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A polling officer carrying an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and other election material leaves for his polling booth, a day before the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, at a distribution centre at Pahadiya Mandi, in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)

Uttar Pradesh elections: 21.55 per cent voter turnout till 11 am in...

A total of 613 candidates are in the electoral fray for 54 constituencies

7 March 2022 7:10 AM IST

The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Election Commission to host virtual international election visitors...

The programme will be held for foreign poll management bodies in virtual mode on March 7

6 March 2022 2:58 PM IST

Polling officers carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and other election material leave for their respective polling booths, a day before the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, at a distribution centre at Pahadiya Mandi, in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)

Assembly poll results to have bearing on President's election due...

The term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24

6 March 2022 2:25 PM IST

The new finding forced astronomers to add a new dimension to their models. (Photo: ANI)

Astronomers find black hole spins on its side

The black hole's rotation axis is tilted by more than 40 degrees with respect to the axis of the star's orbit

6 March 2022 1:32 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Uttar Pradesh elections 2022: Final phase of polling on Monday

Polling will start at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Mirzapur, and...

6 March 2022 1:27 PM IST

A Border Security Force jawan being shifted from Guru Nanak Dev hospital, after a colleague allegedly open fired at a force camp in Amritsar district, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Five die as BSF jawan opens fire in Amritsar camp

The jawan who opened fire was among the five personnel killed

6 March 2022 1:23 PM IST

The LIC IPO was expected to hit the market this month. (Photo: PTI)

Govt may defer LIC IPO to next fiscal amid Ukraine crisis: Experts

The government was looking to sell 5 per cent stake in LIC this month, which could have fetched over Rs 60,000 crore to...

6 March 2022 1:15 PM IST

The statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the premises of Pune Municipal Corporation. (Twitter/Videograb/@PMOIndia)

PM Modi unveils Shivaji Maharaj statue in Pune municipal corporation...

The statue is made up of 1,850 kg of gunmetal and is about 9.5-feet tall

6 March 2022 1:00 PM IST

An Indian student Rishabh, evacuated from crisis-hit Ukraine, arrives with his pet dog Malibu at the Hindon Air Force Station, in Ghaziabad. (PTI Photo)

Indians return with their furry friends from Ukraine, thank govt for...

A number of Indian students have not come alone but also brought their cats and dogs with them, refusing to leave their...

6 March 2022 12:13 PM IST

A health worker administers COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at a residential area in Ahmedabad, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

India sees another dip in COVID cases, logs 5,476 new infections

With this, the active COVID cases stand at 59,442, taking the weekly positivity rate to 0.77 per cent

6 March 2022 11:17 AM IST

The run will be 5 km long. (Photo: Twitter/@rashtrapatibhvn)

President Kovind organises run at Rashtrapati Bhavan to promote...

The 5-km run started from the Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt and ended at the Rashtrapati Bhavan sports complex

6 March 2022 11:09 AM IST

Ukrainian soldiers drive on an armored military vehicle in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)

Putin says Ukraine's future in doubt as cease-fires collapse

Putin continued to pin the blame for the war squarely on the Ukrainian leadership and slammed their resistance to the...

6 March 2022 10:24 AM IST