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Bommai is a close confidante of Yediyurappa. (Photo: Twitter/@BJP4Karnataka)

Basavaraj Bommai takes oath as Chief Minister of Karnataka

The 61-year-old leader was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at the Raj Bhavan

28 July 2021 12:58 PM IST

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a meeting with civil society leaders. (Photo: Twitter/@SecBlinken)

Blinken arrives in India; to discuss plethora of issues with Indian...

Blinken will hold extensive talks with Jaishankar and meet Ajit Doval

28 July 2021 12:40 PM IST

Fire fighter at the site of the collapse. (Photo: ANI)

Several injured as under-construction building collapses in Mumbai's...

The fire brigade pulled out the five persons from the debris and had them admitted to a hospital

28 July 2021 12:18 PM IST

While children in the northern hemisphere are on their summer holidays, in eastern and southern Africa, an estimated 40 percent of school-age children are currently out of school. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/AFP)

'This can't go on': UN calls for COVID-closed schools to reopen ASAP

Schools should be the last to close and the first to reopen, said James Elder, spokesman for the UN Children's Fund

28 July 2021 11:08 AM IST

Beneficiaries wait in queues to receive COVID-19 vaccine dose, at a government vaccination centre in Mirzapur. (Photo: PTI)

India adds 43,645 COVID-19 cases, 640 deaths

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.39 per cent

28 July 2021 10:29 AM IST

Commuters wade through a waterlogged Ring Road in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (PTI /Ravi Choudhary)

Orange alert for 'moderate to heavy' rain in Delhi

The monsoon, which arrived in Delhi on July 13 making it the most-delayed in 19 years, is now drenching Delhi, flooding...

28 July 2021 10:25 AM IST

PV Sindhu. (Photo: Official Olympic website)

Sindhu beat Cheung in straight games, enter pre-quarterfinals

Sindhu beat Cheung in straight games, enter pre-quarterfinals

28 July 2021 9:12 AM IST

Archer Tarundeep Rai at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. (Photo: Olmypics.com)

Tokyo Olympics: Archer Tarundeep beats Hunbin, moves into round of 16

Tarundeep defeated Hunbin 6-4 to march into the round of 16

28 July 2021 8:37 AM IST

Hyundai is Indias second biggest car makers. (Twitter)

Hyundai too pitches for duty cut on EVs

Hyundai, which plans to bring its second EV model Ioniq, sells Kona Electric SUV in the country

28 July 2021 2:42 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | A shrewd move by Bengal

The move by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee may be just another arrow in a war between the Opposition and the Centre

28 July 2021 1:26 AM IST

On Monday, Yediyurappa said: Within 2-3 hours, I am going to get the final list from Amit Bhai (BJP President Amit Shah). So, cabinet expansion will be done tomorrow. (Photo: ANI)

AA Edit | How can BJP pick a CM and not irk Yediyurappa?

The BJP has to keep these circumstances in mind though it has had to ease out the Lingayat leader on account of his age

28 July 2021 1:18 AM IST