England’s Jofra Archer available for third Test despite COVID-19 breach
Jofra Archer. (AFP Photo)MANCHESTER: England fast bowler Jofra Archer will be available to play in next week's series finale against…
‘US election shaping up as contest between which candidate hates China more’
Representative photo: AFPTOKYO: As relations between Washington and Beijing worsen over a range of issues, the upcoming US election is…
MLAs in Manesar resort moved out through ‘secret door’ when SOG team arrived: Rajasthan Congress chief Dotasra
Govind Singh Dotasra, Rajasthan Congress president (ANI)JAIPUR: Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra on Saturday claimed that Special Operations Group…
‘Were phones of politicians tapped in Rajasthan?’ BJP asks and requires CBI probe
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday asked if the Congress government in Rajasthan resorted to "unconstitutional" methods to tap phones…
Coronavirus live updates: AAP leader Atishi states, she is qualified to contribute plasma after recovering from Covi
Local councils in England get new powers to order Covid-19 shutdownsLocal authorities in England have been handed fresh powers from…
Rajasthan crisis: BJP needs CBI probe into supposed phone tapping
New Delhi: BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra addresses a press conference, at BJP HQ in New Delhi, Saturday, July 18,…
For Tamil Nadu’s judgment AIADMK, Sasikala aspect declines to disappear
The Sasikala factor in the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) refuses to fade away.Despite the party leadership’s…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 116 live updates | For first time, world records 1 million coronavirus cases in 100 hours
Less than 1% COVID-19 patients are on the ventilators, less than 2% cases in ICUs, and less than 3% on…
Madras HC restraint on Patanjali’s use of trademark ‘Coronil’
A photo of the kit released by Patanjali. Photo: Twitter Chennai-based company Arudra Engineering Private Limited has claimed that ‘Coronil’…
Dalit young boy made to clean his faeces with own hands in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district
Google Maps image locates Pennagaram in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district. The boy was spotted by a landowner, who pulled him…
Breakable embankments contribute to flood issues in Assam
Ill-maintained or poorly constructed river embankments have added to Assam’s flood woes this year.The daily flood summary provided by the…
UN blacklists Pakistan Taliban leader Noor Wali Mehsud
Noor Wali Mehsud The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group’s leader Noor Wali Mehsud has been designated as a global terrorist…
Variety of Americans who Trump’s handling of coronavirus increasing, reveals poll
Health care workers arrive for a shift at a hospital in Atlanta. Around 52 per cent people strongly disapprove...Read MoreWASHINGTON…
Hackers utilized qualifications of some employees to access our internal systems: Twitter on Bitcoin fraud
NEW DELHI: Social media giant Twitter on Saturday said that cyber attackers targeted some of its employees through a social…
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
ATLANTA: John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped…
India’s firm message to China: Pullback of troops is non-negotiable
NEW DELHI: The last round of talks between Indian and Chinese military commanders saw the Indian side resolutely and firmly…
Ambush witness and Vikas Dubey aide’s spouse may turn approver, gets cop cover
Manu, wife of don Dubey’s aide Shashikant, let off on FridayKANPUR: While slain gangster Vikas Dubey’s wife Richa was let…
Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune emerge as new urban Covid hotspots
NEW DELHI: Among India’s nine largest urban centres (with 5 million plus population), it is now Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune…
US traveler flights to India can resume from July 23: United States transportation dept
WASHINGTON: The US transportation department said on Friday the government of India has agreed to allow US air carriers to…
Pakistan offers India ‘unhindered’ access to Kulbhushan Jadhav
Kulbhushan Jadhav (File photo)ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: After the second consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav for India on Thursday turned out to…
Digital payments widen gap with ATM withdrawals
Representative imageBENGALURU: There are early signs that India is finally turning into a digital payment economy less dependent on cash.…
PM Modi calls for ‘reformed multilateralism’ at UN
Prime minister Narendra ModiNEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it was important to “assess the UN’s role…
Hopeful, but can’t guarantee China talks outcome: Rajnath Singh
Defence minister Rajnath Singh (ANI image)NEW DELHI: No force in the world can grab Indian territory, asserted defence minister Rajnath…
Americans turn on each other as tensions rise over Covid-19 measures
