Unique! Akshay Kumar, R Balki shoot at Kamalistan studio; Alia Bhatt’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ first fil
The clouds of lockdown are still looming large over Bollywood. With no shoots happening for the last two months, actors…
Economic package is a mix of supply-side and demand-side procedures: Dharmendra Pradhan
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan speaks to Nistula Hebbar on the lockdown due to COVID-19, oil prices and global oil politics…
No Eid sweets exchanged by BSF with Pakistan; made with Bangladesh
The customary exchange of Eid sweets between the Border Security Force (BSF) and its Pakistani counterpart, Pakistan Rangers, did not…
ILO to PM Modi: ‘send out clear message’ on changes in labour laws
A group of 10 Central trade unions wrote to ILO, seeking its intervention to protect workers’ rights and international labour…
Indian Army chief has actually hurt Gurkha beliefs: Nepal Defence Minister
The Gorkha Brigade marching contingent marches past the podium. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Nepal army has, however, maintained…
Supreme Court allows Air India to fly with middle seats completed scheduled aircrafts
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre and national carrier Air India to keep operating its scheduled flights with…
The migrant paradox
TODAY'S TAKEThe migrant paradoxFor migrant workers crisscrossing the country, homecoming has been bittersweet. The limited economic opportunities at home that…
Domestic flights: Quarantine protocol in different states
NEW DELHI: After a two-month gap, domestic flights resumed operations today. While Centre's guidelines require arriving passengers to self-monitor their…
Covid-19 lockdown: Domestic flights resume after 2 months
(File photo)NEW DELHI: After a gap of two months, domestic passenger flight operations resumed on Monday amid reluctance by various…
UP government to set up migration panel to ensure job security
LUCKNOW: In a bid to provide employment and social security to over 23 lakh migrant workers who have come back…
Watch | New rules for flyers in India
A video explaining the rules laid down by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for domestic air travel Domestic flights will…
Coronavirus India lockdown Day 62 live updates | Domestic flights resume after two months
After being suspended for two months, due to the coronavirus lockdown, domestic air travel is set to resume in India…
Prisons turn into hotbeds of disease
On May 5, two months after the Arthur Road jail superintendent warned that an outbreak of COVID-19 could not be…
Mass lay-offs likely in vehicle sector in the Millennium City
Around 20-30 lakh workers, mostly contractual, could lose jobs in the Gurugram-Manesar-Bawal automobile belt due to slump in demand in…
Reverse migration puts Centre’s ARYA scheme in the spotlight
The massive reverse migration of people from urban areas to villages ever since lockdown was imposed due to COVID-19 has…
Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr dies at the age of 95
When Balbir Singh gave independent India its first Olympic gold medalOn August 12, 1948, India thrashed Great Britain 4-0 to…
India now No. 10 among Covid-hit nations; 6,500+ cases on Sunday
NEW DELHI: As the country's Covid-19 count continued to surge, India overtook Iran on Sunday in total recorded cases of…
Covid-19: Positivity rate per 100 tests increases to 5%in last 2 weeks
NEW DELHI: The countrywide positivity rate of coronavirus cases per 100 tests has increased to 5% if tests in the…
Domestic flights from today: Just asymtomatic travelers can fly, govt says
The Centre has once again clarified that only passengers without Covid-19 symptoms will be allowed to fly. (PT...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
For farms and farmers: on launching of Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana
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Threat in the air: On PIA flight crash
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COVID-19 cases: India now in top 10
India on Sunday reported the highest single-day spike so far of 7,097 COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 1,38,526,…
‘Are Modi, Shah familiar with what’s taking place in their house State?’ asks Congress
Cong. cites Gujarat HC order flagging poor medical facilities A day after the Gujarat High Court (HC) passed a strong…
Coronavirus lockdown | Many States follow Centre’s flight rules
Many States are simply following the Union Health Ministry’s guidelines for arriving air passengers, but Karnataka will require travellers boarding…
Coronavirus lockdown | Chhattisgarh CJ throws a lifeline to stranded students
Chief Justice P.R. Ramachandra Menon He helps group from AIIMS, stuck for 2 months, return home At a time when…
Coronavirus | Maharashtra’s total case tally surges past 50,000
Maharashtra’s cumulative COVID-19 case tally breached the 50,000 mark on Sunday, with the State reporting a massive surge of 3,041…
