Coronavirus: 3 states lock down 70 million in US
NEW YOR: Illinois and New York state joined California on Friday in ordering all residents to stay in their homes…
‘What happens in Antarctica will impact everybody– and it’s altering extremely quick’
Lewis Pugh is a famous endurance swimmer, environmental campaigner and UN Patron of the Oceans. Having swum in all the…
Coronavirus latest updates: 60,000 quarantine beds set aside as corona cases rise
NEW DELHI: Fifty-seven cases were reported from country on Friday - the most in one day - as the number…
Coronavirus in India: Govt asks public, private hospitals to set aside beds as cases rise
NEW DELHI: The Centre issued an advisory on Friday to all hospitals and medical education institutions — both public and…
Madhya Pradesh crisis: Political tide turns, who’ll ride the wave?
Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan celebrates with BJP workers at state party HQ in Bhopal on Friday after CM Kam...Read…
Nirbhaya convicts: Ordinary men who crossed over to dark side
NEW DELHI: They were ordinary men, and like everyone had their own traits, some likeable, some unpleasant. Each had a…
Coronavirus, live updates: India records over 230 favorable cases
The number of COVID-19 positive cases surged to 234 in India as of March 21. With four dead, and several…
Shaheen Bagh demonstration to continue throughout Janata curfew
Protestors of Shaheen Bagh sanitising their hands, due to the outbreak of Corona virus, during an ongoing protest in New…
Nirbhaya convicts hanging | Two cremated together, others taken to home States
Amid heavy police deployment, the bodies of Nirbhaya convicts Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta reached their residence in Rama Krishna…
Federal government ‘examining’ COVID-19 client in Tamil Nadu without foreign travel history
Passengers use face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) at Coimbatore railway station. | Photo…
Coronavirus | Singer Kanika Kapoor’s COVID-19 status has politicians worried
Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor’s announcement on Friday that she had tested positive for COVID-19 triggered a scare among several top…
Coronavirus impact: Govt may defer Census, NPR update
NEW DELHI: The government may explore the option of deferring or advising states to defer the April 1 launch of…
Coronavirus outbreak: Breaking home quarantine may lead to jail, warn officials
NEW DELHI: Those flouting the law and ditching home quarantine can face up to six months in jail along with…
Coronavirus outbreak: With 57 new cases, steepest rise in 1 day
NEW DELHI: India saw a big spike in Covid-19 infections with 57 new cases being reported by state authorities and…
Coronavirus Live Updates: More than quarter of a million cases worldwide
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 21, 2020, 06:03:39 ISTCoronavirus has infected more than 2,45,000 people and killed…
Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for Covid-19, brings political class under corona scare
NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: The coronavirus scare reached Parliament and even Rashtrapati Bhavan, with BJP MP Dushyant Singh and with his mother,…
Janata curfew: 3,700 trains cancelled on Sunday
NEW DELHI: The railways on Friday announced cancellation of 3,700 passenger and long-distance mail/express trains on Sunday to coincide with…
Coronavirus | Narendra Modi holds meeting with CMs; number of cases crosses 230
With as many as 75 fresh cases being reported on Friday, the number of COVID-19 positive persons in the country…
On the frontline, combating the coronavirus
At 4.30 a.m. on March 1, a flight from Abu Dhabi landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.…
The missing notes: On politics and the battle versus COVID-19
Political India should put up a united front against the fast galloping virus Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address…
Criminal offense and penalty: On Nirbhaya case convicts’ hanging
A society that prefers a male child has already condemned its women to an unequal world The pre-dawn hangings of…
The Hindu brings out e-book on important COVID-19 information
The number of articles that can be read on The Hindu site for free is now 20 for a period…
Trains to cancel several long-distance and traveler trains on March 22
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a “janata curfew” on March 22, the Indian Railways has decided that no…
COVID-19 | Global toll crosses 10,000
More than 10,000 people have now died in the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept throughout the world, forcing the confinement…
Chidambaram states coronavirus ‘does not respect ethical armaments’
Former finance minister P. Chidambaram says the government should seize the moment and go for a lock-down in view of…
Four politicians go into self-quarantine
Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor’s announcement on Friday that she had tested positive for COVID-19 triggered a scare among several top…
