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…
Delhi’s most-wanted gangster Gogi held in Gurugram
Image for representative purposes only A special cell nabs him, along with three others Delhi Police on March 3 said…
Sri Lankan President dissolves Parliament
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Snap elections will be held on April 25 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved Parliament ahead of schedule…
COVID-19: Italian tourist in Jaipur tests positive
A thermal screening device checks passengers arriving in India from China in view of the coronavirus (CoV) outbreak, at Delhi…
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…