28 confirmed coronavirus cases in India so far: Union health minister
NEW DELHI: There have been 28 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan announced in a…
Joe Biden claims 9 Super Tuesday success, including Texas
WASHINGTON: A resurgent Joe Biden scored victories from Texas to Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, revitalizing a presidential bid that was…
Complete Lokpal bench to hear plaint against sitting or ex-PM
NEW DELHI: A full bench of Lokpal shall consider initiation of a corruption complaint against the Prime Minister or an…
8 Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs held in hotel, declares party
two Ministers of the Kamal Nath government — Jitu Patwari and Jaivardhan Singh — are reported to have taken at…
No call from celebration leaders, states BJP worker whose factory was destroyed in riots
“Modi ji ka naara Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas tha, Sabka Vinash nahin... Badbolepan se halaat bigadte hain, yeh…
Hyderabad COVID-19 client questioned on contacts
Make hay: The price of face masks has doubled in the light of COVID-19 outbreak in Hyderabad on Tuesday. 45…
A.P. House resolution to seek 2010 format of NPR, states Jagan Mohan Reddy
Muslim leaders felicitating Chief Minister Y. S Jagan Mohan Reddy at his camp office at Tadepalli near Vijayawada on Tuesday.…
Jharkhand govt. announces farm loan waiver, unemployment dole
CM Hemant Soren and Finance Minister R. Oraon before the budget presentation in Ranchi on Tuesday. Free power and free…
Tahir Hussain: A Delhi councillor on police radar
On February 24, the name of a little-known AAP leader in Delhi started making headlines, first as a victim of…
Defence Ministry withdraws special needs pension order
The directive comes after a circular against tax exemption on disability pension for veterans The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday…
8. Does Apple owe you Rs 1,831 too?
8. Does Apple owe you Rs 1,831 too?Class apart: More than two years after its admitted to deliberately slowing down…
Indian cricket struck by slowdown? IPL lowers playoff cash prize by half
MUMBAI: Economic slowdown seems to have hit the mighty Indian cricket board (BCCI) too. Never the kind to penny-pinch, especially…
Coronavirus scare: 5 Delhi-NCR schools shut as precaution
A tourist wearing a protective facemask amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak walks in a market a...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
Coronavirus outbreak live updates: 5 Delhi-NCR schools shut as precaution
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 04, 2020, 10:20:16 ISTThe global death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic…
36 of Hyderabad techie’s contacts show symptoms of coronavirus
A security man stands in front of an isolation ward where people who returned from China are under observation...Read MoreHYDERABAD/…
Congress in firefighting mission as 8 MP alliance MLAs land in Manesar hotel
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh politics went into turmoil on Tuesday with post-midnight reports of eight Congress-alliance MLAs being cooped up in…
Wife of Major eliminated in Jammu and Kashmir operation after Pulwama to join Army
Nitika Kaul, widow of late Major Vibhuti Dhoundiyal, has got a letter from OTA, Chennai. She currently works w...Read MoreDEHRADUN:…
Girl and father held for aiding Pulwama bomber
NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: Days after the NIA arrested an overground Jaish worker who drove the Pulwama suicide bomber to the…
House logjam on, government offers debate after Holi
NEW DELHI: The logjam in Parliament does not show any sign of easing with the government seeking to schedule a…
Don’t panic, says PM Narendra Modi after review meet
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed the country’s preparedness to tackle a possible Covid-19 outbreak and told…
Alarms go off in Rajasthan as Italian tourist’s wife also tests positive
JAIPUR: An Italian tourist who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) at a Jaipur hospital on Monday was…
UN body goes to Supreme Court on CAA; ‘internal matter’, says government
NEW DELHI: For the first time in India’s judicial history, a United Nations body — the UN High Commissioner for…
Bikers toss nation bombs at moving car on Anna Salai in Chennai
Pillion rider throws an explosive device at a vehicle on the opposite side of road. The targeted car escapes the…
Peak body on river connecting in pipeline
The Central government is working on the establishment of an exclusive body to implement projects for linking rivers. To be…
COVID-19 | World Bank, IMF to hold ‘virtual’ Spring Meetings
Among growing concerns globally and within the U.S. over COVID-19, the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund announced on…
