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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

Rajnath Singh to address both Houses of Parliament on India-China...

On June 15, 20 Indian soldiers had been killed in a major confrontation with Chinese soldiers in Galwan region of...

15 Sept 2020 11:56 AM IST

An ineffective outcome seems to be written into the project because it glosses over the ground realities and betrays short-sightedness and ignorance of the political canvas on which the CAA law in reaction to which Shaheen Bagh has sprung has been inscribed. (Photo: G.N. JHA)

AA Edit | Investigation into Delhi riots is turning into a...

Clearly, these new revelations strategically hyped by the police is part of its partisan agenda to discredit the...

14 Sept 2020 7:20 PM IST

Shiv Sena alleged that the letter written by 23 senior Congress leaders to Sonia Gandhi was a conspiracy to finish off Rahul Gandhis leadership. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | It's status quo once again for Congress

The country deserves an Opposition which can hold the government accountable

14 Sept 2020 6:47 PM IST

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor's reply to Chetan Bhagat's 'praise me in big words' leaves...

In 2017, Tharoor's tweet, with words like "exasperating farrago of distortions", made headlines and became the buzz word...

14 Sept 2020 3:57 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an extreme interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

UK's Johnson faces rebellion over plan to break Brexit treaty

The EU has ramped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, which would be chaotic for business, markets and nearly $1...

14 Sept 2020 3:49 PM IST

While the hallmark decision has legalized same sex relationships, same sex marriages are still illegal in India. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

Centre tells Delhi High Court that same sex marriages not recognised...

With the direction to place these factual aspects before the court, the bench listed the matter for further hearing on...

14 Sept 2020 3:23 PM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)

Germany says French, Swedish labs confirm Navalny's Novichok poisoning

The poisoning has brought tensions between Russia and Germany to new heights, fuelling calls for the Nord Stream 2...

14 Sept 2020 3:18 PM IST

Ksenia Fadeyeva, 28, the head of Alexei Navalnys Tomsk headquarters and the city council candidate in September 13 regional elections, distributes campaign leaflets in the Siberian city of Tomsk on September 7, 2020. (AFP)

Two Navalny allies win election in Russian city where he was poisoned

Navalny had been in Siberia to promote his 'smart voting' campaign when he was poisoned with what Germany says was a...

14 Sept 2020 2:14 PM IST

Mill Creek Hotshots set a backfire to protect homes during the Bobcat Fire on September 13, 2020 in Arcadia, California. California wildfires that have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to about 32,000 acres and is only 6% contained. (AFP)

Trump and Harris head for California as US wildfires ignite political...

The history-making blazes have now burned through nearly five million acres (two million hectares) across the US West

14 Sept 2020 1:41 PM IST

Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reacts after being elected as new head of Japans ruling Liberal Democratic Party at the partys leadership election in Tokyo on September 14, 2020. - Japans ruling party on September 14 elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the countrys next prime minister. (AFP)

Japan ruling party elects Yoshihide Suga as PM successor

Given the LDP's legislative majority, Suga is expected to handily win a parliamentary vote Wednesday and become Japan's...

14 Sept 2020 12:37 PM IST