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Muslim women hold placards while wearing burqa and hijab to stage a demonstration in support of female Muslim students, in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Hijab row: SC counsels patience, vows to protect rights

An appeal had been filed in the apex court challenging the direction of the Karnataka High Court

12 Feb 2022 7:03 AM IST

Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Kolkata, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP /Bikas Das)

As hijab row spreads, senior classes to remain shut in Karnataka till...

BRIMS students, however, were reportedly allowed to take the examination after the intervention of student groups

12 Feb 2022 6:56 AM IST

Zika virus (Photo: ANI)

Active surveillance of Zika virus needed to prevent future outbreaks:...

The first report of the Zika virus spread in Kerala was released by ICMR NIV Pune

11 Feb 2022 3:20 PM IST

In this file photo taken on August 05, 2021, vials and syringes of the Johnson and Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine are displayed for a photograph. (Photo: AFP)

India records 58,077 new cases, active cases decline

The death toll has climbed to 5,07,177 with 657 daily fatalities

11 Feb 2022 10:18 AM IST

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11 per cent jump in cyber crime in 2020, NCRB data in Home Panel...

A total of 50,035 cases in 2020 were registered under cyber crimes, an increase than in 2019 (44,735 cases)

11 Feb 2022 9:55 AM IST

Villagers watch a burnt car which ran over and killed farmers on Sunday, at Tikonia village in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. (AP)

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Allahabad High Court grants bail to Union...

On October 3, eight people died after being mowed down by an SUV allegedly belonging to Ashish Mishra

10 Feb 2022 2:50 PM IST

A healthcare worker collects swab samples of passengers for Covid-19 test, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Govt's new guidelines for international arrivals: No 7-days mandatory...

The guidelines do not mandate 72-hour report of RT-PCR anymore, travellers can show their full Vaccination Certificate

10 Feb 2022 2:40 PM IST

BJP MP Kirit Somaiya. (Photo: File)

Kirit Somaiya urges MHA to review his security after series of attacks

Somaiya said that there should be a review of the security system so that the Pune type incident could be avoided in...

10 Feb 2022 11:47 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Karnataka Hijab Row: SC says let Karnataka HC hear case first

The Apex Court refused to urgently list the plea challenging Karanataka government rule on dress code

10 Feb 2022 11:37 AM IST

School children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend a class on the first day of partial reopening of government schools in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India logs over 67 lakh fresh Covid cases, 1,241 fatalities

The active cases comprise 1.86 per cent of the total infections

10 Feb 2022 9:52 AM IST

People at a polling station to cast their votes during the voting for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

UP Elections 2022: Voting for phase-1 begins, 623 candidates in fray

Polling started at 7.00 AM and will continue till 6.00 PM, officials said

10 Feb 2022 9:24 AM IST

AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with others, releases party manifesto Unnati Vidhan Jan Ghoshna Patra for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections at UPCC headquarter, in Lucknow, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar)

Priyanka releases third poll manifesto for UP; vows farm loan waiver...

Electricity bills for farmers will be halved, bills for Covid-affected periods will be waived and farmers who lost crops...

10 Feb 2022 8:40 AM IST