Growing numbers: On India’s COVID-19 preparedness
India cannot be complacent while dealing with the possible spread of COVID-19 On Monday and Tuesday, India reported three more…
Flow and ebb: On India’s tour of New Zealand
India had a rude jolt in New Zealand after doing well in the shortest format of cricket India’s recent cricket…
U.S. Presidential Election 2020 | U.S. votes in crucial primaries after three ex-rivals back Joe Biden
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden. | Photo Credit: AP Klobuchar, Buttigieg and O’Rourke endorse the former V-P…
Black carbon levels surge at Himalayan glaciers
Black carbon concentrations near the Gangotri glacier rose 400 times in summer due to forest fires and stubble burning from…
COVID-19 | The SARS-CoV-2 is mutating, say scientists
Even as the world is grappling to contain the COVID-19 epidemic spreading like a wildfire across the world with more…
U.N. rights body to move Supreme Court on Citizenship Change Act
In an unprecedented and rare move, the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has announced that…
Delhi violence: 436 cases submitted, over 1,400 apprehended or detained
79 houses and 327 shops were completely gutted in arson during the communal violence in northeast Delhi last w...Read MoreNEW…
New York City school cancels classes after suspected coronavirus case
NEW YORK: An Orthodox Jewish school in New York City canceled classes on Tuesday to allow for precautionary measures after…
Surfaces? Sneezes? Sex? Here’s how the coronavirus can and cannot spread
NEW YORK: A delicate but highly contagious virus, around 900 times smaller than the width of a human hair, is…
Coronavirus in India: Top developments
NEW DELHI: A day after two fresh cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in India, the health ministry on…
Filmfare fever’s still raging across the world on Facebook, Instagram
Bollywood’s most celebrated event, the Filmfare Awards, were this year taken to Facebook and Instagram by Facebook and Worldwide Media,…
COVID-19: Iran orders soldiers to fight coronavirus outbreak as death toll rises to 77
Iran’s supreme leader put the Islamic Republic’s armed forces on alert on March 3 to assist health officials in combating…
The ‘patronising’ Dravidian movement
The recent remarks by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha MP R.S. Bharathi that the appointments of members of Scheduled…
All Bangladeshis residing in Bengal are Indian residents, says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File phto | Photo Credit: PTI Those casting their votes in elections need not…
NIA arrests father-daughter duo in connection with Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF guys: Officials
Tricolor draped coffins of the CRPF personnel, who lost their lives in Thursday's Pulwama terror attack, during wreath laying ceremony…
Vodafone Concept pays 3042.80 crore as spectrum fees to DoT
The payment comes even as the telecom firm faces balance adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues of ₹53,500 crore. Vodafone Idea…
U.N. Human being Rights chief goes to Supreme Court versus CAA
We strongly believe that no foreign party has any locus standi on issues pertaining to India's sovereignty, says official spokesperson…
NE Delhi violence: Guy who pointed weapon at unarmed policeman apprehended from UP
PTI New Delhi, March 03, 2020 13:23 IST Updated: March 03, 2020 16:50 IST A protestor brandishes a pistol during…
SC dismisses review plea by Maharashtra CM Fadnavis in forgery, criminal defamation cases
Devendra Fadnavis | File photo. Bench’s judgment on October 1 last year directed a Nagpur court to continue with the…
Coronavirus: PM Modi urges individuals to not stress
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged people to not panic and work together to prevent the spread…
Coronavirus: Japan could be enabled to delay Tokyo Olympics to end of year, says minister
TOKYO: Tokyo's contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows it to postpone the Games until the end of the…
India slams UNHRC for filing intervention application in Supreme Court over CAA
PTI | Mar 3, 2020, 13:39 ISTNEW DELHI: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has…
Women’s Day: PM Modi to give away social media accounts to women
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that to mark the upcoming Women's Day on March 8, he…
Northeast Delhi violence: Male who pointed weapon at unarmed police officer detained in UP
Shahrukh, the man who opened fire at police personnel during violence in northeast Delhi.NEW DELHI: A gun-wielding man who was…
Poll affidavit case: SC dismisses plea of Devendra Fadnavis seeking review of 2019 verdict
PTI | Mar 3, 2020, 13:14 ISTFormer Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis (PTI photo)NEW DELHI: In a setback to former Maharashtra…