Bengaluru: As the lockdown restrictions have been relaxed to a certain extent, Bengaluru City, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagar, and Bengaluru rural are being considered as a single zone. There is no need to get a pass for traffic movement in these areas,” said TM Vijay Bhaskar, chief secretary of state government.

Opposition parties here have accused Lucknow administration of targeting Muslims by naming some coronavirus hotspots after local mosques, a charge rejected by officials who said the authorities were just following a set practice.

Campaign Against Hate Speech, an organisation fighting hate speech, has condemned the state government's decision to issue show-cause notice to IAS Officer Mohammed Mohsin for a tweet from his personal account.

As we promised yesterday, the KPCC is giving a cheque of Rs 1 crore to KSRTC to facilitate free transportation to passengers. They are, however, not ready to accept the cheque. Anyhow we will send the cheque, KPCC president DK Shivakumar said.

 An FIR has been registered against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and two others from the news channel on the charge of hurting religious sentiments by making a derogatory remark regarding a mosque located in suburban Bandra, a Mumbai Police official said on Sunday.

Davangere: In the highest single day spike in coronavirus cases, Davangere reported 21 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday. With this the tally has climbed to 31 in the district.

The Union Home Ministry on Sunday made it clear that the relaxations given for the inter-state movement of people during the lockdown was available only to distressed migrant workers, stranded tourists, pilgrims and students only.