New Jersey to make face masks mandatory outdoors as US outbreak widens
Representative image (AP)NEW YORK: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said on Wednesday he would sign an executive order requiring people…
Chinese troops vacate Patrolling Point 15 in eastern Ladakh
This July 6, 2020, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Galwan Valley along the disputed border between India…
Harvard, MIT take legal action against U.S. migration authorities over brand-new guideline for foreign trainees: report
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have sued the Department of Homeland Security and the federal immigration…
Nirav Modi case: Possessions worth over 329 crore seized under Fugitive Economic Offenders Act
Assets worth ₹329.66 crore of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud ‘mastermind’ Nirav Modi, which were earlier attached by the…
Kanpur shootout: SHO, another cop detained for tipping off Vikas Dubey on raid in Bikru town
The suspended Station House Officer (SHO) of Chaubeypur, Vinay Tiwari, and beat in-charge K. K. Sharma were arrested on Wednesday…
CBI takes over probe into Sattankulam custodial deaths
Father and son Jayaraj and J. Benicks were arrested by the police on June 19 night and were allegedly subjected…
Jadhav refused to submit review petition versus his death sentence, claims Pakistan
India said on Wednesday that former naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistan Army court, had “clearly…
Won’t be intimidated by blind witch hunt: Congress on probe against Gandhi family trusts
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday said that the party and its leadership will not be intimidated by the "blind…
England vs West Indies Live Rating, 1st Test: Rain hold-ups toss in Southampton
Big opportunity for captain Stokes.A first walk to the middle as England captain for @benstokes38 🦁Follow here: https://t.co/SyOKH8t4b7#ENGvWI https://t.co/2CT9QgjCVF— England…
Home ministry sets up committee to probe transactions of 3 Gandhi family linked trusts
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Wednesday set up an inter-ministerial committee to coordinate investigations into alleged violation of various…
Chinese troops move back by 2 km at LAC friction points in Eastern Ladakh
Satellite image of July 6 provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Galwan Valley along the border between India and China.…
Tv star Susheel Gowda dies by suicide
Television actor Susheel Gowda dies by suicide Share this on: FacebookTwitterPintrestBy - TNNCreated: Jul 8, 2020, 15:28 ISTfacebooktwitterincomActor Susheel Gowda…
Pakistan claims Kulbhushan Jadhav refuses to file review petition, wants to go ahead with mercy plea
NEW DELHI: Captured Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav refused to file a review petition and has decided to go ahead with…
MHA sets up panel to probe infraction of legal provisions by 3 NGOs linked to Congress
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR…
FBI chief states China has preferences in U.S. election
FBI Director Christopher Wray | File | Photo Credit: AFP Wray said that China accounted for nearly half of the…
Vandalism at Ambedkar’s Mumbai residence: FIR filed, deputy CM condemns incident
State Reserve police force guarding Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's house 'Rajgruha' at Dadar in Central Mumbai on July 8, 2020. Two…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 106 live updates | West Bengal to impose strict lockdown from July 9
Kerala on Tuesday recorded the highest single-day spike with 272 new cases ever since the COVID-19 outbreak. However, more than…
Lady eliminated, another hurt in Pak shelling along LoC in J&K’s Poonch
Peerzada Ashiq Jammu, July 08, 2020 09:27 IST Updated: July 08, 2020 10:36 IST Indian army soldiers patrol near the…
Assistant of Kanpur gangster Vikas Dubey shot dead
PTI Lucknow, July 08, 2020 08:29 IST Updated: July 08, 2020 08:31 IST Police personnel investigate the site after an…
‘Top priority’ to complete tactical roads
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. File | Photo Credit: PTI Border Roads Organisation directs work on strategic DSDBO road be finished…
India’s first coronavirus vaccine ‘Covaxin’ to start human trials this week
Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), in joint partnership with Bharat Biotech has developed India's very own COVID-19 vaccine named…
Donald Trump presses state, regional leaders to resume schools in fall
President Donald Trump listens during a 'National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools,' event in th...Read MoreNEW YORK: President Donald…
What is Kerala’s gold smuggling scam?
