Monsoon hits Kerala; north to get ‘good’ rain
NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon hit Kerala on Monday on its normal date of onset, the IMD said as it…
Centre’s Rs 10,000 easy loan coverage to aid street vendors
Representative imageNEW DELHI: The government on Monday said the Rs 5,000 crore micro-lending scheme for street vendors, will allow fruit…
1,000 items dropped from cops canteens, then order withdrawn
NEW DELHI: A Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandar order that on Friday delisted over 1,000 products sold at central police forces…
Gates Foundation now WHO’s biggest funder
NEW DELHI: With President Donald Trump announcing that the US will be "terminating" its relationship with the World Health Organisation…
Keep middle seats empty or give gown, says DGCA
NEW DELHI: Airlines have been allowed to keep middle seats occupied too if flights have high passenger loads. Passenger seated…
Coronavirus | Nearly 2 lakh COVID-19 cases in India
Medical staff seen guiding the patients outside the Special Covid Ward at the LNJP hospital, which is treating most of…
Maharashtra, Gujarat brace for cyclone Nisarga
India Meteorological Department on Monday scaled up its weather warning for Mumbai. It has issued a red alert for Mumbai,…
Centre withdraws order prohibiting sale of 1,026 “imported products” in CAPF canteens
The Centre clarified on Monday that it had withdrawn the order comprising a list of 1,026 “imported products” that could…
ECI reschedules delayed Rajya Sabha elections to June 19
A view of the logo of Election Commission of India at the headquarters in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit:…
Delhi’s borders to be sealed for a week due to rising coronavirus cases: Kejriwal
A scene at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Ghazipur on March 26, 2020. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The decision to…
Violence against COVID-19 frontline workers not acceptable, states Modi
Prime Minister participates in the online inauguration. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Government has taken steps to protect those…
Pakistan round-up: Covid-19 situation, Nawaz Sharif’s viral picture and more
NEW DELHI: An upsurge in Covid-19 cases as well as fatalities and a viral photograph of former Prime Minister Nawaz…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed the coronavirus as "invisible enemy" and called India's corona warriors as…
White House requires ‘law and order’ as violent protests rave
WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday called for "law and order" and blamed agitators for a sixth straight night of…
Cabinet decisions for farmers, MSMEs, poor: Key points
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Monday formulated the roadmap for implementing the measures related to farmers, MSMEs (micro, small…
Coronavirus: Testing on kids is a nervous next step on way to Covid-19 vaccine
NEW YORK: There are many questions surrounding children's role in the coronavirus pandemic but one thing is clear: they'll need…
Covid-19: Wuhan’s mass testing may have eradicated the coronavirus
WUHAN: Wuhan authorities said they found no new cases of "silent spreaders" for the first time in nearly two months…
Four-year-old girl sexually assaulted, killed in Madhya Pradesh
Villagers found the body floating in a well in Chhatarpur district on May 29. The police have registered a case…
Southwest monsoon hits Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram has been witnessing intermittent rain spells overnight from Sunday. A scene from Panathura island in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday morning.…
Violence against COVID-19 frontline employees not appropriate, states Modi
Prime Minister participates in the online inauguration. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Government has taken steps to protect those…
Light showers, thunderstorm in Mumbai, adjacent locations
Municipal Corporation building reflected in a puddle after Mumbai experienced rainfall early on Monday morning. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre…
Migrant workers: 11 dead, 22 hurt in bus-truck collision in Nepal
Hundreds of workers are stranded along Nepal’s border with India due to the lockdown A passenger bus with migrant workers…
Trump nestled in White House bunker as demonstrations raved
Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered…
Open with care: On Unlock 1
It is a truth universally acknowledged now that the severe restrictions to contain COVID-19 produced traumatic displacement of the weakest…
Land of the unfree: On U.S. discontent
June 01, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: June 01, 2020 00:32 IST June 01, 2020 00:02 IST Updated: June 01, 2020…
