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…
In a first, 11 Chairs named after Indian women scientists to be filled by women
NEW DELHI: One of the first women physicians in the country, a pioneer of India’s weather assessment systems and the…
Pope defrocks rape-convict Kerala vicar
KOZHIKODE: Pope Francis has dismissed Robin Vadakkumchery, the Kerala vicar who was last year convicted of raping and impregnating a…
85 Indian students in Italian town send SOS
Tourists wearing protective masks walk by the Vittoriano in central Rome, on March 01, 2020 (AFP)JAIPUR: Around 85 Indian students…
Coronavirus spurs US to evaluate tourists, ramp up mask production after very first death
WASHINGTON: The United States will start screening travelers for coronavirus and ramp up production of masks and test kits as…
Virus outbreak batters economies, raises fear of spread
In Paris, the Louvre Museum closed its doors and priests stopped placing sacramental bread in worshippers' mou...Read MoreTOKYO: Amid fears…
A big, bad deal: On U.S.-Taliban arrangement
The U.S. deal with Taliban leaves the Afghan people at the mercy of violent, tribal Islamists The deal signed between…
Viral economies: On coronavirus impact
The coronavirus is pushing the world into a recession, and India cannot be immune to it The global economy appears…
Pope expels convicted Kerala priest
Robin Vadakkanchery is escorted out of the Circle Inspector’s office at Peravur in Kerala’s Kannur. File | Photo Credit: The…
Worries rise as coronavirus cases, deaths hit brand-new high
The number of countries hit by the COVID-19 outbreak climbed past 60 on March 1, as infections and deaths continued…
Assam’s NRC-excluded wait anxiously 6 months after publication of final list
Six months after they found their names missing from the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC), more than 19 lakh…
Professionals raise issues for India over U.S.-Taliban agreement
New Delhi has signalled its acceptance of the U.S.-Taliban and U.S.-Afghanistan peace agreements in Doha and Kabul that aim to…
Passenger car sales continue down pattern
Wholesale sales of passenger vehicles in the country continued on a downward trend in February 2020, with major car makers…
Delhi violence | Situation eases, police quell rumours
No fresh cases of violence were reported in the national capital on Sunday, a week after riots erupted in the…
Meghalaya violence death toll reaches three, curfew extended
Members of the Khasi Students’ Union and non-tribals during a clash at Ichamati in Meghalaya. | Photo Credit: ANI Mobile…
No one from minority neighborhood will lose citizenship in West Bengal due to CAA: Amit Shah
Kolkata witnessed hectic political activity on March 1, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah assuring a public rally that “no…
Opposition to strongly raise Delhi riots in Parliament, demand Amit Shah’s resignation
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties will strongly raise the issue of communal riots in Delhi during the second part of the…
Fresh out of power, 94-year-old Mahathir plots Malaysia comeback
Mahathir Mohamad. (AFP)Mahathir Mohamad may be at least temporarily out of power, but the 94-year-old leader isn’t going down without…
Situation peaceful but tense in Delhi; Sri Sri Ravi Shankar visits riot-hit areas
The violence in northeast Delhi claimed at least 42 lives and left over 200 injured.NEW DELHI: A week after deadly…
Mamata won’t be able to stop CAA, says Amit Shah at Kolkata rally
KOLKATA: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a blistering attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in…
NCP nixed Shiv Sena’s choice, leaned on ally to pick Param Bir Singh as Mumbai police commissioner
Param Bir Singh (L) took over as city commissioner on Saturday from Sanjay Barve (R) MUMBAI: After two names were…
No one from minority community in Bengal will lose citizenship owing to CAA says Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah being garlanded during a rally at Shaheed Minar Ground in Kolkata on March 1, 2020.…
Sporadic demonstrations in Kolkata as Amit Shah addresses rally
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and NSG, DG, Anup Kumar Singh (L) during the inauguration of a new building of…
A foot, a missing kid and bodies– the remains of the day
The Capital may be limping back to “normalcy” after three days of violence that wreaked havoc across north-east Delhi, but…
NPR | Why has the Bihar government said it will stick to the 2010 manual for updating the population register?
The story so far: On February 25, the Bihar Assembly passed a unanimous resolution stating that there is no need…
When COVID-19 struck Kerala tourist
Three persons testing positive for COVID-19 and declaration of the epidemic a “State calamity’ by the government have come as…
My exclusive tête-à-tête with Trump-ji
Regular readers of this column would know that I hate crowds. That’s one big reason I don’t do press conferences.…
Why Hyderabad’s Yemeni descendants stress over showing their citizenship
Through the arterial thoroughfares of Hyderabad’s Old City, past the imposing Charminar and the Falaknuma Palace (now a Taj Hotel)…
India vs New Zealand, 2nd Test Day 2: Batsmen waste Mohammed Shami-Jasprit Bumrah’s dazzling show, India stare at another defeat
CHRISTCHURCH: India's top-order frittered away a golden chance with another shoddy batting show as New Zealand regained complete control after…
Prohibitory orders in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, posse of policemen deployed
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Sunday imposed prohibitory orders in Shaheen Bagh area in southeast Delhi and deployed a…
How prepared is the US for a coronavirus outbreak?
Shoppers in Los Angeles buy toilet paper, food and water at a store, as people begin to panic buy and…
From royal feasts to tourism titbits: Gir lions turning into scavengers?
AHMEDABAD: A Wildlife Institute of India (WII) study has red-flagged a major concern over diminishing hunting skills in younger lions…
Delhi violence | Looted, burnt out homes offer little welcome to Shiv Vihar’s riot victims
As the fires ebbed, and roads to one of areas worst affected by the riots, Shiv Vihar Phase 7, opened…
Secured Unique Agricultural Zone in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta: Experts seek powers to executing authority
It was the 1977 Assembly election. Kuthalam, a sleepy rural constituency in undivided Thanjavur district, was witnessing a heightened poll…
Just J&K will utilize 2011 Census for delimitation
The newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) will be the only one in the country to undergo…
Curfew reimposed in Meghalaya; death toll rises to 2
Protesters during a clash between Khasi and Non tribal those against and supporting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Ichamati village…
Indian pop culture has a nostalgia problem and it’s getting out of hand
For a show set three decades ago, this feels particularly ironic, but it has to be said: in an earlier…
The influencers in Indian cricket in the last half century
Virat Kohli must be one of the most influential cricketers to have played for India. ‘Influential’ is not a word…
Kanitkars become first-ever 3-star couple in Indian forces
DG AFMS Lt Gen Arup Banerji & Lt Gen Rajeev Kanitkar (retd) pip Madhuri’s epaulettesNEW DELHI: “Thank you, sir!” was…
India vs New Zealand, 2nd Test, Live Rating Updates: India eye wickets, NZ look for big lead
LIVE BLOG| LIVE SCORECARD7:13 pm: De Grandhomme playing a fighting knock here, has reached 24* but needs some support from…
First coronavirus death on US soil confirmed, Trump calls for calm
President Trump speaks during a press conference on coronavirus outbreak at the White House in Washington. (AF...Read MoreLOS ANGELES: The…
Govt may use Assam delimitation to counter CAA stir
Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said if a seat is reserved without altering the boundary, then the demogr...Read MoreGUWAHATI: Assam…
Govt obligated to ensure justice for all sections: PM Modi
PM Modi speaks at a function organised to distribute assistive aids and devices to differently-abled people in...Read MorePRAYAGRAJ: Prime Minister…
Back deals that bring Afghanistan peace: India
Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla hands over PM Modi’s congratulatory letter to Afghanistan President Ashraf Gh...Read MoreNEW DELHI: As US signalled…