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Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao currently in custody over a case filed in connection with Elgar Parishad. (DC Photo)

SC issues notice on Varavara Rao's plea for regular bail on medical...

A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said the matter would be heard on August 10

19 July 2022 12:04 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Irans President Ebrahim Raisi on the sideline of the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on June 29, 2022. (AP file image)

Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey

Putin is seeking to bolster ties with Tehran, a fellow target of severe U.S. sanctions and a potential military and...

19 July 2022 11:21 AM IST

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has also ordered an investigation into the incident. (Representational image: PTI)

Kerala NEET exam: Case against friskers who forced girls to remove...

Friskers who were allegedly involved in the act would be arrested soon, police said

19 July 2022 10:58 AM IST

Individual investors can invest as little as 10,000 rupees in government bonds directly through accounts with the central bank. (Representational image)

Rupee falls to all-time low of 80.05 against US dollar

The rupee opened on a weaker note on Tuesday morning weighed down by outflows and high oil prices

19 July 2022 10:27 AM IST

The grandiose Hambantota port project in Sri Lanka, which once had the same bunch of Indian strategic thinkers in a tizzy, hosts no ships and doesnt earn much. China is now pressuring Sri Lankans to service its debt and is seeking to extract some more in lieu of that. (Wikimedia)

Mohan Guruswamy | China's Belt and Road drive was just another...

China is now pressuring Sri Lankans to service its debt and is seeking to extract some more in lieu of that

18 July 2022 11:53 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

SC asks states to pay comapensation to families of COVID victims...

It also directed the grievance redressal committee to decide the application of the claimant within four weeks

18 July 2022 2:13 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi with NDAs vice-presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP National President J.P. Nadda during the filing of nomination papers of Dhankar for vice-presidential elections, at Parliament House, in New Delhi (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Vice President poll: NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar files nomination

Before filing his nomination, Dhankhar attended a meeting of MPs from different parties supporting his candidature

18 July 2022 1:40 PM IST

A man wears a headband with a slogan against interim Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe as he waves the Sri Lankan national flag near the Presidential secretariat in Colombo (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

State of emergency declared in Sri Lanka ahead of July 20 presidential...

The government gazette dated July 17 imposing a state of emergency in the troubled nation was issued on Monday morning

18 July 2022 1:28 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Ministers of State Jitendra Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and V. Muraleedharan, as he arrives on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

PM Modi urges MPs to make Monsoon Session as productive as possible

This Session is also important because elections for the office of President and Vice President are taking place, PM...

18 July 2022 11:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the Presidential elections, at Parliament in New Delhi, Monday, July 18, 2022. (SANSAD TV/PTI Photo)

Voting begins to elect India's 15th President

Polling began at 10 am and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote

18 July 2022 11:33 AM IST

A medic administers the Covid booster dose to a beneficiary under the 75-day special free vaccination drive as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

Daily Covid positivity rate recorded above six per cent after 161 days

The active cases have increased to 1,44,264, while the death toll has climbed to 5,25,760 with 51 new fatalities

18 July 2022 11:11 AM IST