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India’s Covid-19 cases breach 57-lakh mark with 86,508 new cases

NEW DELHI: India's Covid-19 caseload breached the 57-lakh mark, while over 46 lakh people have recovered from the disease, pushing the national recovery rate...

Parliament passes bill to amend Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act

New Delhi: Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to make it mandatory for office bearers of NGOs to provide their Aadhaar numbers at the...

Market rout extends to 6th day as Sensex crashes 1,115 pts; investors lose Rs 3.95 lakh cr

Mumbai: The Sensex plunged 1,115 points while the Nifty crashed below the 10,850-mark on Thursday as investors dumped equities amid a sharp global selloff...

Rupee tumbles 32 paise to nearly one-month low against USD

Mumbai: The rupee dived 32 paise to touch a near one-month low of 73.89 against the US dollar on Thursday, following massive sell-offs in...

Gold price falls for fourth consecutive day; declines by Rs 485 per 10 grams

New Delhi: Gold price fell for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, declining by Rs 485 to Rs 50,418 per 10 grams in the...

IPL 2020: It is not easy to play long innings in these conditions, says Rohit Sharma

ABU DHABI: Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday said playing in the hot and humid conditions of UAE "takes a lot out of...

Ankita Raina bows out of French Open qualifiers

PARIS: Ankita Raina could not go past the second round at the French Open qualifiers, suffering a straight set defeat against Japan's Kurumi Nara...

Delhi riots: Court sends Umar Khalid to judicial custody till Oct 22 in UAPA case 

    New Delhi: A Delhi court Thursday sent former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in...

Former Australian batsman Dean Jones dies of cardiac arrest in Mumbai hotel

Mumbai:Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has died of a cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hotel, IPL broadcasters Star Sports have confirmed. Jones, 59, was in...

UK may inject volunteers with coronavirus for vaccine trials: Report

London:Scientists in the UK are moving towards what are being referred to as “challenge trials”, which will involve healthy volunteers being deliberately infected with...

Saudi Arabia has permitted outbound passenger flights to India: AI Express

New Delhi:Air India Express said Saudi Arabia has permitted outbound passenger flights to India under the Vande Bharat mission. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia had banned...

Pak to hold election for Gilgit-Baltistan assembly on Nov 15

  Islamabad: Pakistan has announced that the once-postponed election for the legislative assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan will be held on November 15, amidst India's objection to...

CRPF officer injured in Budgam militant attack succumbs

Srinagar: A CRPF officer, who was injured in an attack by militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday has succumbed to...

COVID-19 cases in India breach 57-lakh mark, recovery rate at 81.55 per cent

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload raced past 57 lakh, while over 46 lakh people have recovered from the disease pushing the national recovery rate to...

US House passes legislation barring imports of goods made by Uyghurs in forced labour camps in China

Washington: The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a legislation that prevents import of goods made by Uyghur Muslims in the forced labour camps...

Trump wants fair and balanced relationship with China: Pompeo

Washington:  US President Donald Trump wants a relationship with China that is fair and balanced and where one nation does not threaten another, or...

Over dozen localities declared ‘red zones’ in Jammu

Jammu: Authorities in Jammu on Wednesday declared over a dozen localities as ‘red zones’ and announced a strict lockdown except for essential services and...

India, China agree to refrain from unilaterally changing ground situation in Ladakh

New Delhi: In first such moves to bring down tensions in eastern Ladakh, India and China agreed to stop sending more troops to the...

China to resolve disputes through negotiations: Xi

United Nations: China will never seek hegemony, expansion, or sphere of influence, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday and said Beijing has no intention...

Mehbooba’s daughter moves SC to challenge mother’s PSA detention

Srinagar: Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to modify her petition...

Kashmiri, Hindi, Dogri now official languages

New Delhi: Parliament passed a Bill for inclusion of Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi in the list of official languages in Jammu and Kashmir, in...

‘It wasn’t an earthquake but earthquake-like: Humour mills go on overdrive in Srinagar

Srinagar: It’s a sonic boom! It’s a pressure cooker bursting! It’s a quake! And yes, the late night boom that reverberated across the city and...

3 killed in road accident in Doda

Jammu: Three people were killed and four others injured after a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and rolled down...

Erdogan’s remarks on J&K at UNGA ‘completely unacceptable’: India

United Nations: India has termed as “completely unacceptable” references to Jammu and Kashmir by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his address to the...

Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die, 8 days ahead of scheduled

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, eight days ahead of the scheduled end of the Monsoon session, amid concerns of...

COVID-19 tally in India crosses 56-lakh mark

NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 caseload went past 56 lakh with 83,347 infections being reported in a day, while over 45 lakh people have recuperated,...

Modi govt has ‘destroyed’ web of relationships with countries: Rahul

NEW DELHI: Living in a neighbourhood with no friends is dangerous, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra...

No deal with Israel, but Saudi pushes outreach to Jews

RIYADH: From scrubbing hate-filled school textbooks to a taboo-defying religious sermon, Saudi Arabia is pushing for another kind of normalisation after declining to establish...

Lok Sabha passes three labour codes; govt says workers to get salary, social security

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed three labour codes amid boycott of the House proceedings by several Opposition parties, with the government emphasising...

Airtel onboard Waybeo to its Startup Accelerator Program

New Delhi: As part of its strategy to scale up its cloud offerings, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced that it has picked up a...

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