AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has termed the ongoing lockdown in the country to combat COVID-19 "unconstitutional" even as he demanded that the NDA government take measures to provide relief to distressed migrant workers.

Private and government bus services in Udupi district will be started from May 13 as per the public demand, said Udupi district Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadish.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday alleged the RSS was giving a communal colour to the coronavirus issue in India by blaming the Tablighi Jamaat for the COVID-19 spread,prompting a strong rebuttal from the BJP.

 In a big push to revive the COVID-hit economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced massive new financial incentives on top of the previously announced packages for a combined stimulus of Rs 20 lakh crore, saying the coronavirus crisis has provided India an opportunity to become self-reliant and emerge as the best in the world.

Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city's entire population after new cases emerged for the first time in weeks in the cradle of the global pandemic, state media reported on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: As the Coronavirus is spreading its wings in the state, 63 fresh cases have been reported in the State from Monday 5 pm to 5 pm on Tuesday. With this, the total number of corona infected persons in the State has increased to 925.

A local orthopaedic surgeon was arrested here Sunday night day after an FIR was lodged against him for his communal and hateful tweets.