Lockdown and beyond: On India’s reaction to coronavirus
Governments must aid people during this difficult phase and prepare for wider testing India has responded to the spectre of…
The Maoist trap: On killing of security workers in Sukma
In difficult terrain, security personnel end up second best despite the training The attack by Maoist extremists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma…
PM Modi addresses nation: Highlights & quotes
PM Narendra Modi is addressing the nation for the second time in less than a week, as India grapples with…
Tokyo Olympics formally postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic
TOKYO: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus…
Centre waives ATM withdrawal charges for three months
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday waived minimum balance charges for savings bank accounts to help citizens…
IPL 13 fate: We are at same location, don’t have a response today, says Sourav Ganguly
NEW DELHI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said he "doesn't have an answer" on the fate of this year's…
Coronavirus: Need to tackle spread of negativity, PM Modi tells print journalists
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with journalists and stakeholders from the print media regarding the novel…
Last date for filing FY18-19 ITRs, Aadhaar-PAN linking extended: Key points from Sitharaman’s address
NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the last date to file income tax (I-T) returns…
Rajya Sabha elections postponed, states Election Commission
The Election Commission of India office in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Situation will be reviewed after March…
Congress president Sonia Gandhi bats for construction market employees in letter to PM Modi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll out emergency welfare measures for construction industry workers…
4 new cases take Gujarat’s tally to 33
Based on a combination of numbers reported by the central Health Ministry, and updates from the States, the total number…
Madhya Pradesh floor test live updates | Chouhan to prove majority
Chief Minister-designate Shivraj Singh Chouhan with former leader of the Opposition Gopal Bhargava before the swearing-in in Bhopal on March…
Omar Abdullah launched after nearly eight months of detention
Charges slapped under Public Safety Act against the former J&K Chief Minister revoked Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar…
Company Live: Stocks stop working to recover as selling persists
Stocks started the day strong with the Sensex and the Nifty gaining close to 5% in the initial minutes of…
Shaheen Bagh demonstration website cleared by Delhi Authorities
Scene at the Shaheen Bagh area in New Delhi on March 24, 2020 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Six persons,…
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Mar 24, 2020, 09:44AM ISTSource: TOI.inThe Coronavirus pandemic is amongst us. The fact that not everything is known about the…
Coronavirus hasn’t affected my courage and determination, says boxer Amit Panghal
NEW DELHI: India is under lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn't stopped Olympic-bound star boxer Amit Panghal…
PM Modi to address nation at 8 PM on Tuesday on coronavirus outbreak
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation, second time in a week, at 8 PM on Tuesday…
Omar Abdullah released after nearly 8 months of detention
SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah was on Tuesday freed after eight months in detention after the…
COVID-19: BCCI cancels conference call with IPL franchise owners
NEW DELHI: Already suspended till April 15, the uncertainty surrounding this year's IPL grew on Tuesday with the BCCI postponing…
Fighting fear with facts
As India goes into lockdown to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become more important than ever to make sure…
No cause for alarm about newspapers: Docs
You’ve probably seen this debated on a WhatsApp group, including your housing society’s, over the last few days amid the…
Many mock govt lockdown, go roaming on roads
NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a nationwide self-imposed ‘janata curfew’ to break the Coronavirus’s…
Coronavirus outbreak live updates: UK govt orders three-week lockdown to tackle virus
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 24, 2020, 08:13:58 ISTDeaths from the coronavirus pandemic have topped 15,000 across…
Tamil Nadu announces devoted medical facility for COVID-19 clients
The Omandurar Government Multispeciality Hospital on Mount Road is being converted into a special facility with 350 beds, to treat…
Olympic postponement inevitable, states IOC official Pound
LOS ANGELES: Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Dick Pound said Monday a postponement of this year's Tokyo Olympics is…
Trump shows lockdown could end after 15-day period; says treatment should not be even worse than issue
WASHINGTON: The US lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic could begin to draw to a close at the end of…
Coronavirus death toll rises to 9 in India; cases jump to 468
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to nine on Monday after West Bengal and…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan returns as Madhya Pradesh chief minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes oath as Madhya Pradesh's chief minster at Raj Bhavan in Bhopal (ANI)BHOPAL: Shivraj Singh Chouhan, fondly…
Curfew & lockdowns: States go all out to control coronavirus spread in India
NEW DELHI: As the coronavirus kept the upward trajectory in the country with more than 70 fresh cases reported since…
Coronavirus: Supreme Court to go on digital mode for social distancing
The Supreme Court is gearing to further restrict its functioning on account of the COVID-19 scare and resort to the…
Shivraj Singh Chouhan set to take oath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister for fourth time
PTI Bhopal, March 23, 2020 19:42 IST Updated: March 23, 2020 19:42 IST Shivraj Singh Chouhan was elected state BJP…
Rupee plunges to all time low versus dollar on weak equities, coronavirus scare
The rupee on Monday tumbled by 102 paise to settle at a lifetime low of 76.22 (provisional) against the US…
Sensex, Nifty post worst ever one-day crash
A lady walks in front of a digital screen inside the BSE building as the Sensex goes down in Mumbai…
West Bengal records first COVID-19 death
A worker sanitises the floor as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, at NSCBI Airport in Kolkata…
Lok Sabha adjourned sine die
Opposition wanted an announcement from Nirmala Sitharaman of a financial package to tackle COVID-19, but she didn’t speak on the…
Both Homes anticipated to be adjourned sine die after passage of Finance Costs, 2020
The Budget session of the Parliament resumes.While the Lok Sabha has been adjourned sine die after the passage of the…
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Health and safety of athletes is our prime concern, says IOA chief Narinder Batra
NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra on Monday made it clear that there will be no compromise…
No domestic passenger flights from March 25
NEW DELHI: Schedule domestic passenger flights will also stop operating from 11.59 pm on Tuesday. The decision comes as lockdowns…
Man infected with the coronavirus dies in Kolkata hospital
PTI | Updated: Mar 23, 2020, 18:58 ISTRepresentaative image.KOLKATA: A man infected with the coronavirus died in a Kolkata hospital…
Quarantine or jail: Gambhir proposes strict rule amid lockdown
NEW DELHI: Cricketer-turned politician Gautam Gambhir on Monday warned the offenders of the government's quarantine guidelines set out to stop…
Service Live: Sensex crashes nearly 3,000 points, Nifty below 8,000 as market values in an economic crisis
Stocks are off to another volatile day with the Nifty and the Sensex hitting limit down within the first hour…
Coronavirus lockdown: List of what will be affected and what will be offered
Restaurants, groceries, petrol and diesel, and medical services, among other essential services and commodities, will remain available during the COVID-19-related…
Will wait and look for a month before any choice: IOA after Canada takes out of Olympics
NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association on Monday said it will "wait and watch" for at least a month before…
Sensex skids further to tank over 3,500 points; Nifty below 7,750
NEW DELHI: Equity indices plunged on Monday with the benchmark BSE sensex diving more than 3,500 points as lockdowns escalated…
Coronavirus: Nearly 1 in 3 Americans told to stay home
NEW YORK: Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of…
New York silences as it becomes next coronavirus hot spot
NEW YORK: No more play dates, no more picnics in the park with friends, no more pickup games of basketball.…
Coronavirus latest updates: Total infected cases count hit 400
NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday evening imposed a partial shutdown in most parts of the country as the death…
Covid-19 outbreak: How Delhi’s case No. 10 may’ve set chain reaction
NEW DELHI: If you want to know how one Covid-19 patient can set off a chain of infections, Delhi’s case…