NEW DELHI: In a major haul of gold smuggled into Kerala, customs officers at Trivandrum International Airport on July 4…
Happy birthday Sourav Ganguly: ‘Dada’ of Indian cricket turns 48
NEW DELHI: Sourav Ganguly, the captain credited for putting fire in the belly of Indian cricket, celebrates his 48th birthday…
Pullback on, however India will not rest till China scales down along LAC
NEW DELHI: The disengagement process may have kicked off at the immediate troop confrontation sites in eastern Ladakh but the…
CBSE syllabus for Class IX-XII lowered by 30%
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday announced reduction of syllabus for Class IX to XII by…
Covid-19: Nearly 1.6L cases, 3,200 deaths in 1st week of July
A healthcare worker collects nasal sample from a child for Covid-19 Rapid antigen testing in Hira Nagar Containment Zone area…
Covid-19: Trace, isolate 80% contacts in 72 hours, Centre tells states
Medical staff conduct a door-to-door medical screening inside Dharavi slums (AFP)NEW DELHI: In a move to escalate contact tracing in…
Coronavirus pandemic live updates: India’s caseload now 7.43 lakh
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 08, 2020, 05:48:10 ISTIndia recorded more than 1.57 lakh Covid-19 cases and…
India-China LAC row: Buffer zones to be set up at 2 friction points
Maxar WorldView-3 satellite image shows close up view of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) border and patrol point 14…
‘Blink- &- you-miss’ Covid cases rising, might be powerful carriers
A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab from a vegetable vendor to test her for the…
WHO acknowledges ‘proof emerging’ of air-borne spread of coronavirus
The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group…
Days of disengagement: On India-China LAC standoff
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Late entrant: On Kanye West’s entry in U.S. governmental race
July 08, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: July 07, 2020 23:48 IST July 08, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: July 07, 2020…
India and U.S. discuss Indo-Pacific, dangers to rules-based global order, trade and vaccines
Hours after the U.S. issued a rule that did not exempt foreign students from enrolling in just online classes in…
12 LG Polymers officials detained
File photo shows smoke rises from LG Polymers plant, in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: AP Action after panel submits report…
Govt. to set out norms for vaccine trials
The government is readying a document that will chalk out guidelines for companies and institutions working on potential COVID-19 vaccines.The…
Coronavirus | Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive
File photo of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bolsonaro said he is feeling “perfectly well” and had…
We can’t let coronavirus pandemic stop us, states Harsh Vardhan
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan during a meeting in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI India has supplied…
As Nepal PM Oli faces calls to step down, China to his rescue?
NEW DELHI: A flurry of meetings between the Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, and top Nepal leaders, including President…
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television…
Tougher lockdown to be imposed in Bengal from July 9
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to expand the areas under lockdown and impose tougher restrictions from July…
Foreign students being ‘ICED’ out of US
Representative imageWASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Monday brought a wrecking ball to the already difficult life of foreign students in…
US will pay $1.6 billion to Novavax for coronavirus vaccine
The federal government will pay the vaccine maker Novavax $1.6 billion to expedite the development of 100 million doses of…
‘India-China disengagement at Hot Springs, Gogra to be completed in next few days’
NEW DELHI: The disengagement process between armies of India and China at friction points Hot Springs and Gogra began on…
NIA arrests Pulwama homeowner for February 2019 attack on CRPF convoy
PTI Srinagar, July 07, 2020 18:13 IST Updated: July 07, 2020 18:17 IST In this file photo, soldiers stand guard…
India’s COVID-19 tally, death rate per million population lowest in world: Health Ministry
India’s total number of coronavirus cases and fatalities per million population is one of the lowest in the world, the…
Gold smuggling case: Pinarayi’s Principal Secretary eliminated from post as street demonstrations appear versus govt.’s declared link to presume
The Kerala government has removed M. Sivasankar from the post of Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. However, the…
Kanpur encounter: 3 more consisting of close relative of Vikas Dubey held
Three more people including a close relative of gangster Vikas Dubey involved in the attack in which eight police personnel…
Why did India enable China to ‘justify’ the Galwan Valley clashes, asks Rahul Gandhi
A day after India and China announced disengagement and de-escalation at the Ladakh border, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on…