WASHINGTON: Americans are turning on each other over wearing (or not) of masks, social distancing, and closures, as Covid-19 cases…
Three of a household eliminated in Pak. shelling in Poonch
Peerzada Ashiq Srinagar:, July 18, 2020 01:09 IST Updated: July 18, 2020 01:32 IST File photo of Indian Army personnel…
Telangana’s COVID trials and adversities
Around 8 a.m. on June 27, a distressed health volunteer sat next to his sick younger brother outside the Government…
Beyond the pale: On Rajasthan drama
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Turning point of a million: On India’s COVID-19 numbers
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5 Dalit males attacked over land disagreement in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri
A Dalit farmer who was assaulted among others by upper caste men over a land dispute in Shivpuri district. Photo:…
Less than 2%COVID-19 clients in ICU, says Health Ministry
Less than 1% coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are on the ventilators, less than 2% cases in ICUs, and less than 3%…
LAC standoff | Chinese troops are yet to fully move out, says government official
Chinese troops are yet to fully move out of Patrolling Point (PP) 15 of Hot Springs area in Eastern Ladakh…
Bihar gangrape survivor granted bail
Amid wide spread media outrage and concern from the legal fraternity across the country, the gangrape survivor from Araria in…
Vikas Dubey death | U.P. denies it killed gangster in fake encounter
The Uttar Pradesh government emphatically denied before the Supreme Court on Friday that the gunning down of history-sheeter Vikas Dubey…
Rajasthan political crisis | FIRs filed after tapes emerge on horse-trading
The political turmoil in Rajasthan took a serious turn on Friday with the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the State…
2nd Test: Ben Stokes, Dom Sibley put England on top against West Indies before Sam Curran strikes on Day 2
AP Photo.MANCHESTER: Ben Stokes' impressive 176 took England to an imposing first-innings score of 469-9 declared in the second Test…
Military medics deploy in California, Texas as virus surges
MIAMI: Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients, as Miami…
Coronavirus roundup: Advancement in India and rest of world
* The Union health ministry said on Friday that less than 1.94 per cent of the 3.42 lakh active Covid-19…
Assam flood situation remains grim; 5 more dead, nearly 36 lakh affected
Assam floods (Photo | PTI)GUWAHATI: Five more people died in flood-related incidents in Assam and 35.76 lakh people across 28…
Trump wants a 2016 repeat in a very different year
WASHINGTON: In the summer of 2016, Donald Trump was trailing in the polls. With time running out, he changed up…
Stranded spouses, kids of H-1B and L-1 workers get exemption from US visa ban
MUMBAI: Spouses of H-1B and L-1 workers, who were left stranded in India till at least the end of the…
LAC standoff | Disengagement not as expected at some places, says government official
Chinese troops are yet to fully move out of Patrolling Point (PP) 15 of Hot Springs area in Eastern Ladakh…
Rajasthan political crisis: Union Minister Gajendra Singh refutes Congress claims of horse trading
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. | Photo Credit: PTI The allegation is he was part of a conspiracy to topple Ashok Gehlot…
Islamabad ready to offer third consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, says Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
A day after India termed the second consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav as “neither meaningful nor credible,” Pakistan Foreign Minister…
Rajasthan political crisis | HC asks Speaker to defer action on disqualification notices till July 21
Sachin Pilot. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Sachin Pilot and his loyalists have, thus, got a respite from the…
Bharat Biotech begins human trial of anti-COVID vaccine at PGI Rohtak
The process might take six months and the final assessment on the safety and the anti-bodies produced would be made…
Nepal’s archaeologists to study possible Ramayana website
PM Oli has said real birthplace of Lord Ram is located in Thori village near Birgunj Nepal’s Department of Archaeology…
Cops fired at Vikas Dubey in self-defence: UP government tells Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has informed the Supreme Court that the UP Police fired back at gangster Vikas…
US aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions
HANOI: For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China…
England vs West Indies Live Score, 2nd Test, Day 2: Sibley, Stokes lead England innings
ICYMI: Day 1 action in pics* Hundred for Dominic Sibley (100*) off 312 balls, his 2nd in Tests. England 260/3…
Not an inch of our land can be taken away: Rajnath Singh in Ladakh
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that talks are on with China to resolve the border dispute…