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The announcement follows a diplomatic row after the UK had included Covishield in its approved vaccine formulations but refused to recognise Indians vaccinated with it as eligible for travel without quarantine measures. (Photo: AFP)

India, UK decide to facilitate travel between two countries

Britain had on Thursday decided to recognise India's vaccination certification system after prolonged consultations...

8 Oct 2021 4:43 PM IST

A health worker checks the temperature of a passenger arriving by an outstation train as they screen people to identify those infected with the coronavirus in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

India records 21,257 fresh cases of Covid, 271 new deaths

The daily rise in coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 14 straight days

8 Oct 2021 10:23 AM IST

Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Out of 28 civilians killed by militants in J&K this year only 7...

Among the slain five belonged to local Hindu/ Sikh communities and two were non-local Hindu labourers

8 Oct 2021 9:32 AM IST

The Bench, however, was not convinced with the decision of the Centre and ordered that girls will be allowed to sit in the entrance exam this year itself. (PTI Photo)

SC allows girls to take entrance exam for admission in Military...

Earlier, the Bench had directed the Defence Ministry to allow women candidates to sit for upcoming exams for National...

7 Oct 2021 7:16 PM IST

The focus of the Assembly elections in four states and a Union territory has centred around West Bengal and the big question is whether the BJP under PM Modi will breach the final barrier, as it were, for the right-wing saffron party. (AP/Bikas Das)

PM Modi completes 20 years in public service

In the last 20 years, PM Modi has gone from being the Chief Minister of Gujarat to one of the most popular leaders in...

7 Oct 2021 3:47 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

Govt aims to set up at least one medical college in every district: PM...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation 35 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants established under...

7 Oct 2021 3:43 PM IST

A vehicle set ablaze after violence broke out after farmers agitating were allegedly run over by a vehicle in the convoy of a union minister, in Lakhimpur Kheri. (Photo: PTI)

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Supreme Court asks UP govt to file status...

A Bench of Chief Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli were hearing the matter

7 Oct 2021 1:48 PM IST

Supreme court. (Photo- ANI)

Lakhimpur violence: SC asks UP government to file status report on...

Earlier in the day, the top court had said it would like to hear the 2 lawyers who had written a letter seeking a...

7 Oct 2021 1:18 PM IST

Indian army soldiers are seen near the site of a gunbattle between suspected militants and government security forces at Moachwah in Chadoora area of Budgam district on the outskirts of Srinagar on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

Two teachers killed in terrorist attack in Srinagar

At about 11:15 am, terrorists shot dead two school teachers at Sangam Eidgah in Srinagar district, a police official...

7 Oct 2021 12:24 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs from New Delhi for his visit to the USA, where he will take part in a wide range of programmes, hold talks with world leaders including POTUS. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi completes 20 years in public office, BJP leaders laud him

Modi served as Gujarat CM between 2001 and 2014

7 Oct 2021 12:06 PM IST

A worker sanitises and fumigates a temple after the Maharashtra government allowed religious places to reopen from October 7, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.(PTI/Kunal Patil)

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 204 days

The 318 new fatalities include 134 from Kerala and 90 from Maharashtra

7 Oct 2021 10:49 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leaves from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport in Lucknow, Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021, for Sitapur to meet families of farmers who lost their lives in Lakhimpur Kheri violence. (PTI /Nand Kumar)

Yogi government sets up commission to probe Lakhimpur Kheri incident

The Commission shall complete the enquiry within a period of two months from the date of the issue of this notification

7 Oct 2021 10:29 AM IST