SC to hear on March 5 plea for Omar Abdullah’s release
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed that a plea filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot against the continued detention of former…
Delhi violence: CJI states courts can’t stop things from happening
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde on Monday orally said courts were not “equipped” to handle palpable “pressure”…
95 MPs didn’t attend single panel meeting
NEW DELHI: As many as 95 MPs did not attend a single meeting of the eight department-related parliamentary standing committees…
Government plans Rs 42,000 crore Make in India boost for mobile phones
The government has worked out a production-linked incentive (PLI) package of nearly Rs 42,000 crore for those ...Read MoreNEW DELHI:…
Sara Pilot, Iltija Mufti pleas to be heard on March 5
NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir administration told the Supreme Court on Monday that Sara Pilot must move the high…
Parliament stalled as MPs clash over Delhi riots
NEW DELHI: The Budget session of Parliament resumed on a stormy note on Monday as the opposition protested against the…
SC refuses to refer petitions on Article 370 to a 7-judge bench
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to refer to a seven-judge Constitution bench a bunch of pleas challenging…
Baghel demonstrations versus usage of CRPF in Chhattisgarh I-T raids
Action an affront to cooperative federalism, CM tells Modi The ongoing tax raids using Central forces in Chhattisgarh and the…
Protect weakened: sedition charges on Kanhaiya Kumar
Delhi govt.’s policy decision to grant sanction to prosecute in all cases is questionable The law on granting sanction for…
Bottom or mirage?: On NSO quotes of GDP development
While data revisions have lifted first-half growth, actual numbers reveal a softening Official estimates of gross domestic product for the…
HC seeks State’s response on pleas to evict anti-CAA ‘squatters’
Members of Pallavaram Ikkiya Jamath staging a protest. | Photo Credit: B_VELANKANNI RAJ You cannot try to satisfy both sides,…
34 inquiries in Census 2020 kind
The Registrar General of India (RGI) has asked all States to “give highest importance, attention and time” to the Census…
Considering giving up my social media accounts, states Narendra Modi
PM Modi Modi thinking of giving up Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggered a flurry…
Parliament stalls as Opposition wants Amit Shah out
The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed unruly scenes as MPs of the Congress and ruling BJP pushed and shoved each…
Nirbhaya case: Delhi court defers hanging of 4 death row convicts till more order
A Delhi court on Monday deferred the execution of the death sentence of the four Nirbhaya gang rape case convicts…
Nirbhaya convicts to live a little longer
NEW DELHI: Any condemned convict shouldn’t meet his creator with a grievance in his bosom that the courts of this…
PM hints at giving up social media, sets netizens buzzing
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi, the biggest social media draw in India and one of the biggest in the world,…
Give up hatred, not social media accounts: Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his tweet that he was…
Netizens shocked, confused as PM Modi thinks of giving up social media
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unexpected announcement that he is thinking of giving up social media drew a flurry…
Three killed, 11 injured in blast in east Afghanistan: Police
KHOST: A bombing at a football match killed three people and injured 11 others on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, a…
Indian retail tycoon receives Saudi Green Card
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi-based Indian retail tycoon M A Yusuff Ali has become the first Indian to receive Saudi Arabia's premium…
Taliban say will resume operations against Afghan forces
AFP | Updated: Mar 2, 2020, 19:10 ISTUnited States Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,…
Delay in hanging programs failure of system: Nirbhaya’s mother
Nirbhaya's mother said no matter what the convicts do, they will be hanged for their crime. (ANI photo)NEW DELHI: Delhi…
Nirbhaya case: Court defers hanging of death row convicts till further orders
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday deferred till further order the hanging of four death row convicts in the…
ATF rate cut by steep 10%; non-subsidised cooking gas expenses Rs 53 less
NEW DELHI: Jet fuel (ATF) prices were on Monday slashed by a steep 10 per cent, the second straight reduction…
Scuffle between Congress, BJP members in Lok Sabha; two MPs allege assault
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha witnessed chaotic scenes as it reopened for the Budget session on Monday, with both the…
2 test favorable for COVID-19 in India
Passengers being screened for COVID-19 at Thiruvananthapuram airport on Saturday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran “Both the patients had self-reported…
NRC will not impact Bangladesh, Foreign Secretary Shringla informs Dhaka
Harsh Vardhan Shringla. | File | Photo Credit: PTI The process is entirely internal; there will be no implications for…
Delhi violence | HC asks police to file report on rehabilitation measures for victims
Delhi Police patrol a street in New Delhi on February 26, 2020. | Photo Credit: AP The court was hearing…
SC dismisses alleviative plea of 4th Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta
Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta. File | Photo Credit: PTI The date of execution of the death sentence of the…
U.S.-Taliban contract is like long-awaited ‘Pakeezah’ release, says Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, on February 8, 2020. | Photo Credit: PTI “Achievements…
Parliament updates live | House to reassemble after a break
Both Houses of Parliament are reassembling on Monday for the second leg of Budget session. The session will be on…
Delhi violence: Death toll rises to 46
The kin of a victim of the clashes at GTB Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday. Four more bodies recovered…
SC refuses to refer Post 370 matter to bigger seven-judge Bench
Representational image. File Constitution Bench led by Justice N.V. Ramana says it will continue to hear the case on merits…
CBSE Class 12 Physics exam paper analysis 2020: Students unhappy with tough paper
NEW DELHI: CBSE class 12 Physics exam was conducted successfully by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday,…
BSF gives Rs 10 lakh to jawan whose home was burnt in Delhi violence
BSF constable Mohammad Anees’ house in Kahjuri Khas. (Photo: Mumbai Mirror)NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday handed…
Supreme Court rejects Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Gupta’s curative petition
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the curative petition filed by Pawan Gupta, one of the four death…
Virat Kohli loses his cool when asked whether he needs to tone down aggressiveness
CHRISTCHURCH: India captain Virat Kohli on Monday got annoyed after being asked about his animated celebrations over Kane Williamson's dismissal…
Coronavirus live updates: COVID-19 kills 2,912 in China as global toll exceeds 3,000
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 02, 2020, 14:12:58 ISTThe global death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic…
As soon as smitten two times bold: Surat’s runaway in-laws escape again
SURAT: After their ‘love at second sight’, the infamous runaway in-laws from Surat have eloped for a second time! The…
COVID-19: International coronavirus death toll passes 3,000
This photo taken on March 1, 2020 shows a medical staff member looking on through a gate after all patients…
NZ vs IND: New Zealand beats India by 7 wickets, sweep series
It was a real challenge for the Indian batsmen but what would really hurt Virat Kohli is the singular lack…
India is host to 457 migratory fauna, reveals newest CMS list
With new additions to the wildlife list put out by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), scientists…
Water crisis looms large in Himalayan areas, finds study
Report flags rising dependence on freshwater springs Eight towns in the Himalayan region of Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan were…
Tamil Nadu CM asks Muslims not to protest, assures protection for all
Reiterating that the AIADMK government would protect all people in Tamil Nadu, irrespective of caste, creed and community, Chief Minister…
Delhi violence | Agonising wait at mortuary for missing kin
The crowd outside the GTB hospital mortuary refuses to thin out with families still running around looking for ‘missing’ relatives…
Decide on return fast, young guns likely to urge Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: As the vexed leadership issue roils Congress, and an internal debate picks pace and urgency, a group of…
Foreign secretary in Bangladesh with CAA balm
NEW DELHI: When foreign secretary Harsh Shringla arrives in Dhaka on Monday, his primary task will be to assuage some…