Heatwave likely to continue during next 24 hr: IMD
A resident of hotspot area covers himself against heat wave in Jahangirpuri, New Delhi, coming out after collecting ration during…
Hours prior to using up migrant workers issue, Supreme Court got stinging letter from senior attorneys
Hours before taking suo motu cognisance of “certain lapses” in government measures dealing with migrant workers, the Supreme Court received…
Jayalalithaa’s nephew, niece entitled to her properties: Madras High Court
Ending the uncertainty over inheritance of vast properties left behind by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, the Madras High Court on…
Mamata petitions PM against ‘whimsical’ scheduling of Shramik trains
KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention on Wednesday in the alleged "whimsical" functioning of the…
Day 64 of coronavirus lockdown: Ground report from Indian cities
NEW DELHI: With 6,387 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India's count of Covid-19 rose to 1,51,767 on…
Trump threatens to manage or close down social media business
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter…
Uddhav Thackeray holds meeting with key Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders
File photoMUMBAI: Against the backdrop of the recent political activities in Maharashtra and with just a few remaining for the…
Nepal postpones scheduled discussion on constitutional amendment to update map
KATHMANDU: The discussion to amend Nepal's constitution to update the country's map, earlier slated for Wednesday, now has been taken…
IAF operationalises second squadron of Tejas fighter jets: All you need to know
NEW DELHI: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria on Wednesday operationalised a new squadron armed with the indigenous fighter aircraft Tejas. Here…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 64 updates | Maharashtra records highest single-day deaths
Maharashtra recorded the sharpest rise in the COVID-19 mortality on Tuesday with 97 deaths pushing the toll to 1,792. The…
Coronavirus | Bhopal authorities withdraw claim of Homeopathy treatment
The Bhopal district administration has withdrawn an announcement that Homeopathy had contributed to the recovery of six COVID-19 patients, after…
Lockdown | Tamil Nadu loses 85% of GST revenue in April
This figure has been arrived at by comparing this year’s collections in April with those of the corresponding month in…
We will have new world after Covid-19, balance of power between China and US will change: Rahul Gandhi
File pic of Congress leader Rahul GandhiNEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he feels that "we will…
Rajasthan: Tigress ST-12 gives birth to triplets once again at Sariska
JAIPUR: Six-year-old tigress ST-12 has given birth to triplets one more time in Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), making her the…
US company begins vaccine trial on humans in Australia
CANBERRA: A US biotechnology company began injecting a coronavirus vaccine candidate into people in Australia on Tuesday with hopes of…
India’s LAC infra upgrade unnerves China
NEW DELHI: With the tiger no longer crouching, and in fact getting more capable of leaping out of the trenches…
Online Leadership Conclave on The Big Luxury Squeeze in the Times of COVID-19 | ETMasterclass
About the programme Coronavirus and fears around the dreaded disease have shaken the foundations of the global and the Indian…
Coronavirus live updates: Tripura reports 23 new Covid-19 positive cases
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 27, 2020, 05:08:04 ISTTotal number of cases in India crossed 1.45 lakh.…
Rahul Gandhi’s comment sparks speculation about MVA govt instability
File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI)MUMBAI: Rahul Gandhi’s statement on Tuesday that the Congress was “only supporting” the…
India’s Covid count set to cross 1.5 lakh, fresh cases dip to 5.5k
NEW DELHI: India’s count of Covid-19 cases was set to cross the 1.5 lakh mark, even as the number of…
After rejecting PILs, SC suo motu takes up plight of migrants
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the plight of migrant workers during the lockdown…
Locust swarms ‘headed’ to Delhi, UP braces for 2nd attack
NOT IN PINK OF HEALTH: Unwelcomed winged visitors infest Jaipur (PTI Photo)NEW DELHI: A swarm of desert locusts that infested…
No WHO bar on India testing HCQ as a preventive drug, says WHO primary scientist Soumya Swaminathan
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) moratorium on testing hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the controversial anti-malarial drug, for treating COVID-19, which was announced…
Lockdown | Schools, colleges still not allowed to open: MHA
PTI New Delhi, May 27, 2020 00:03 IST Updated: May 27, 2020 00:10 IST Image for representational purposes only |…
Oil price pickle: On fuel duty hike
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The common aspect: On China in U.S. politics
