West Bengal: Senior BJP leader Debendra Nath Ray found hanging in North Dinajpur
KOLKATA: Senior BJP leader Debendra Nath Ray was found hanging near his home in Hemtabad area of North Dinajpur district…
Desert Storm: Sachin Pilot revolts, says Gehlot govt in minority; dy CM claims support of 30 MLAs
NEW DELHI: The leadership tussle between Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and deputy CM Sachin Pilot is headed for a…
Defying US, China and Iran near trade and military partnership
Iran and China have quietly drafted a sweeping economic and security partnership that would clear the way for billions of…
India to push China for maps to clarify claim lines, actual control
NEW DELHI: India plans to push the Chinese side for an exchange of maps in the western sector after the…
Aishwarya, daughter also test ve, pick home seclusion
MUMBAI: Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (46) and her daughter Aaradhya (8) tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, a day…
Trump wears mask as Covid-19 deaths stalk US again
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump finally wore a mask during a visit to a hospital on Saturday, setting a public…
Xi Jinping’s mobilisation order, months of planning preceded border moves
China’s moves into the Galwan Valley, Pangong Lake area and several other spots along the Line of Actual Control (LAC),…
Sure power: On India’s solar technique
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Museum to mosque: On Hagia Sophia
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Coronavirus | Panel suggests 21-day lockdown for Bengaluru
With Bengaluru reporting 1,525 out of 2,627 cases and 45 of 71 deaths in Karnataka on Sunday, members of the…
Diplomatic luggage to come under the scanner
Tensions prevail: Police had to resort to caning to disperse the Youth Congress and Yuva Morcha activists in Kochi. |…
Gold-smuggling case | Cong., BJP protest across Kerala as NIA brings accused to Kochi
The police caning Opposition activists who tried to barge into the NIA office in Kochi on Sunday when the accused…
Coronavirus | Biocon’s COVID-19 drug tested on too few patients to reliably conclude on benefits, say experts
Biocon Ltd’s psoriasis drug, Itolizumab, re-purposed for COVID-19 and headlined as “breakthrough drug” for treating the moderately sick and the…
Pilot seethes, believes police probe a bid to hound him out
Sachin PilotNEW DELHI: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s ‘strike’ against Sachin Pilot has left the younger leader seething, who sees…
In Dubey death, Mayawati finds plank to placate Brahmins
Bahujan Samaj Party chief MayawatiLUCKNOW: Drawing on her tried-and-tested social engineering formula, BSP chief and four-time Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati…
HC ex-judge to probe Vikas Dubey ‘encounter’
LUCKNOW: A day after setting up an SIT to probe slain gangster Vikas Dubey’s alleged nexus with politicians and bureaucrats,…
Cop accused of being Dubey’s mole fears being killed by UP Police, seeks SC protection
NEW DELHI: Starting a new norm of police seeking protection from police, an arrested sub-inspector on Sunday moved the Supreme…
New infections top 29,000; over 3 lakh active cases now
NEW DELHI: The number of active Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 3 lakh mark on Sunday even as fresh…
Sachin Pilot rebels, says he has support of 30 Congress MLAs in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday declared open rebellion, claiming that he has the support of the…
Disabled are entitled to same benefits of SC/ST quota: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a significant decision, confirmed that persons suffering from disabilities are also socially backward and entitled to…
NATGRID to have access to database that links around 14,000 police stations
The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) to access…
Held for tipping off Vikas Dubey, U.P. SI moves SC for security
A policeman speaks to residents at gangster Vikas Dubey’s village Bikru in Kanpur district on July 11, 2020. | Photo…
Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA court remands Swapna Suresh, Sandeep Nair to 14-day custody
Sandeep Nair and Swapna Suresh, accused in the Thiruvananthapuram airport gold smuggling case, being produced before the NIA court in…
LAC standoff | All the country’s land is with our security forces: ITBP chief Deswal
As Chinese and Indian troops move to disengage in eastern Ladakh after a tense standoff, the chief of ITBP and…
Rajasthan political crisis | Sachin Pilot’s rebellion with 30 MLAs puts Ashok Gehlot government on edge
The power struggle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot, that has been simmering for long, spilled…
Coronavirus | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, daughter Aaradhya test positive
Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with daughter Aaradhya. File Jaya Bachchan tested negative, the actor said in a tweet A…
Varavara Rao’s household looks for instant medical treatment for poet
