Breaking News May 1 LIVE Updates: India, Telangana And Andhra Pradesh

Fire breaks out at a cooler manufacturing factory in Medchal District of Telangana: ANI

Three fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. No casualties reported till now.

60 New COVID-19 cases were reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 1,463. 

PM Narendra Modi wishes Russian PM Mishustin speedy recovery from Covid-19

The government of Andhra Pradesh headed by chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced the Red, Orange and Green Zones in the state ahead of the completion of the lockdown on May 3. Read full story 

The Telangana government will hold a cabinet meeting on May 5 at Pragati Bhavan chaired by the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. It is learned that the cabinet will make a decision on the lockdown extension or the lifting it in phases. Read full story 

The YSR pension Kanuka an ambitious initiative taken by the Andhra Pradesh government headed by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has begun on grade scale early in the morning on Friday. Read full story 

Maharashtra: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray paid a courtesy visit to Raj Bhavan on the occasion of 'Maharashtra Day' today and met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

3 deaths and 33 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Rajasthan today, taking the total number of cases to 2617 including 61 deaths: State Health Department

BREAKING: 1993 Fresh Coronavirus Cases Reported In India In 24 Hours 

Coronavirus originated from China's Wuhan lab, says Trump

The novel coronavirus, that has killed over 230,000 people globally so far and has shattered economies, emerged from a virology lab in the Wuhan city of China, US President Donald Trump claimed with a high degree of confidence.

"Yes, I have. Yes, I have," Trump told reporters at the East Room of the White House when asked if he has seen anything at this point that gives him a high degree of confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is where the virus originated.