should be taken to ensure such incidents do not happen again.

Tamil Nadu, the second worst coronavirus hit state in the country, on Friday crossed the one lakh-mark as 4,329 people tested positive for the highly infectious virus in a day.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has alleged corruption in buying medical supplies to be used in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Congress leader alleged the fraud by the BJP government in the state runs over Rs 2,000 crore.

A heart-warming moment of an elephant helping a calf trying to cross a barrier by the side of a road as it softly nudges the baby elephant to ease the climb has been caught on camera by a group of cyclists from Kerala.

Kame Gowda, a shepherd from a small village in Karnataka's Mandya district, has got the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In his most recent Mann Ki Baat broadcast, PM Modi referred to Mr Gowda as a "water warrior" and described how he had dug ponds near his village Dasanadoddi so that the area which was patched in summer could have access to water all year round.

Two elephants were found dead in Coimbatore, one due to gunshot wounds near Kandiyur and the other following suspected ill-health while the carcass of another jumbo was found in nearby Nilgiris, forest department officials said on Thursday.

A five-year-old girl was killed and another person injured in an attack by a man, who later attempted suicide, at Ghatkesar near Hyderabad on Thursday, police said.