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Students with their parents, arrive to appear for NEET exam at Thakur College at Kandivali, in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)

A K Rajan Committee finds NEET useless

If NEET continued for a few more years, the health care system of Tamil Nadu would be very badly affected

21 Sept 2021 12:32 AM IST

The incident took place on Monday when Charanjit Singh Channi had called 37 mechanical lecturers for giving them their posting orders. (Photo: PTI)

Newly sworn-in Punjab CM Channi appeals Centre to repeal farm laws

Thanking the party leadership, Channi told reporters here that the party has given a common person a great honour

20 Sept 2021 2:30 PM IST

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered oath to the 58-year-old Channi at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan. (ANI)

Charanjit Singh Channi takes oath as Punjab chief minister

Channi becomes chief minister with less than six months to go before the assembly polls in Punjab

20 Sept 2021 12:25 PM IST

A family decorates their car with face masks prior to joining a procession for Ganesha immersion in the Hussain Sagar Lake on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad. (AP Photo)

India logs 30,256 new COVID-19 cases, 295 fatalities

The active cases have declined to 3,18,181 comprising 0.95 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

20 Sept 2021 10:47 AM IST

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh

Will BJP welcome Capt Amarinder Singh with minimum support price deal?

The Centre has refused to roll back the three laws, which BJP poll managers fear will dent the party's poll prospects in...

20 Sept 2021 6:52 AM IST

Punjab CM Designate Charanjit Singh Channi submits the letter to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit afte the former was announced as the next CM of Punjab, at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Congress picks Charanjit Singh Channi, gives Punjab its first Dalit...

Mr Channi, who has a law and an MBA degree, was amongst the four Cabinet ministers who had rebelled against Capt...

20 Sept 2021 6:41 AM IST

Captain Amarinder Singh speaks to media after submitting his resignation to Governor Purohit Banwarilal at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh. (Photo: PTI)

Amarinder wrote to Sonia before quitting, expressed anguish at...

Singh had on Saturday written to Gandhi, apprising her of his decision

19 Sept 2021 3:26 PM IST

Foreign tourists enjoying the famed Chinese fishing nets in Fort Kochi. (DC File Image)

Foreign tourists may be allowed to visit India soon

First five lakh foreign tourists will be issued visas free of cost in an attempt to revive the tourism, hospitality and...

19 Sept 2021 12:19 PM IST

A health worker prepares a dose of Covaxin vaccine against Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

WHO Experts' Group to take a call on EUL for Covaxin on October 6

Bharat Biotech is expected to give a presentation on the Vaccine's safety and efficacy data of clinical trials

19 Sept 2021 10:55 AM IST

People register to receive a dose of the Covishield Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination centre in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

India logs 30,773 new cases of Covid, 309 fresh fatalities

A reduction of 8,481 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

19 Sept 2021 10:09 AM IST

$Rahul Gandhi termed the Centres National Monetisation Pipeline as a \huge tragedy\. (Photo: PTI)$ India

Cong social media dept passes resolution to make Rahul party president

The resolution was passed unanimously at the social media department's national executive meeting 'Drishti 2021'

19 Sept 2021 3:37 AM IST

The executive board also announced the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2020 in 24 Indian languages on Saturday. (DC File Image)

Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam, other winners receive Sahitya...

The award includes a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs 1,00,000

19 Sept 2021 3:19 AM IST