Union Home Ministry offered 94 orders in 68 days
MHA had also started three control rooms to monitor the complaints received from States and to resolve the migrant crisis.…
When Sachin Tendulkar unleashed his ‘desert storm’, Suresh Raina avoided school to see it
On left, Sachin Tendulkar during his knock in the 1998 Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah and, on right, Sachin Tendulka...Read…
Delhi seals its borders for one week with neighbouring states
Delhi chief minister Arvind KejriwalNEW DELHI: Delhi government on Monday announced immediate sealing of capital's borders with all neighbouring states…
Coronavirus may be invisible but our corona warriors are invincible: PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday termed the coronavirus as "invisible enemy" and called India's corona warriors as…
Unlock 1.0 : Things you should do, you should avoid
NEW DELHI: Coronavirus, Covid-19, sealdown, lockdown, quarantine, nose-throat swabs, hospital, curfew, and police enforcement. These terms have dominated our daily…
First of 3-phase ‘unlock’ plan begins today: What’s open & from when
NEW DELHI: After over two-month-long coronavirus-induced lockdown, the country on Monday entered the first phase of three-phase unlock plan announced…
Curbs are being eased but lowering of guard is not an option: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: A day before further easing of the lockdown, with significant curbs restricted to containment zones, Prime Minister Narendra…
Railways resumes operations, 1.5 lakh to board 200 trains today
Representative imageNEW DELHI: More than 1.45 lakh passengers will board 200 special express and mail trains from Monday when the…
Counter-productive Twitter war erupts as Indian & Chinese soldiers remain locked in actual confrontation in Ladakh
NEW DELHI: A virtual online battle erupted between Indian and Chinese twitter warriors on Sunday to further stoke tensions while…
G-haan: Trump wants to expand G7 to G10/11 to include India
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump wants to reformat G7, the group of seven advanced economies in the world, to make…
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1 / 1615 games you can play without downloadingWho says you need a powerful gaming PC/laptop or phone to play…
Maharashtra CM Uddhav advises caution as state relaxes curbs
MUMBAI: On a day his government granted a slew of relaxations in non-containment zones while extending the latest lockdown till…
Cyclone Nisarga may hit Maharashtra-Gujarat coast on June 3, bring strong wind with heavy rainfall in Mumbai
NEW DELHI: With India’s mainland getting ready for the onset of monsoon over Kerala, new conditions over the Arabian Sea…
India expels two Pakistani envoys for espionage
NEW DELHI: Two officials of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi were apprehended by the Indian law enforcement authorities…
American anarchy: US burns as pandemic unemployment meets racial disquiet
WASHINGTON: America burned coast-to-coast with anger and strife over the killing of black people by militarized police with growing scenes…
From Maharashtra to UP, states & UTs issue guidelines for Unlock 1.0
NEW DELHI: As the Centre eased restrictions across the country with Unlock 1.0, the state governments have come up with…
100-year-old Indonesian lady beats COVID-19
Kamtim with her daughter-in-law Siti Aminah in Surabaya on Sunday. | Photo Credit: JUNI KRISWANTO Surabaya’s Kamtim discharged after a…
SpaceX Crew Dragon docks with International Space Station
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts docked on May 31 with the International Space Station, the first…
CIC admonishes authorities for rejecting RTI data on stranded migrants, asks govt to put it online
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has pulled up an official for “callous and casual” response in denying data on stranded…
Crossed wires at Ahmedabad healthcare facility leave household troubled
A doctor treats COVID-19 patient at the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. File | Photo Credit: Special Correspondent Negative results for COVID-19…
Youth eliminated in 2nd lynching in a week in Assam
Debasish Gogoi, who was lynched by a mob on May 29 in eastern Assam's Jorhat district. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL…
Fan turned villain: The issue postured by Oli
With his decision to push through a Constitutional amendment to change Nepal’s official map to include parts of Indian territory…
Coronavirus | Indefinite lockdown more harmful, say public health experts
A group of public health experts, two of whom are part of a government-constituted advisory committee to contain the pandemic,…