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Cyclone Amphan death toll rises to 85 in Bengal, residents protest over basic needs

KOLKATA: The death toll due to Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal has risen to 85, as angry Kolkatans resorted to protest and road blockades...

Shivraj Chouhan targets Tablighi Jamaat again

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Tablighi Jamaat members aided in the spread of coronavirus infection in the state particularly...

‘Hunar Haat’ to return in Sept after COVID-19 break

NEW DELHI: 'Hunar Haat', the flagship initiative by the Minority Affairs Ministry to generate employment for master craftspeople, will make a comeback in September...

Flyers to undergo COVID-19 test, quarantine upon entering J&K

Jammu: With domestic flights scheduled to resume from next week, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday said all inbound passengers would have to...

97 dead, 2 survived in Pakistan plane crash: Officials

Karachi, May 23 Ninety-seven people were killed and two passengers miraculously survived a deadly crash after a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 travellers...

Trade union leader Dada Samant hangs self

Mumbai, May 23  Apparently fed up with the COVID situation and personal health issues, senior trade union leader Dada Samant has committed suicide by hanging...

You’ve my total commitment to reject anti-Muslim bigotry, hate: UN chief to OIC members

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced his "total commitment" to rejecting anti-Muslim bigotry, hate and all forms of intolerance, urging all to draw...

Trump declares churches ‘essential,’ calls on them to reopen

Washington: President Donald Trump has labeled churches and other houses of worship as essential" and called on governors nationwide to let them reopen this weekend...

Delhi govt orders reopening of 66 private liquor shops

New Delhi, May 22  Delhi government's excise department on Friday allowed 66 private liquor shops to reopen but asked the owners to follow the...

Record jump in COVID-19 cases, 137 more deaths

New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) The COVID-19 cases in India saw the biggest spike for the second consecutive day on Saturday with 6,654 new...

Pak troops shell LoC areas in twin sectors of Poonch, Rajouri

Jammu, May 22 The Pakistan Army on Friday shelled forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri...

Six prominent Indian-Americans named to Biden-Sanders unity task forces

Washington, May 22  Six prominent Indian-Americans from diverse fields have been named to the Biden-Sanders unity task forces announced by former vice president Joe...

Trump counting on Supreme Court to block probes, lawsuits

Washington, May 22 (AP) President Donald Trump won at least a temporary reprieve from the Supreme Court earlier this week in keeping secret grand...

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

Washington, May 22 (AP) "A Trump enemy statement, he said of one study. A political hit job, he said of another. As President Donald Trump pushes...

Plane with 107 on board crashes in Pakistan

Karachi: Many people are feared dead after a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 107 people on board crashed into a densely populated residential...

RBI extends moratorium on loan, slashes interest rates

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed interest rates, extended moratorium on loan repayments and allowed banks to lend more to...

SC seeks response of GoI, J&K on plea for setting up of CAT

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir on a plea seeking setting up of a permanent...

China hindering patrolling by troops along LAC: India

New Delhi: India on Thursday said Chinese military was hindering normal patrolling by its troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh and...

Shelling across LoC in Rajouri, Poonch

Jammu: Indian and Pakistani troops on Friday morning engaged in firing in Rajouri followed by another exchange in Poonch area. According to a defence spokesperson...

India records biggest single-day spike of 6,088 Covid-19 cases; death toll mounts to 3,583

NEW DELHI: The country has recorded the biggest single-day spike of 6,088 Covid-19 cases, while the death toll due to the virus has climbed...

22 Opposition parties urge govt to declare cyclone Amphan as national calamity

NEW DELHI: Twenty-two Opposition parties urged the Centre on Friday to immediately declare the devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan in Odisha and West Bengal...

PM announces interim relief of Rs 1,000 crore to cyclone-hit Bengal

BASHIRAT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an advance interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for cyclone-hit West Bengal on Friday. In a video message after...

Bengal suffered losses of over Rs 1 lakh crore due to ‘Amphan’: Mamata

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said West Bengal has suffered losses of more than Rs 1 lakh crore due to super cyclonic...

Govt has abandoned any pretence of being democratic: Sonia

NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the government over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and alleged that the spirit of...

Muslims being targeted under garb of fighting COVID-19 pandemic: AMUTA

Aligarh (UP): The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Teachers' Association on Friday passed a resolution expressing shock and anguish at the manner in which the...

Govt allows certain categories of OCI cardholders to visit India

NEW DELHI: The central government on Friday allowed certain categories of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders, who are stranded abroad, to come to...

ESIC scheme sees 8.21 lakh enrolments in March

NEW DELHI: Around 8.21 lakh new members joined the ESIC-run social security scheme in March 2020, against 11.83 lakh in the previous month, according...

SpiceJet opens booaking for domestic flights

MUMBAI: No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Friday announced the opening of booking for its domestic flights as it resumes operations with a little over 200...

Cricket South Africa refuses to back Graeme Smith’s support of Sourav Ganguly

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa officials were pulling in different directions on backing Sourav Ganguly for the ICC chairman's post with its president Chris Nenzani...

We’ve made no commitment on South Africa tour: BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal

NEW DELHI: The BCCI has not made "any commitment" to tour South Africa in August and there have only been discussions about such a...

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