PLA actions at LAC in Ladakh signify shift from past: experts
As the standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers at several points along the LAC in the “Western” or Ladakh sector…
Army rejects ‘detention’ of troops by Chinese forces along LAC
The Indian Army on Sunday “categorically denied” reports that Indian patrol teams had been detained by PLA troops along the…
SOPs revised for flights to bring Indians home
Representative photo: ANINEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Sunday revised its standard operating procedures for special flights ferrying Indian…
UP govt to put quarantine posters outside houses of returnees
Representative photo (agencies)AGRA: The Uttar Pradesh government has reiterated its May 1 order directing all district administrative officials to ensure…
After wreaking havoc in Rajastan and MP, locusts attack UP
Desert locusts feed on plants. (AP)BIJNOR/JAIPUR/INDORE: Leaving a trail of crop destruction in 18 districts of Rajasthan and a dozen…
Flights require to skies after 2 months, but face air pockets in some states
NEW DELHI: The Centre's plan to restart domestic flights from Monday after a gap of two months owing to the…
India to continue border activities in Ladakh as standoff with China heads for long run
Chinese intrusions on the north bank of the Pangong Tso lake in Ldakh has been a concern for India (File…
4 crack RBI teams keep financial system up & running in lockdown
NEW DELHI: Since the national lockdown was announced in late March, a team of more than 200 personnel from the…
Trump plays golf as U.S heads towards Covid 100000
WASHINGTON: A New York Times front page filled start to finish with one-line obituaries in small print of a thousand…
Doubling rate of Covid-19 cases currently over 13 days: Union health minister Harsh Vardhan
File photo used for representation (AFP)NEW DELHI: The doubling rate of Covid-19 cases in the country is currently at above…
MHA issues SOP for stranded Indians who wish to return
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday issued a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the return of Indians stranded abroad due…
Bennett University to organize global webinar on AI solutions for Covid on May 25: Complete schedule
NEW DELHI: The Times of India Group's Bennett University is organizing a global webinar on Monday (May 25) 4pm onwards…
How China pounced on Hong Kong while Covid overwhelmed the world
Dennis Kwok was with his two children, hiking through the lush jungles of Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak in April, when…
COVID-19: Health Ministry releases standards for international arrivals/domestic travel
People from north-eastern states going home inside the Shramik special train at Kacheguda Railway Station in Hyderabad on Saturday. |…
Hong Kong police fire tear gas on most significant demonstrations considering that COVID-19 curbs
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and pepper spray to disperse thousands protesting on Sunday against Beijings plan to directly…
What discusses the India-China border flare-up?
The story so far: The India-China border has been witnessing tensions over the past month, with incidents reported in at…
During lockdown, MoEFCC panels cleared or went over 30 projects in biodiverse forests
Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh has a decidedly other-worldly feel. “Yeh kaunsi duniya hai,” my colleague exclaimed as we climbed…
Amazon to create 50,000 temporary jobs in India, Microsoft launches Surface Hub 2S and other top tech news of the week | Gadgets Now
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New study cautions against HCQ, yet India presses on
TODAY’S TAKENew study cautions against HCQ, yet India presses onAn observational study on nearly 100,000 Covid-19 patients spanning 671 hospitals…
Indian Army dismisses reports declaring detention of its soldiers by Chinese forces
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Indian Army on Sunday strongly rejected media reports which claimed that its soldiers were briefly detained by…
US, China nearing ‘brink of new Cold War’: Chinese foreign minister
BEIJING: The United States is pushing relations with China to "the brink of a new Cold War", the Chinese foreign…
Payments produced driving license, physical fitness certificate will not lapse till July 31
Representational photo. NEW DELHI: Payments made by applicants for obtaining documents or availing services under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules…
Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses: Report
File photo used for representational purpose onlyBEIJING: The Chinese virology institute in the city where Covid-19 first emerged has three…
Tape 6,767 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hr, says Health Ministry
India must gear for at least two more months of COVID-19, a summary of a meeting on Saturday involving top…