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Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said India will gradually end central controls on gas pricing as it seeks to attract foreign investment. (PTI Photo)

BJP appoints election in-charges for poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and...

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been appointed as the election in-charge for Uttar Pradesh

8 Sept 2021 12:29 PM IST

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (ANI file photo)

WB Governor condemns bomb explosion incident outside MP Arjun Singh's...

Crude bombs were hurled outside the house of BJP MP Arjun Singh in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, despite security...

8 Sept 2021 10:35 AM IST

People wait to receive the vaccine for COVID-19 in Khola Bhuyan village on the outskirts of Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records 37,875 fresh COVID-19 cases, 369 new fatalities

The active cases comprise 1.18 per cent of the total infections

8 Sept 2021 10:07 AM IST

Farmers during their Kisan Mahapanchayat against the central governments three farm reform laws, in Karnal, Sept. 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Karnal siege as talks fail, farmers dig in

The police also used water cannons to stop the farmers from marching towards the district's mini-secretariat

8 Sept 2021 7:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during launching key initiatives in education sector at the inaugural conclave of Shikshak Parv, via video conferencing in New Delhi. (PTI)

Modi launches Vidyanjali portal for school volunteers

Modi also launched the Indian Sign Language Dictionary and Talk-ing Books

8 Sept 2021 4:35 AM IST

Cairn will drop cases to seize diplomatic apartments in Paris and Air India airplanes in the US in a matter of a couple of days after the refund, he said adding Cairns shareholders are in agreement with accepting the offer and moving on. (Twitter)

Cairn keen to take refund, drop cases

The firm termed 'bold' the legislation passed last month to cancel a 2012 policy that gave the tax department power to...

8 Sept 2021 4:25 AM IST

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Twitter@farhazkhanAIMIM)

Afghanistan's takeover by Taliban will benefit Pakistan, harm India:...

Owaisi was talking to reporters on the occasion of former MP Atiq Ahmad and his wife joining AIMIM

7 Sept 2021 8:56 PM IST

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Hasan Mushrif had appreciated the remarkable work of three gram panchayats with regard to Covid-19 norms. (PTI file image)

Political parties should set example, avoid gatherings: CM Uddhav...

We should set an example for people by observing discipline, said Thackeray, who heads the Sena

7 Sept 2021 8:54 PM IST

A health worker injects a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine in Mumbai on August 23, 2021. (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

India administers 70 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses till date

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also lauded the administration of over one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in a day

7 Sept 2021 4:04 PM IST

The right to live with dignity clause takes into account the emotional abuse of women. (AFP Photo)

46 pc rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021

The highest number of complaints was received from Uttar Pradesh (10,084), followed by Delhi (2,147), Haryana (995) and...

7 Sept 2021 2:53 PM IST

Jammu and Kashmir former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti addresses her first press conference after her release from over 14 months long detention, in Srinagar, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Mufti was in detention from August 5 last year following the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI)

Mehbooba Mufti allegedly under house arrest

She further slammed the Central government for expressing concerns for the Afghan people and denying the same to...

7 Sept 2021 1:57 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during launching key initiatives in education sector at the inaugural conclave of Shikshak Parv, via video conferencing in New Delhi. (PTI)

PM Modi launches key initiatives in education sector

PM expressed confidence that the measures will not only make the education system globally competitive but also make the...

7 Sept 2021 1:10 PM IST