Mumbai tapes its highest spike in cases, pushing tally to 10,714.
Chennai and Ahmedabad are emerging as new hotspots for coronavirus in India, even as Maharashtra, the worst-affected State, continues to…
Covid-19 likely to peak in India in June-July: AIIMS director
NEW DELHI: As per the modeling data and the way India's Covid-19 cases are increasing, it is likely that peak…
Day 44 of coronavirus lockdown: Ground report from Indian cities
A man with a bicycle carrying Water Mayur Jugs walk past on a road, Delhi. (Credits: ANI)NEW DELHI: Amid prevalent…
Under pressure, Karnataka government to resume train services for migrant workers from Friday
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa addresses media about the ongoing Covid-19, lockdown at Vidhana Soudha...Read MoreBENGALURU: Under criticism for cancelling…
Covid-19: India looks to lure more than 1,000 US companies out of China
NEW DELHI: India is seeking to lure US businesses, including medical devices giant Abbott Laboratories, to relocate from China as…
Vizag gas leak live updates: Spread of poisonous vapours depends on wind speed, officials say
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 07, 2020, 17:13:41 ISTA specialised CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) team…
Back home: On return of Indian expatriates
After nearly two months, stranded Indians across the world will begin their journey home this week as aircraft and naval…
Blame game: On Donald Trump’s anti-China rhetoric over COVID-19
President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on China over the coronavirus outbreak risk further deterioration of already strained ties between the…
COVID-19 further dents Karnataka’s vulnerable financial resources
In March, when Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa presented his seventh budget and the first in the current innings, he candidly…
Fact check | Centre’s beneficiary count for COVID-19 relief is faulty
Women stand in a queue outside a bank to avail the benefits of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, during the…
Coronavirus | Anticipating an increase in number of cases, government readies train coaches
For the second consecutive day, India on May 6 recorded a three-digit rise in COVID-19 deaths though, at 126, it…
Leading Hizbul Mujahideen leader killed in Kashmir: cops
The longest surviving and wanted Hizbul Mujahideen “operational commander” Riyaz Naikoo was among three militants killed in the intensified operations…
Centre is taking arbitrary choices, state Congress Chief Ministers
At a videoconference with Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday, the Chief Ministers of the party-ruled States accused the Union…
Hacker ‘sees’ security defects in Aarogya Setu
Ethical hacker Robert Baptiste on May 6 alleged that security flaws in the government’s Aarogya Setu application enabled him to…
Forces deal body blow to Hizb in terror’s choicest season
Security personnel near the site of the gunfight in which Hizb commander Naikoo was killed in Pulwama district...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
Covid-19: India crosses 50k cases; hits brand-new peak of 3600 cases in a day
India went past two grim Covid-19 milestones on Wednesday – crossing the 50,000 mark overall and breaching the 3,000-figure in…
Repurposed drugs offer hope in India’s Covid fight
NEW DELHI: Lopinavir/ritonavir — a fixed-dose combination of drugs used for treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS — has been approved…
Public transport may start soon, will help boost trust: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday indicated that government may be considering to soon start public…
Hizb’s India chief Naikoo killed in Pulwama shootout
SRINAGAR: One of Kashmir's most-wanted terrorists, Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo, was on Wednesday killed along with an aide in…
Air India repatriation flights will fly out people too
NEW DELHI: Air India isn’t only bringing back Indians stranded abroad under the Vande Bharat mission, it’s now opened bookings…
Bus services may resume quickly with some guidelines, says Gadkari
Bihar's migrants arrive by special train from Karnataka waving from a bus on their way to their native places at…
Ex-U.S. soldiers, Venezuelan rebels and amphibious attacks: The story of a plot to fall Maduro
In the early morning of May 3, Venezuela’s Interior Minister Nestor Reverol appeared on television and claimed that security forces…
Desired Hizbul “functional leader” killed in Kashmir: cops
The longest surviving and wanted Hizbul Mujahideen “operational commander” Riyaz Naikoo was among three militants killed in the intensified operations…
Airports in Kerala, other states gear up to receive stranded Indians abroad from Thursday
KOCHI/NEW DELHI: Airports were geared up to receive Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown with Air India's…
‘Of course, we will share it with the world’: Israel’s ambassador to India on Covid-19 ‘breakthrough’
