New Delhi, July 16 (PTI): India recorded 38,949 new COVID-19 cases, which took the infection tally to 3,10,26,829, while the death toll reached 4,12,531 with 542 more fatalities, according to Union health minis
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): Concerned over enormous misuse of the colonial era penal law on sedition, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre why it was not repealing the provision used by the British to s
NEW DELHI, JULY 15 (IANS): The Centre on Thursday released the updated -- Drone Rules, 2021 -- which amongst other provisions has reduced the number of approvals required to carry out UAV operations in the coun
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday directed schools affiliated to it to complete tabulation and moderation of marks for class 12 students in a time-bound manne
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): The fourth edition of engineering entrance exam JEE (Main) has been postponed to August 26-September 2 to give aspirants a four-week gap between two sessions of the crucial exam, Union
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): WhatsApp banned two million Indian accounts while it received 345 grievance reports between May 15 and June 15, the company said in its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday raised with the states the issue of violations in COVID-19 norms in many parts of the country, especially hill stations, and impressed upon them t
RANCHI, JULY 15 (IANS): Security forces neutralised a dreaded Maoist carrying a Rs 15 lakh reward on his head in a fierce shootout in the densely forested Krurmgrah area in Jharkhand's Gumla district. The M
LUCKNOW, JULY 15 (IANS): Gita from Bahraich and Sonia in Saharanpur have never met, but their destinies took a similar path last week when both were elected in the panchayat polls.
Gita, a homemaker from the
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICE
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): If an MLA whips out a revolver in State Assembly, will that not call for his prosecution and can one say that he cannot be booked as the act was inside the House, the Supreme Cour
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): The Centre has told banks they can use social media apps such as WhatsApp alongside SMS and email to send pension slips to pensioners after their account is credited, according to an o
Varanasi (UP), July 15 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the Uttar Pradesh government for its handling of the Covid crisis and said the way it had controlled the second wave of the infecti
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): Concerned over enormous misuse of the colonial era penal law on sedition, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre as to why it was not repealing the provision used by the Britis
MUMBAI, JULY 15 (IANS): The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has accused the Centre of trying "to suppress the voice of the people" by targeting the international communications platform, Twitter, her
Beijing, July 15 (PTI): With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a "negative manner", Beijing
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over the misuse of "colonial-era" penal law on sedition and sought response of the Centre on pleas including the one filed by
San Francisco, July 15 (IANS) Facebook-owned WhatsApp has launched a Beta version of its new multi-device capability for the instant messaging platform, where people can soon use desktop or web experiences on u
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) India reported 41,806 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, and 581 deaths due to the coronavirus, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday.
There has been l
Kochi, July 14 (IANS): In a first of a kind move, a Catholic nun on Wednesday appeared as "party in person" in the Kerala High Court to fight her own case.
Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal was dismissed fr