At 104, Maharashtra’s oldest beats Covid with willpower
Anandi Jha returned home on FridayKALYAN: As 104-year-old Anandi Jha hobbled, clutching a walking stick along Durga Mata Mandir locality…
Record 24,000+ coronavirus cases, 608 deaths on Saturday
NEW DELHI: India recorded its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases as well as fatalities, with 24,201 fresh infections and…
Will Xi Jinping’s muscle-flexing be counter-productive?
NEW DELHI: A bid to assert Chinese power to signal that the communist giant is far from weakened post Covid-induced…
In Maoist-style ambush, Vikas Dubey’s guys cut CO’s head, toes: Autopsy
Police personnel at the residence of criminal Vikas Dubey, after an encounter in Bikaru village where 8 police...Read MoreLUCKNOW: Twenty-four…
US Ambassador to India wishes Americans on country’s 244th Independence Day
NEW DELHI: US Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster on Saturday extended wishes to the Americans on the occasion of…
Trump’s ‘strong wall’ to block Covid-19 from China had holes
President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the…
Coronavirus | Nearly 78% of COVID-19 patients in India are under 50: Health Ministry data
In India, 60% of COVID-19 patients had at least one ‘co-morbidity’ and nearly 78% of them were under 50, says…
5 wedding events and a bridge in Kerala-Tamil Nadu border village of Marayur
Nirmalraj exchanges garland with his bride Kastoori on the road near the Chinnar checkpost in Marayur, Idukki district. Following protocol,…
Coronavirus | Vaccine by August 15: Letter meant to “cut red tape”, ICMR clarifies
Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters ICMR letter stoked row as it wanted Covaxin out by August 15. The…
LAC face-off | New Delhi readies for meeting of India-China Special Representatives
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to the Union Territory of Ladakh, the government is preparing for…
Kanpur attack | As Vikas Dubey evades arrest, U.P. Police demolish his house
A mangled car is removed after the demolition of Vikas Dubey’s house in Kanpur on July 4, 2020. | Photo…
Army raising 3 porter business in Arunachal Pradesh
The porter-raising ceremony organised by the Army’s 22 Mahar Regiment in West Kameng district on July 3, 2020. | Photo…
The July dream team, with Sunil Gavaskar and M.S. Dhoni
In one of the closing chapters of his classic The Art of Cricket, Don Bradman writes about ‘The Ideal Eleven’.…
Federal governments should not help media termination
Craig Silverman, media editor for BuzzFeed News, described the pandemic as a “media extinction event”. The news industry is facing…
Cabinet secretary holds meet with officials of 15 states, UTs on Unlock 2, Covid-19 situation
NEW DELHI: Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Saturday held a meeting with top officials of 15 states and Union Territories…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: With 22,771 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in a day, the highest so far, India's Covid-19…
Indian Flying force prepared for combat function in China border location
FORWARD AIRBASE NEAR INDIA-CHINA BORDER: The frontline fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force are flying consistently in and out…
Covid-19: ICMR says following all globally accepted norms to fast-track vaccine; wants to ‘cut red tape’
NEW DELHI: As experts cautioned against rushing the process for developing a Covid-19 vaccine after the ICMR stated it plans…
Trump warns of leftist cultural revolution rewriting American history
U.S. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend South Dakota's U.S. Independence Day Mount Rushmore f...Read MoreWASHINGTON: A divided…
US officers fired over picture imitating chokehold on black guy
This photo released by the Aurora Police Department, in Colorado, shows Officers Erica Marrero, from left, Jar...Read MoreWASHINGTON: Two US…
Army clarifies on Leh military center checked out by PM
In this handout photo provided by the Press Information Bureau, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits soldiers receiving treatment after being…
Japan evacuates thousands as rains lash southern Kyushu
Areas are inundated in muddy waters that gushed out from the Kuma River in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan on…
Nepal’s ruling Communist celebration satisfy to choose PM Oli’s fate delayed
PTI Kathmandu , July 04, 2020 11:55 IST Updated: July 04, 2020 11:55 IST K.P. Sharma Oli PTI Kathmandu ,…
Heavy rains to persist in Mumbai, coastal Maharashtra on Saturday, states IMD
Looming low: Rain clouds gather over Mumbai’s skyline. File photo. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Heavy to very heavy rainfall…
Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, China go over scenario in Kashmir, LoC
The “deteriorating” situation on the Line of Control in Kashmir came up for discussion between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
Lord Buddha’s perfects have enduring services to global challenges: PM Modi
Noting that the teachings of Lord Buddha were as relevant in the current times as they were earlier, both President…
COVID-19 count in Tamil Nadu crosses 1 lakh
Tamil Nadu, on Friday, became the second State in India to register more than 1 lakh COVID-19 cases. The other…
TikTok ranges from Beijing in action to India app ban
Social media app TikTok distanced itself from Beijing after India banned 59 Chinese apps in the country, according to a…
Google bans 25 apps for stealing Facebook login details, delete them immediately | Gadgets Now
1 / 26Google bans 25 apps for stealing Facebook login details, delete them immediatelyAround 25 Android apps were removed from…
Indian-American community holds ‘Boycott China’ protest at Times Square in New York
The protest comes after the brutal June 15 border clash in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley during which 20 Indi...Read MoreNEW…
At Mount Rushmore, Trump says protesters seek to ‘defame’ heroes
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL: Speaking to a largely maskless crowd at Mount Rushmore, President Donald Trump said Friday that protesters…
India-China LAC row live updates: Defence ministry slams malicious campaign on status of hospital visited by
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 04, 2020, 16:19:03 ISTAmid the border standoff with China along the LAC,…
Coronavirus pandemic live updates: Jama Masjid reopens for public from today
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 04, 2020, 16:01:57 ISTA huge jump of 22,771 new Covid-19 cases was…
Pakistani Foreign Minister checks positive for COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi | Photo Credit: REUTERS In the last few days, Mr. Qureshi has…
Sattankulam custodial deaths | When protectors turn perpetrators
An eerie silence prevails along the narrow stretch that leads to the tiled house of a small mobile shop owner…
Lessons for India: On Italian marines case
July 04, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: July 04, 2020 00:46 IST July 04, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: July 04, 2020…
Bend it like Italy: On flattening the COVID-19 curve
Five months after WHO declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern and three-and-half months after it called…
WHO says first alerted to virus by its office, not China
GENEVA: The World Health Organization has updated its account of the early stages of the Covid crisis to say it…
BCCI RFP on apparel rights soon as Nike deal ends; 31% dip in base price likely
MUMBAI: The BCCI is in the middle of putting together a Request for Proposal (RFP) to be brought out next…
Coronavirus live updates: India’s recovery rate crosses 60%
Record 23,500+ cases on Friday, 446 deathsCovid-19 cases in India stood at 6,49,708, having crossed the 6 lakh mark just…
Covid-19: Record 23,500+ cases on Friday, 446 deaths
Health workers collect swab samples of people for COVID-19 tests, at a government dispensary In Patiala (PTI)NEW DELHI: The Covid-19…
Bengal bump hits Bangladesh ties
Petrapole-Benapole border accounts for about 70% of Indo-Bangla trade (File photo)NEW DELHI: West Bengal is proving to be a major…
Covid-19: ICMR’s Aug 15 due date to vaccine maker stirs a row
NEW DELHI: An Indian Council of Medical Research letter which sought fast-tracking of approvals relating to clinical trials and spoke…
Ladakh triggers Andamans build-up
NEW DELHI: India is now looking to fast-track plans for basing additional military forces in the strategically-located Andaman & Nicobar…
Cyber attackers put out details of some stolen NHAI files, probe on
NEW DELHI: Days after the Maze ransomware attack on NHAI’s mail server, details of some of the stolen files have…
India will not import equipment from China, says Union Power Minister R.K. Singh
Union Power Minister R.K. Singh on Friday said India will not import power equipment from China, saying the sector, being…
Constable Muthuraj apprehended
The CB-CID office in Thoothukudi on July 1, 2020. | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh Sources said he was hiding at…
Main implicated Vikas Dubey deals with 60 criminal cases
Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur, holds a notorious record of criminal activities…
Ladakh face-off | Avoid miscalculation, says China
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian. Photo: Twitter/@MFA_China Chinese Embassy terms Narendra Modi’s comments on expansionism “exaggerated and fabricated”. China…