NEW DELHI: Israel's ambassador to India Ron Malka on Wednesday said that his country is an advanced stage of a…
Coronavirus roundup: Developments in India and rest of world
NEW DELHI: The railways on Wednesday said it has run 115 Shramik Special trains since May 1 and ferried home…
In Bengal, low rate of Covid-19 testing, high rate of death: MHA
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday said the Covid-19 response in West Bengal is characterised by a very low rate…
Trump’s America fixes up to death in life vs income argument
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s America will look death in the eye and resume economic activities in the face of apprehension in…
Public transport may resume soon with guidelines: Nitin Gadkari
NEW DELHI: Public transport services may resume operations soon and the government is formulating guidelines for safe usage adhering to…
Flights to bring back Indians postponed by a minimum of 24-48 hours
Wait for Indians gets longer as Air India crew need to undergo COVID-19 tests The wait to return home for…
Bengal’s stopping of necessary items vehicles to Bangladesh an infraction of MHA orders, states Home Secretary
The India-Bangladesh border at Fulbari Border checkpoint, some 16 km from Siliguri, West Bengal. | Photo Credit: AFP Ajay Bhalla…
Cops anticipate ‘big catch’ in Beighpora operation in Pulwama
Army jawans rush towards encounter site in Sharsali and Beighpora areas of Pulwama district south Kashmir on May 06, 2020.…
No data of stranded migrant labourers with Labour Commissioner’s office: Labour Ministry to RTI activist
The office of Chief Labour Commissioner, which had ordered a count of stranded migrant labourers in the country last month,…
Karnataka announces 1,610 crore COVID-19 lockdown relief plan
Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa on Wednesday announced a ₹1,610-crore relief package to help affected people in various sectors including…
Internet banking frauds: 10 things not to do on WhatsApp | Gadgets Now
1 / 11Internet banking frauds: 10 things not to do on WhatsAppWhatsApp has become the defacto mode of communication for…
In captaincy, I still feel Virat Kohli is a work in development: Nehra
NEW DELHI: Former India pacer Ashish Nehra believes young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who was initially said to be MS Dhoni's…
Lockdown distress: Karnataka federal government reveals Rs 1,610 crore plan
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced a Rs 1,610 crore relief package for the benefit of those in distress…
Coronavirus most current updates: Covid-19 contaminates 548 docs, nurses, paramedics throughout India
NEW DELHI: Covid-19 deaths in India rose sharply on Tuesday, hitting triple digits in a single day for the first…
Congress questions govt’s post-lockdown strategy: What after May 17?
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the government over the criteria it adopted to judge how long…
Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat: All you need to know
BEIJING: The Chinese laboratory accused by top American officials of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic conducts research on…
Centre jacks up fuel tax again, but no impact on consumers
NEW DELHI: The Centre on late Tuesday night raised excise duty on petrol and diesel, the second increase in a…
‘Feluda’: Made-in-India paper-based strip for rapid, mass testing for Covid-19
NEW DELHI: A lab of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) which developed ‘Feluda’ — a paper-based test…
Coronavirus live updates: With over 1,600 deaths, India reports sharpest increase in Covid-19 toll
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | May 06, 2020, 10:15:09 ISTThe coronavirus case count in India came within touching…
Trump states U.S. has flattened coronavirus curve
Asserting that the United States has flattened the curve on coronavirus, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the country is…
Dangerous drift: on encounter with terrorists near Handwara
Encounters in Kashmir are on the rise, taking a disproportionate toll on security personnel The deaths last Saturday of four…
The mark of zero: On containment of COVID-19 cases in Kerala
Kerala’s steps on the virus are easy to follow, but its success rate is difficult to repeat With containment strategies…
Govt hikes import tax duty on gas by 10 per litre, diesel by 13 per litre
A worker fill petrol and diesel at IOC petrol bunk in Ahmedabad. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The hike…
Coronavirus | Madhya Pradesh caught between pandemic and penury
The stringent lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 outbreak has had a crippling impact on the economy of Madhya Pradesh,…
Coronavirus | Telangana government extends lockdown till May 29
The government will review the situation on May 15 going by the experience in opening up of markets in New…
From Thursday, 64 flights to airlift 15k Indians stuck abroad in a week
In the first week (May 7-13), Air India will operate 64 flights to 12 countries on which we expect to…