Ghaziabad guy with travel history to Iran tests positive for unique coronavirus; total cases rise to 30
One more case of novel coronavirus was reported in Ghaziabad in the national capital region, taking the total number in…
Coronavirus: Delhi govt orders closure of all main schools till March 31
To prevent the possibility of spread of coronavirus, the Delhi government has ordered immediate closure of primary schools in the…
India-EU summit to be rescheduled in wake of coronavirus: MEA
The India-EU summit which was slated to be held later this month will now be rescheduled in view of the…
Nirbhaya case: SC to hear on March 23 Centre’s plea versus HC verdict on hanging four convicts together
The Supreme Court on March 5 made it clear that any delay in the scheduled execution of death sentence of…
Social scientists, financial experts require halt to NPR data collection
A collective of economists and social scientists has published a joint statement demanding that data collection commissioned as part of…
Parliament proceedings live | Uproar in Lok Sabha over Delhi violence
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill. The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the…
7 Congress members suspended for remaining period of Budget session
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a motion suspending seven Congress members for the remaining period of the Budget…
Delhi violence: Police arrest Tahir Hussain after court dismisses his plea to surrender
PTI | Updated: Mar 5, 2020, 16:10 ISTSuspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed…
Carry ‘coronavirus-free’ health certificate to enter India if flying in from Italy, South Korea
A passenger being screened at the airport on reaching India amid coronavirus outbreak. (File photo: ANI)NEW DELHI: Passengers traveling to…
Nirbhaya case: Delhi court fixes March 20 as date of execution of 4 convicts
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Thursday issued fresh death warrants for execution of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang…
What doctors treating Covid-19 in Wuhan say about coronavirus
Medical personnel attend to a patient in critical condition at a hospital designated for coronavirus patients ...Read MoreBEIJING: As the…
What you need to learn about coronavirus right now
Reuters | Mar 5, 2020, 13:26 ISTHere's what you need to know about coronavirus: . The spreadThere are now over…
RBI Deputy Governor N.S. Vishwanathan looks for early retirement
He was due for retirement on July 3 N.S. Vishwanathan, one of the deputy governors of Reserve Bank of India,…
No citizenship records readily available for CM and Guv, says Haryana Secretariat in RTI reply
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. File | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar It says the query can be directed to…
ED books former Jet Airways creator Naresh Goyal for cash laundering; performs raids
File photo of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal. | Photo Credit: AP A criminal case against the former chairman of…
Citizenship law: Specialists warn U.S. panel of dangers to Muslims in India
Experts warned a U.S. government panel on Wednesday that Muslims in India face risks of expulsion or other persecution under…
Cabinet allows NRIs to own 100%stake in Air India
Air India Assets Holdings Ltd Monday raised Rs 7,000 crore through bonds issue. NRI investments would be treated as domestic…
California states emergency over coronavirus as death toll increases in US
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: The US death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around…
Coronavirus: 29 positive cases in India, states join hands to step up efforts
People wearing protective facemasks amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak make their way through a market area in Delhi…
Coronavirus outbreak live updates: Fourteen Italians shifted to Gurgaons’s Medanta Hospital
TIMES OF INDIATHE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 05, 2020, 11:18:55 ISTThe global death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic…
Coronavirus in Kerala: What state did to prevent panic
Workers walk with garbage after cleaning an isolation ward at a hospital for observing people suspected to hav...Read MoreKOCHI: In…
Pay Rs 77,000 crore dues without any delay, government tells telecom companies
NEW DELHI: The telecom department on Wednesday sent recovery notices of Rs 76,746 crore to Vodafone Idea, Airtel and Tata…
Madhya Pradesh government staves off crisis as 6 MLAs return to Congress
BHOPAL: The Kamal Nath government has weathered its biggest challenge in 14 months in power. It staved off what CM…
China’s created aura of military might without combat: Army chief
NEW DELHI: Indian armed forces are recalibrating their plans and capabilities for “dynamic responses” along the borders with China and…
Jet ex-promoter Naresh Goyal detained by ED, booked for laundering
