MIT, Harvard sue Trump admin over foreign student ouster move
Harvard has limited undergraduate on-campus residency to 40% of capacity for the upcoming termWASHINGTON: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and…
On top: On Nitish Kumar’s re-election quote
July 09, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: July 09, 2020 00:06 IST July 09, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: July 09, 2020…
A case for extension: On rural jobs plan
The finding that 8.4 lakh poor households have completed at least 80 days of the 100-day limit for work under…
Coronavirus | T.N. Minister P. Thangamani tests positive for COVID-19
Tamil Nadu Power Minister P. Thangamani. Photo: Twitter/@PThangamanioffl Mr. Thangamani met Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on July 7. Tamil…
Coronavirus lockdown | No clarity on ration for returning migrant workers
The trains are full of migrants returning to their workplaces in cities, but the Centre is still considering how to…
Sattankulam custodial deaths | CBI team arrives in Tamil Nadu
An undated combo photo of P. Jayaraj and his son J. Benicks | Photo Credit: PTI New FIRs registered by…
Pakistan’s claim Jadhav against review plea a farce: India
India dismissed as a “continuation of a farce” Pakistan’s claim on Wednesday that Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav has refused to…
First Test: England 35/1 at stumps against West Indies as weather spoils long-awaited cricket return
Joe Denly and Rory Burns. (Reuters Photo) SOUTHAMPTON: After a 117-day absence, international cricket returned in familiar fashion on Wednesday…
Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen
Donald Trump (Reuters photo)WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don't reopen in the…
US Army officer who testified at Trump impeachment retires
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman. (AFP)WASHINGTON: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who provided damning impeachment evidence against President Donald Trump, retired from…
US commends India for responding to China’s ‘incredibly aggressive actions’, sanctions Beijing on Tibet travel constraints
WASHINGTON: Unloading on China’s leader Xi Jinping and his Communist Party for their relentless expansionism and revisionism in the region…
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…