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The state-run Victoria and Vani Vilas Hospital in Bengaluru has delivered 200 babies born to COVID-19-positive mothers, and all 200 are healthy and are Covid-negative

Spurious sanitiser blended with methanol caused the death of at least 16 people who consumed it in lieu of liquor in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh late last month, and ten people involved in its illicit distribution have been arrested, police said on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu has received Rs 512.64 crore from Centre in 2 tranches under Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness package out of Rs 712.64 crore allotted to the state, said Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

After more than four months, people in Tamil Nadu's Chennai can finally return to hitting weights and doing workouts in their favourite gyms after the government allowed their re-opening in the third phase of unlocking amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Having contracted and recovered from COVID-19, this Bengaluru Corona Warrior is back to his job on the frontline as the ACP (traffic) but not without first fulfilling his social responsibility of donating plasma.

Surrounding the 20-foot-deep pile of rubble and boulders at the landslide site - around 18km from Kerala's Munnar - are grieving locals, shocked at their families being wiped out within seconds. Rescue teams are continuing with the search operation for fifth consecutive day amid continuous rain in a difficult terrain. Till now, they have found 45 bodies in an area where at least 80 people lived.

An industrialist in Karnataka's Koppala district, some 353km from Bengaluru, celebrated the house warming ceremony for his wife's dream home with a life-size silicon statue of hers three years after she died in a car accident.

A policeman in Tamil Nadu, accused in the custodial deaths of a father and son in Tuticorin district in June, died of COVID-19 on Monday.

The Shiv Sena today said that the "silence" of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's devotees in the Maharashtra BJP over the removal of his statue in Karnataka is worrying, and asked what is the use of such "fake devotion".

Coronavirus patients isolating at home in Karnataka will be considered discharged 10 days after their last positive test, according to revised guidelines from the state government

Three officials of a private hospital were arrested on Monday in connection with the August 9 fire mishap which killed 10 patients at a star hotel converted to a Covid-19 care facility.

Tamil Nadu on Monday crossed three lakh COVID-19 cases while the death toll crossed the 5,000 mark with the addition of 114 fatalities.

A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) rank official died due to COVID-19 at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Monday, police said.

The condition of eight, out of the 101 passengers, who were injured in the Air India Express plane crash at Calicut International Airport in Malappuram and under treatment in various hospitals, remains critical, officials said.

Karnataka's 77-year-old chief minister, BS Yediyurappa, has recovered from COVID-19 and has been discharged from Bengaluru's Manipal Hospital where he was admitted after testing positive for coronavirus last week.