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Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. (Photo- PTI)

Govt wants to bring 15cr out-of-school children into education system,...

Pradhan said for the first time, the government has combined the edu and skill departments, creating a new approach for...

12 Aug 2021 12:40 PM IST

Twitter has to appear before the panel on June 18 at 4 pm and give representation on how to prevent misuse of social media and online news. (Photo: PTI/File)

Congress says party's official account blocked by Twitter

Congress social media wing head Rohan Gupta alleged that Twitter is acting against party leaders under pressure from the...

12 Aug 2021 12:09 PM IST

A health worker checks the temperature of traveler at a railway station in Mumbai, Tuesday, August 10, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

COVID-19: India reports 41,195 fresh cases, active cases increase to...

The active cases increased after registering a decrease for five consecutive days

12 Aug 2021 11:33 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

SC to Centre: Fill up vacancies in consumer forums

Eight-week deadline to fill all vacancies in these forums

12 Aug 2021 12:56 AM IST

Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel during rescue operations at the site of a landslide at the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur District in Himachal Pradesh. (Photo by - / Indo Tibetan Border Police / AFP)

10 dead, 13 rescued as landslide hits Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur

The authorities suspended the search operation at around 10 pm and it will be resumed Thursday morning

12 Aug 2021 12:52 AM IST

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu (PTI)

Spent sleepless night after 'sacrilege in temple of democracy': Naidu...

There were ugly scenes in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday as opposition MPs climbed on the officials' table, waved black...

11 Aug 2021 1:40 PM IST

Residents queue up to get inoculated with a dose of Covaxin vaccine at a temporary vaccination centre set up in a school in Mumbai on August 10, 2021. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

COVID-19: Active cases in country lowest in 140 days

The active cases comprise 1.21 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

11 Aug 2021 11:53 AM IST

A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive at a school in Hyderabad. (Noah SEELAM / AFP)

India's drug regulator approves study on mixing of Covaxin and...

An expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation on July 29 had recommended granting permission for...

11 Aug 2021 11:36 AM IST

Chinese Peoples Liberation Army soldiers. (Representational image: AFP)

Chinese attempt to recruit Arunachal youths in PLA?

Security agencies silent on sensational claim by state legislator

11 Aug 2021 10:33 AM IST

A view of the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday Aug 9, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

OBC state lists' bill gets Lok Sabha nod

After an intense debate on the bill, it was supported by all political parties and the Opposition and was passed by a...

11 Aug 2021 8:54 AM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

SC: HC nod must to drop MP/MLAs' criminal cases

SC also indicated that it will constitute a special bench to monitor progress in the probe and prosecution of cases...

11 Aug 2021 7:13 AM IST

Union minister of state for food and public distribution system, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, stated in Lok Sabha that in terms of rice, Punjab had contributed 135.89 LMTs while Telangana contributed 94.57 LMTs. (Representational image: PTI)

Punjab, Telangana on top in contributing PDS rice

Punjab contributed 202.82 LMTs of paddy in 2020-21 till August 3, 2021, while Telangana contributed 141.15 LMTs during...

10 Aug 2021 11:57 PM IST