New Delhi, December 26 (PTI): The protesting farmer unions on Saturday decided to resume their dialogue with the government and have proposed December 29 as the date for the next round of talks to resolve the d
New Delhi, December 26 (PTI): India's daily new COVID-19 fatality count was reported below 300 after over six months, taking the death toll to 1,47,343, while the infection tally rose to 1,01,69,118, accord
New Delhi, December 21 (IANS): A day after facing flak for briefly blocking the "Kisan Ekta Morcha" page on Facebook, the social networking giant on Monday said that the action was taken after its aut
New Delhi, December 10 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the new Parliament building which will be equipped with all modern audio visual communication facilities and
Beijing, December 3 (PTI): China on Thursday played down its plan to build a major dam in the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, saying there is no need to have "any anxiety over the project
New Delhi, December 3 (PTI): Amidst reports that China plans to build a major dam on the Brahmaputra, India on Thursday said it "carefully monitors" all developments relating to the river, and that it
New Delhi, November 24 (IANS): Continuing with its ban orders on Chinese apps, the Indian government on Tuesday blocked 43 new mobile apps, including shopping website AliExpress owned by e-commerce behemoth Ali
New Delhi, November 19 (IANS): With 45,576 more coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours on Thursday, India witnessed a jump of over 50 per cent in such cases reported on Tuesday, pushing its cumulative tally to
New Delhi, November 16 (IANS): In a big relief to the people, India witnessed 30,548 new Covid-19 cases post Diwali on Monday, which is the lowest reported since the mid of July.
The deaths remained under 50
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 6 (IANS): After two years of waiting, WhatsApp payment service has received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to go live on Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with
AMARAVATI, NOVEMBER 5 (IANS): As many as 631 rescued children among the 2,195 tested from the total 16,457 children rescued as part of Andhra Pradesh police department's 'Operation Muskaan' have tes
New Delhi, November 4 (IANS): With a fresh spike of 46,253 coronavirus infections and 514 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Wednesday rose to 83,13,876, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfa
SELAQUI, November 3 (Reuters): Subhas Kumar Yadav has fought fear, deadlines and hunger to truck liquid oxygen from a factory in India's Himalayan foothills to hospitals in the northern plains du
New Delhi, November 2 (IANS): With a fresh spike of 45,230 coronavirus infections and 496 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday rose to 82,29,313 said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Wel
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 1 (IANS): In a serious blow to "homegrown militancy" in the Kashmir Valley, Hizbul Mujahideen's operational commander Saifullah Mir was killed in a gunfight with police and secu
ISLAMABAD, November 1 (Reuters): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday his government will give provisional provincial status to part of Kashmir, drawing condemnation from India, which has lon
New Delhi, November 1 (IANS): The government has planned to start the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine first to the healthcare workers followed by other groups to be added "sequentially".
The distr
Chennai, October 31 (IANS): Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Doraikkannu, who had tested positive for Covid-19, has suffered significant deterioration in vital functions, said a senior official of Kauvery Hos
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 30 (IANS): Cracking the whip against people who don't wear face masks in public and refuse to pay the fine, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has warned that they will have to swe
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 30 (IANS): Mahatma Gandhi emphasised on the use of Khadi and later Khadi Village industry was started on his name. However, gradually people started loosing interest in Khadi but in the last