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Govt only manufacturing jumlas and slogans: Congress

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "vocal for local" call and the economic stimulus package to make the country...

Civil services preliminary exam to be held on October 4: UPSC

NEW DELHI: The civil services preliminary examination 2020, postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held on October 4, the Union Public Service...

MHA blacklists 2,550 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members; bans entry into India for 10 years

New Delhi: The Home Ministry has blacklisted 2,550 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members who were staying in India during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in violation...

India’s Covid-19 tally reaches 2,16,919 with record spike of 9,304 cases; death toll 6,075

NEW DELHI: Coronavirus cases in India saw a record single-day jump of 9,304 cases on Thursday pushing the total tally to 2,16,919, while the...

INX Media corruption case: SC rejects CBI’s review plea against bail granted to P Chidambaram

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed the plea filed by the CBI seeking review of its verdict granting bail to former finance minister...

‘Foolish’: Ex-Law Minister Veerappa Moily on idea of renaming India as ‘Bharat’ or ‘Hindustan’

Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader and former Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday dubbed the idea of renaming India as 'Bharat' or 'Hindustan'...

Construction firms wooing migrant workers with air tickets, extra payments

NEW DELHI: Unable to meet their deadlines due to labour shortage following return of migrant workers to their home states, several construction firms in...

With record jump of 8,909 corona cases, India breaches 2 lakh mark

New Delhi: India registered a record jump of 8,909 novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 2,07,615 on Wednesday,...

SC rejects plea for renaming India to Bharat

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said the Centre should treat as a representation a plea which sought a direction to amend the Constitution...

Cyclone Nisarga slams Maha coast as Mumbai, south Guj brace for nature’s fury

MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD: Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Raigad district, south of Mumbai, with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph on Wednesday, after thousands of...

Govt allows foreign businessmen, technocrats to visit India

NEW DELHI: For the first time since the nation-wide lockdown was announced in March, the government has allowed foreign businessmen, healthcare professionals and engineers...

India far away from peak, much better positioned in COVID-19 fight than other nations: Government

NEW DELHI: India is far away from the peak of COVID-19 spread and its preventive measures have been "very effective", putting it in a...

8171 more COVID-19 cases, 204 deaths in India

New Delhi: The novel coronavirus death toll rose to 5,598 in India on Tuesday with 204 more fatalities, while 8,171 new cases took the...

About 200 migrant workers lost lives in road accidents during lockdown: SaveLIFE Foundation

NEW DELHI: Around 200 migrant workers lost their lives in road accidents during the lockdown period, with over-speeding of vehicles being one of the...

Centre opposes in High Court plea on declaration of PM CARES funds

NAGPUR: The Centre on Tuesday opposed and sought dismissal of a petition seeking declaration of funds received by the Prime Ministers Citizens Assistance and...

India expels two Pakistani officials for espionage, Pak says allegations baseless

New Delhi: India on Sunday declared two officials of the Pakistan High Commission as 'persona non grata' on charges of espionage and ordered them...

Govt must take parties, country into confidence over situation on border with China: Cong

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday asked the government to take all political parties and the country into confidence over restoration of the status...

Covid-19 lockdown: Parents concerned over plans to reopen schools, over 2 lakh petition govt

NEW DELHI: Over 2 lakh parents from across the country have signed a petition demanding that schools should not be reopened unless the Covid-19...

Violence against healthcare personnel unacceptable: PM

NEW DELHI: Violence against healthcare personnel and rude behaviour towards them are not acceptable, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, noting that such...

Covid-19 cases rise to 1,90,535, death toll now 5,394

NEW DELHI: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 5,394 and the number of cases climbed to 1,90,535 in the country, which registered...

MHA puts on hold list of non-Swadeshi items to be not sold in CAPF canteens anymore

NEW DELHI: Hours after making it public, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday put on hold a list of non-Swadeshi products not to...

Indian Army rejects viral video showing clashes between Indian, Chinese troops

New Delhi: The Indian Army on Sunday rejected a video, which emerged on the social media, purportedly showing clashes between Chinese and Indian troops...

CRPF gets over 40k bullet proof jackets, 170 armoured vehicles for Kashmir, LWE theatres

New Delhi: Over 40,000 bullet proof jackets and 170 armoured troop carriers have been sanctioned by the Union home ministry for the CRPF for...

Pain of the poor and labourers hit hard by coronavirus crisis cannot be explained in words: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the poor and labourers have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus crisis and...

PM Modi shares ‘vikas yatra’ of his second term in office with people

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday shared a document with the people detailing the "vikas yatra" or glimpses of development, empowerment and...

Year of disappointment, disastrous management and diabolical pain: Congress on Modi govt anniversary

NEW DELHI: The Congress described the first year of the Modi government as a "year of disappointment, disastrous management and diabolical pain." Congress leader K...

COVID-19: India records highest single-day spike of 265 deaths, 7,964 cases

NEW DELHI: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,971 and the number of cases climbed to 1,73,763 in the country registering a...

28% of COVID-19 cases in India till April 30 are asymptomatic: Study

NEW DELHI: At least 28 per cent of 40,184 people who had tested positive for COVID-19 between January 22 and April 30 in India...

India’s coronavirus death toll overtakes that of China

NEW DELHI: India's coronavirus death toll has surpassed that of China after it reported a total of 4,706 fatalities, while it overtook Turkey to...

Govt must come clean on border standoff with China: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the government to come clean on the border standoff with China and tell the country...

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