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate detained Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal after long hours of questioning at its Ballard Estate office…
SC quashes RBI order, paves way for cryptocurrency trade
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed RBI’s 2018 circular preventing banking and financial institutions from providing services to…
Delhi HC’s adjournment of hate speech case unjustified: SC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi high court to fast-track hearing on PILs seeking registration of…
COVID-19 | Expedite hospitalisation claims, says IRDAI
All claims ought to be vetted by review committee The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) wants insurers…
Rights or wrong?: On U.N. rights body move against CAA
U.N. body’s CAA move may be unwarranted, but govt. must abide by its equal protection duty The application on behalf…
Advantage Bibi: On Israel’s 3rd election in 12 months
Another term for Netanyahu bodes ill for West Asia and Palestinians No bloc managed to win a clear majority in…
COVID-19 | Italy closes schools as death toll hits 107
Italy on Wednesday closed all schools and universities until March 15 as the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the…
COVID-19 scare grips Telangana
The coronavirus scare gripped Telangana on March 4 as the attention of the entire State was on the COVID-19 status…
COVID-19 cases increase to 29 in India
Fifteen Italian tourists, including the wife of an infected Italian, and eight Indians have tested positive for coronavirus on March…
COVID-19 | Ram Nath Kovind, Narendra Modi to avoid Holi gatherings
President Ram Nath Kovind with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. File photo Amit Shah’s rally…
Joe Biden wins 9 States in Super Tuesday race; Bloomberg drops out
Super Tuesday, when fourteen American States voted in the Democratic primaries, was a watershed moment in former Vice-President Joseph R.…
COVID-19 | India yet to share genome sequence data
China isolated the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) from a patient and shared the first whole genome sequence data of the virus…
Supreme Court asks High Court to list Delhi riots cases on March 6
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was “unjustified” on the part of the Delhi High Court to delay hearing…
Biden surges past Sanders on Super Tuesday as subcontinent polarisation touches their campaign
This combination of pictures created on March 4, 2020 shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden(L) and...Read MoreWASHINGTON: It will be…
Bloomberg drops out of US presidential race, endorses Joe Biden
LOS ANGELES: Billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday and endorsed former Vice-President Joe…
Third person tests positive for new coronavirus in New York
New York's Yeshiva University said on Wednesday one of their students had tested positive for COVID-19, marking the third case…
Delhi violence: SC asks HC to hear plea on March 6, says long adjournment ‘not justified’
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court asked the Delhi High Court on Wednesday to hear on March 6 a plea seeking…
CAC to potential national selectors: What will be your call on Dhoni’s future?
CHRISTCHURCH: The Madan Lal-led Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) had two common questions for the potential national selectors: "how will you…
Hate and violence enemies of development, will not benefit ‘Bharat Mata’: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: Leading a delegation of party leaders to the riot-hit northeast Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said…
Ban on social networks removed in J-K, Mobile web speed still restricted to 2G, order reliable till Mar 17
In this Jan. 30, 2020, photo, Kashmiri journalists browse the internet on their mobile phones inside the media center set…
Delhi govt moves court seeking fresh date for execution of 4 Nirbhaya case convicts
Delhi gang rape convicts Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta (face covered), Vinay and Mukesh Singh (R) being taken to the High…
Govt authorizes changes to Companies Act
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal This is the second time the law is being…
6 members of Delhi patient’s family test positive for coronavirus
A medical worker helps a suspected coronavirus patient, both wearing protective suits, shift to an isolation ward of Safdarjung hospital…
Two samples from Hyderabad sent out to NIV Pune for further tests to confirm COVID-19
Police outside the isolated block of Gandhi Hospital where a COVID19 patient has been quarantined. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal…
Kuldeep Singh Sengar held guilty of culpable murder for death of Unnao rape victim’s dad
File photo of Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar | Photo Credit: Rajeev Bhatt Special Court says the expelled…