Mr. Rao’s family members held an online press conference to flag his deteriorating health condition in jail and appealed for…
Trump, Biden try to outdo each other on tough talk on China
WASHINGTON: China has fast become a top election issue as President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in a…
After Harvard & MIT, Johns Hopkins takes legal action against Trump admin to block guideline on foreign trainees
NEW YORK: Johns Hopkins University has joined a growing list of prestigious higher education institutions in the US suing the…
England vs West Indies Live Rating, 1st Test Day 5: Shannon Gabriel takes five-wicket haul; England set West Indies 200-run target in Southampton
Jermaine Blackwood. (AP Photo) LIVE SCORECARDOVERS 42.3: FOUR! What a shot! Blackwood picks the length and lofts the ball straight…
UP govt forms panel to probe Kanpur ambush, Vikas Dubey’s encounter
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday constituted a one-member commission to probe the Kanpur ambush and the encounter of…
Rajasthan political crisis live updates: ’30 Cong MLAs, some independents pledge assistance to Sachin Pilot’
Sunday's meeting at CM's official residence in the state capital was scheduled to take place at 9 pm, Congress sources…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya likewise test positive for Covid-19 after Amitabh-Abhishek hospitalised,
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya also test positive for Covid-19 after Amitabh-Abhishek hospitalised, Jaya Bachchan tests negative for Coronavirus Share…
Rajasthan crisis: Kapil Sibal says he is stressed for Congress
Congress leader Kapil Sibal. File Photo. Sources said a crisis is brewing within the Rajasthan Congress with Deputy Chief Minister…
Amitabh Bachchan, boy Abhishek ‘feeling better’ after COVID-19 diagnosis, BMC to sanitise their bungalows
BMC putted a banner on the gate of Actor Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bunglow after, Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek…
China ‘bigger hazard to India’ than Pakistan: Pawar
Amid the border tension with China, NCP president Sharad Pawar has said China is a “bigger threat to India” than…
Separatist leader Ashraf Sehrai detained in Kashmir, to be reserved under PSA: authorities chief
Syed Ali Geelani along with Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai at the Jamia Masjid Hyderpora in Srinagar. File Photo.…
Total lockdown in Bengaluru districts for 7 days from July 14
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, following a COVID-19 review meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan…
The Hindu Explains | Should Kuwait’s draft expat bill worry India?
The story so far: The Kuwait National Assembly (NA) is discussing several proposals to reduce the share of foreigners in…
Rider on a storm: How Jalpaiguri’s ‘Bike Ambulance Dada’ ferryboats clients from the remotest locations
Karimul Haque’s house in Jalpaiguri’s Dhalabari village was a flurry of activity when two men came looking for him one…
Romney slams Trump for commuting aide’s jail sentence
WASHINGTON: Republican Senator Mitt Romney has slammed President Donald Trump's decision to commute the prison sentence of his long-time political…
Sourav Ganguly confirms Australia tour but seeks shortened quarantine
Sourav Ganguly. (TOI Photo)NEW DELHI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly wants a shorter than mandated quarantine period for the Indian team…
US posts new daily coronavirus case record of 66,528: Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON: The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus, on Saturday posted 66,528 new cases, a record for…
Kerala gold smuggling case: After six days on the run, Swapna nabbed in Bengaluru
BENGALURU/KOCHI: Swapna Suresh, the key accused in the sensational bid to smuggle in 30 kg of gold using the UEA…
Donald Trump, Joe Biden win Louisiana’s presidential primary
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have won Louisiana's twice-postponed presidential primary. Trump faced no…
As virus rages in US, Trump finally wears a mask
US President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda...Read MoreBETHESDA (US): US…
India isn’t alone in dharmayuddha against Beijing
It is unlikely that anyone in the Indian government seriously considers the terms of the India-China military disengagement in the…
Coronavirus pandemic live updates: Celebs wish Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan a speedy recovery
Karnataka: Complete lockdown being observed in Kalaburagi today, due to rise in Covid-19 cases.Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wishes Amitabh Bachchan…
India-China LAC row: PLA reduces presence in Finger 4 area
The Chinese military has reportedly further reduced its presence in the Finger 4 area of Pangong Tso (File photo)NEW DELHI:…
Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
U.S. President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., July…