Madhya Pradesh crisis | Kamal Nath resigns ahead of floor test; BJP set to form government
Ending 18 days of political drama, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday afternoon submitted his resignation to Governor…
Coronavirus: Soap makers reduce prices, increase production
NEW DELHI: FMCG players like HUL, Godrej Consumer and Patanjali said they are helping fight the Covid-19 outbreak by reducing…
US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus
US-Mexico border wall. (AP photo)SAN DIEGO: Mexico and the US announced Friday that travel would be sharply restricted along their…
PHONY ALERT: False News being spread with TOI links
CLAIM Many WhatsApp users are sharing links that appear to be reports on TOI.in along with messages that contain false…
Coronavirus: PM Modi urges CMs to implement social distancing to check virus spread
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged chief ministers to ensure effective implementation of 'social distancing', saying it…
California shuts down amid dire projections of 25 million Covid-19 cases
California governor Gavin Newsom. (AP photo)WASHINGTON: California, whose $3.1 trillion economy is bigger than India’s and ranks fifth in the…
U.P Police to file FIR against Kanika Kapoor who has been tested positive for COVID-19
Kanika Kapoor is the first Bollywood celebrity to have tested positive with the COVID-19. The singer revealed the same on…
PM Modi compliments The Hindu Group for compilation on Swami Vivekananda
Cover of 'The Monk Who Took India To The World', on Swami Vivekananda, published by The Hindu Group The Hindu…
Indian football legend P.K. Banerjee passes away aged 83
The 1962 Asian Games gold-medallist, whose best days as a striker coincided with Indian football’s golden era, was suffering from…
Kamal Nath states he has actually decided to resign as Chief Minister
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath addressed the media on Friday at his residence in Bhopal, shortly after noon. In…
Parliament proceedings | Rajya Sabha MP goes into self-quarantine
The Budget Session of the Parliament resumes after Thursday's session, when former CJI Ranjan Gogoi took oath as a Rajya…
Nirbhaya case: International Commission of Jurists condemns execution of convicts, advises govt. to abolish death penalty
People gather outside Tihar jail during the execution of four men convicted of Nirbhaya rape and murder case, in New…
Coronavirus live updates | China exonerates doctor reprimanded for warning of virus
Over 200 people in India were tested positive for COVID-19 as of March 20, of which more than 170 are…
Coronavirus in India: BJP’s Vasundhara Raje, son Dushyant in self quarantine after attending dinner with Kanika Kapoor
NEW DELHI: Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje and her son Dushyant Singh have gone into self quarantine after they…
Nirbhaya case: Convicts’ bodies handed over to families for last rites
NEW DELHI: Bodies of the four Nirbhaya gangrape and murder convicts were handed over to their respective families for last…
COVID19: What does Mumbai lockdown suggests?
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday announced that cities of Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad…
Madhya Pradesh political crisis: Kamal Nath resigns as chief minister
Ex-MP CM Kamal Nath. (PTI Photo)BHOPAL: Over 15 months after he took over as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh,…
Kanika Kapoor verifies she tested positive for Covid-19: I am feeling ok, like a normal flu and a moderate fe
Kanika Kapoor is the first Bollywood celebrity to have been tested positive for COVID-19. In an official statement the popular…
Pakistani doctor arrested in Minnesota on terrorism charge
MINNEAPOLIS: A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator was arrested Thursday in Minnesota on a terrorism charge, after…
EXCLUSIVE: Hockey coach Harendra Singh becomes an Indian warrior against coronavirus
At Terminal 3 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, Harendra Singh stood in the centre of the huddle. It was…
Coronavirus: California governor issues stay-at-home order
BATON ROUGE: In a day of dizzying developments, governors across the US sounded a perilous alarm about the rapid spread…
All four Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, victim’s parents say justice finally done
NEW DELHI: The four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a Delhi woman on December 16, 2012…
Justice has finally been done, women will feel much safer now: Nirbhaya’s mother after hanging
The parents of the Nirbhaya rape case victim outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi in December. | File |…
Madhya Pradesh Speaker accepts resignation of 16 rebel Congress MLAs
Madhya Pradesh Speaker N.P. Prajapati. File | Photo Credit: A.M. Faruqui The effective strength of the House comes down to…