The former chief minister of the state asked the central government to exercise caution while importing testing kits from foreign countries.

The government has planned to distribute one crore packets of a Kadha (herbal decoction) which it claims boosts immunity and helps the body keep coronavirus infection away.

Official sources said top party leadership has found his comments 'highly irresponsible', and its national president J P Nadda 'pulled up' the state brass for not taking quick action.

Rahul Gandhi had attacked the ruling BJP after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released a list of 50 wilful defaulters accused of cheating banks.

The move comes a day after the High Court had stayed an order of the Left government for salary cut of its employees, observing that it lacked legal backing.

His remarks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that wilful defaulters were beneficiaries of 'phone banking' under the UPA regime and the Modi government is chasing them to recover the dues.

His remarks came a day after a slugfest between the BJP and Congress over loan write-offs of the top 50 bank-loan defaulters in the country.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan discussed the coronavirus lockdown in India and its economic impact.

The West Bengal BJP’s legal cell convenor said the Mamata Banerjee-led government has failed to tackle the coronavirus crisis in the state.

Congress said while other governments were putting money in people's hand during the crisis caused by coronavirus, the BJP-JJP dispensation was 'taking anti-people decisions' in Haryana.

TMC leader and MP Saugato Roy said he was wondering whether the Centre was serious to revive the economy and provide financial package to states to combat adversity due to the pandemic.

Asking when the lockdown will finally end, Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the prime minister must also lay out the exit strategy from it and spell out the goalpost in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and economy.

Sonia Gandhi said that the Congress party had asked for provision of free rail travel for migrant workers to their home-towns, but their demands had been ignored by the Centre.

Congress general secretary K C Venugopal said Congress are working out the modalities to ensure that every worker and migrant stranded reaches home safely.

The ruling party also accused the Congress of promoting indiscriminate movement of people which would lead to "faster spread" of coronavirus infection.

N Chandrababu Naidu urged the Centre to immediately send medical experts to the district as it may not have the required expertise to treat people affected with styrene gas.

Former prime minister and JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda expressed shock over the incident and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend all required assistance to Andhra Pradesh.

Sachin Pilot has been making onfield presence in his home constituency, Tonk, where he was seen meeting with officials and religious leaders to make people aware of COVID-19.

The Election Commission is yet to take a call on the polls, presumably in view of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

The intervention came after reports in a section of local media claimed about prospects of Mandavia taking over the reins from Chief Minister Vijay Rupani amid the state battling the coronavirus crisis.

Gandhi also called upon the government to immediately put money into the hands of the poor and provide a financial package to the industry to help revive the economy.

The decision was an unfortunate one, withdrawing the protection given to workers and labourers, BMS general secretary Virjesh Upadhyay said.

Workers are being treated as slaves, said the letter signed by CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja, CPI (ML)'s Dipankar Bhattarcharya and RJD MP Manoj Jha among others.

The newspaper, Saamana, however, did not make it clear whether it blamed the BJP-led Centre or the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government for the tragedy.

Much like some South Indian stars who have defied age by jumping into superwomen roles, Jyotika does that, and does that to a T.

Murali, on his part has an Indian connection with his wife being from Chennai. He was also a key player in IPL during the early seasons of the league.

Producer Rana Dagubatti was already facing difficulties meeting the budget and facing the pressure of roping Sachin Tendulkar for a cameo.

Shraddha Kapoor in Saaho leads the way in Bollywood A-listers going down south this year to play pivotal roles with major local stars.

The poster of Malayalam actor Fahadh Faasil's upcoming film Trance was released on Thursday, showing him in a rockstar avatar.

Vijay Deverakonda's next Telugu film is called World Famous Lover and will have four actresses in lead roles.

In the compliant, Raaja alleged that Kamal Haasan had approached him and borrowed a loan of Rs 10 crore before the movie’s release in 2015.

Titled Samajavaragamana, the first song the from the Allu Arjun-Pooja Hedge starrer was released in an unplugged version today.

Namrata Shirodkar shared a photo of Mahesh Babu with his daughter Sitara sitting on his lap while on a film sets on Diwali.

The film is tentatively titled RT 66 and Ravi Teja is likely to play the role of a police officer in the film.

Samantha Akkineni and Naga Chaitanya often share pictures with their dog Hash on Instagram. They have posted a new picture and fans are liking it.

Michael Madsen will be playing the role of a Police Captain from Seattle PD in Nishabdham, which also stars Baahubali actress Anushka Shetty.

Malayalalam actor Shane Nigam has landed himself into a series of controversies with filmmakers, and suggestion of his ban from the industry has also surfaced.

Dhanush is not a bad actor, and has learnt to be subdued and subtle, not giving himself to histrionics. But his range is something we have never seen.

Cricketer Manish Pandey, of Sunrisers Hyderabad, tied the knot with actress Ashrita Shetty in an intimate ceremony in Mumbai on Monday.

Born in 1939, Gollapudi Maruti Rao had worked in over 230 films. He is known for writing the scripts for some of the famous films, which includes Doctor Chakravarthy, Tharangini, Samsaram Chadharangam, Kallu among others.

The makers of Sarileru Neekevvaru have released a new song called He's Soo Cute, which shows Rashmika Mandanna trying to woo Mahesh Babu.

The Allu Arjun film, also starring Tabu and Pooja Hegde, promises to be a full-on family entertainer. Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo will be releasing on January 12.

In Trichy, members of Rajini Makkal Mandram have erected a massive cut-out with Rajinikanth as the CM.

Psycho is based on the famous tale of Angulimala, where a serial killer becomes a monk after his encounter with Lord Buddha.

The first teaser of Disco Raja was released on December 6, 2019. Since then, the fans of Ravi Teja have been eagerly awaiting for the next teaser.

Shruti Hassan will soon be seen in Krack with Ravi teja. She shared her character's first look from the film on Instagram.

The first-look poster of the movie, titled The Priest, shows Mammootty's titular character donning a hooded cassock.

Shylock is a bi-lingual drama laced with whatever a diehard Mammukka fan could expect him of. The film hit the theatres in Tamil Nadu as Kuberan.

Mahesh Babu and the late Sridevi too have wax statues at Madame Tussauds museums in different cities in the world.

Love Story is helmed by Sekhar and produced by Ram Mohan Rao. The project went on the floors last September and it will hit the cinemas in summer 2020.