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Fishing boats are seen moored as a part of precautionary measures ahead of Cyclone Vayu that spared the Gujarat coastline at Veraval Port on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Cyclone Vayu: Defence assets put on standby

IN ships Chennai, Gomati and Deepak at Mumbai have been packed with relief material and are ready to be deployed at...

14 Jun 2019 2:19 AM IST

People try to pull back a fishing boat that was carried away by waves on the Arabian Sea coast as others run to take shelter in Veraval, Gujarat, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Vayu spares Gujarat coast after change in its course

State authorities have already evacuated three lakh people from low-lying areas near the coast to safer places.

14 Jun 2019 2:14 AM IST

Many women organisations are up in arms, protesting cases of violence against the fair sex in Assam.

Assam records 12,000 cases of domestic violence in 2018

Women, especially married, are found to be more unsafe not on roads but inside their homes, according to state police...

14 Jun 2019 2:12 AM IST

After taking office Kamal Nath said his government will give incentives to industries that give 70 per cent of their jobs to those from his state and added that people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh get employment in Madhya Pradesh at the cost of the local population. (Photo: PTI)

Nath's shuffles have impacted 15,000 officials

New superintendents of police (SPs) have been appointed in 48 out of 52 districts during the period.

14 Jun 2019 2:08 AM IST

BJP central leader Arun Singh (left) with Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Pratap Sarangi, Odisha unit president Basant Panda and national spokesperson Sambit Patra after a meeting on the strategy for the 2024 elections in Odisha.

BJP prepares blueprint for 2024 Assembly polls

The party has also decided to categorise Assembly segments as A, B, C and D based on the performance in the seats in...

14 Jun 2019 2:05 AM IST

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the AICC general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh (East)

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hits out at UP partymen

Rahul Gandhi lost the election from his family pocket borough of Amethi, which was also managed for years by Ms Vadra...

14 Jun 2019 2:00 AM IST

Union home minister and BJP president Amit Shah is garlanded by party leaders in New Delhi, on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Amit Shah says BJP is yet to reach its peak

The full membership drive is held every six years, and then every three years 20 per cent of members are added.

14 Jun 2019 1:58 AM IST

Dr K. Sivan, Chairman, ISRO

India plans own space station: Isro chief

The weight of the space station is likely to be 20 tonnes.

14 Jun 2019 1:55 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi greets Chinas President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi talks Pak with Xi Jinping, links peace bid to ending terror

Modi conveyed this during a bilateral with President Xi at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation...

14 Jun 2019 1:52 AM IST

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh

Excess water being released to Pakistan to prevent floods: Amarinder

The water being released to Pakistan will be controlled in the coming days, he said.

13 Jun 2019 8:16 PM IST

The CBI alleged that the exchange had not fulfilled the criteria for acquiring the status.

CBI files charge sheet against absconding self-styled 'godman' for...

the CBI has pressed stringent charges of rape and criminal intimidation on Dixit.

13 Jun 2019 7:10 PM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

I don't understand why Modi, Modi, Modi; he destroyed economy:...

Siddaramaiah alleged that the BJP won elections raising emotive issues, rather than delivering on development.

13 Jun 2019 6:51 PM IST