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Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha, on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Houses erupt over snooping, government denies any surveillance

Opposition parties did not accept the response and have demanded an independent investigation into the allegations of...

20 July 2021 7:03 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media, as it rains on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi and Jitendra Singh are also seen. (PTI Photo)

Those who get jabbed become 'Baahubali': PM

Over 40 crore people vaccinated against COVID

19 July 2021 10:12 PM IST

Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha

The position fell vacant after Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was elevated as the Leader of the House in...

19 July 2021 5:46 PM IST

A health worker tests nasal swab samples for COVID-19 in Gauhati, India. (AP)

India reports 38,164 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate reaches 97.32...

The daily positivity rate remained been below 3 per cent for 28 consecutive days, while the weekly positivity rate...

19 July 2021 11:40 AM IST

Rescuers look for survivors after a wall collapsed on several slum houses heavy monsoon rains in the Mahul area of Mumbai, India, Sunday, July 18, 2021. (Photo:AP)

31 die as rains batter Mumbai

At Bharatnagar in the Mahul area, 19 people died as a compound wall came crashing down on four to five houses located on...

19 July 2021 1:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting, a day before the monsoon session of Parliament begins, in New Delhi, Sunday, July 18, 2021. BJP leader Rajnath Singh also seen. (PTI Photo)

PM's joint address plan angers Opposition

Centre lists 29 Bills for monsoon session

19 July 2021 1:36 AM IST

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. (Twitter/ @MahaDGIPR)

Money laundering probe: ED searches 2 homes of ex-Maha home minister...

The ED is conducting a probe into the money laundering case related to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion...

18 July 2021 1:50 PM IST

An all-party meeting is a customary procedure before the beginning of every session of Parliament to ensure its smooth functioning. (Photo: AFP/file)

Govt plans slew of bills in Monsoon session; Oppn to corner it over...

Opposition would also seek replies on the rising prices of petrol diesel and cooking gas during the session which would...

18 July 2021 1:12 PM IST

FIR against Sonia in Karnataka for PM-CARES jibe. (PTI Photo)

Sonia Gandhi reconstitutes Congress' parliamentary hierarchy

Mallikarjun Kharge will be the leader on the floor in Rajya Sabha, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

18 July 2021 12:34 PM IST

Scheduled domestic flights in India were completely suspended for a period of two months between March 25 and May 24, 2020, due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. (Representational image: Twitter/@airindiain)

Indian students enrolled in Italian universities stranded back home...

Those who returned to India before April 28 are now stuck here

18 July 2021 12:25 PM IST

In this file photo, multiple funeral pyres of victims of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for mass cremation in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India records 41,157 fresh Covid cases

The active cases have declined to 4,22,660 and comprise 1.36 per cent of the total infections

18 July 2021 10:55 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talks to media representatives in front of her temporary residence, in Nandigram, on March 31, 2021. (PTI/Ashok Bhaumik)

Three IPS officers reject Bengal DGP post offer, make govt follow UPSC...

The three IPS officers were individually invited to separate meetings where they were offered the state DGP post by a...

18 July 2021 7:38 AM IST