May 27, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: May 27, 2020 01:11 IST May 27, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: May 27, 2020…
Migrant workers in Mumbai sell goats, ring to pay airfare
Three migrant labourers from West Bengal living in Diva near Thane sold their goats and a gold ring and borrowed…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets PLA, advises battle readiness
Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 26 called on the military “to think about worst-case scenarios” and “scale up battle…
Cyclone evacuees and migrants under one roofing in West Bengal
Before cyclone Amphan struck on May 20, officials of the Achintyanagar gram panchayat in Pathapratima block of West Bengal’s South…
Order on complete earnings withdrawn: Centre notifies Supreme Court
The court asked the government to consider the issues raised by the petitioners with urgency. The court said a lot…
Covid-19: India unfazed by HCQ trial halt but will check before donating
Representative imageNEW DELHI: While WHO has suspended HCQ trials, stoking further doubts about the efficacy of the drug in dealing…
Kerala joins political blame game over running of Shramik Special trains
NEW DELHI: Political blame game over Shramik Special trains continued between railway minister Piyush Goyal and Maharashtra government for the…
As US toll nears 100,000 (to China’s <5000), Trump and allies berate Beijing
WASHINGTON: Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is poised to tick over 100,000 on Tuesday even as…
India’s top military brass meets PM Modi amid escalating border tension with China
NEW DELHI: In the midst of escalating border tension between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra…
Government releases source code of Aarogya Setu Android app on GitHub
NEW DELHI: The government has released the source code of Aarogya Setu Android app on GitHub. The developer community can…
Migrant crisis: SC states lapses on part of Centre and states, looks for response
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo moto cognizance of the "problems" and "miseries" of migrant labourers amid…
Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of migrant workers concern
A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on may 26 said there have been “inadequacies and certain lapses” on the…
Supreme Court permits LG Polymers staff access to Vishakapatnam plant
The LG Polymers plant, situated close to residential areas in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The Supreme Court on…
Trump threatens to pull GOP Convention out of North Carolina
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to pull the Republican Convention out of North Carolina if its Governor did not guarantee…
‘Really heavy’ rains expected in Assam, Meghalaya from May 26-28, IMD issues red alert
A fisherman looks at his fishing net which is submerged by the rising flood water of Brahmaputra in Guwahati on…
Centre’s lockdown strategy has actually stopped working: Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that all the four stages of lockdown have ‘failed’ and claimed that…
No instant Supreme Court relief for anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam
Bench seeks replies from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh; hearing adjourned for two weeks Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)…
Prakash Javadekar attacks Rahul Gandhi for calling lockdown a failed attempt
File pic of Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash JavadekarNEW DELHI: : Union information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar on…
Only supporting, not an essential gamer in Maharashtra: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: Amid allegations of mishandling the Covid-19 crisis in Maharashtra by opposition leaders who even demanded dismissal of the…
BSEB Class X result 2020: General pass portion records 80.59
BSEB Chairman Anand Kishor (left), state education minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma (centre) and departments additional chief secretary RK Mahajan…
Locusts attack crops in several Indian states: All you need to know
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: May 26, 2020, 14:32 ISTNEW DELHI: Crops and vegetation in several Indian states have been threatened by…
Lockdown has failed, Centre must spell out reopening strategy: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi: PTINEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the four phases of nationwide lockdown have…
China’s ‘Bat Woman’ warns coronavirus is just tip of the iceberg
Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli inside a laboratory in Wuhan.BEIJING: Shi Zhengli, a virologist renowned for her work on coronavirus in…
Analysis: Pakistan factor behind India-China stand-off in Ladakh
China’s heightened concerns over Aksai Chin and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is routed, in part, through Gilgit-Baltistan, may…