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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

NCP chief Sharad Pawar meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (PTI)

Pawar meets PM Modi, talks Shah's new ministry and Banking Act

The former union agriculture minister flagged his concerns on the ministry of cooperation

18 July 2021 7:03 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Friday, July 16, 2021. (PTI)

As resignation rumours grow stronger, Karnataka CM B.S Yediyurappa...

The chief minister has offered to resign on the condition that his son Vijayendra should get a good position in the...

18 July 2021 6:54 AM IST

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said twenty-three ministers and MLAs tested coronavirus positive. (PTI Photo)

Punjab Congress meetings: Rawat flies to meet Amarinder, Sidhu calls...

The visit is being seen as an effort to placate Amarinder, who wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on...

17 July 2021 2:57 PM IST

View of a vial of Indias COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19. (AFP)

Govt to procure 66 crore more doses of Covishield, Covaxin at revised...

The price of each dose of Covishield amounts to Rs 215.25 and Covaxin Rs 225.75, including taxes

17 July 2021 12:53 PM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a child for Covid-19 test, at majestic bus stand in Bengaluru, July 15, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

India records 38,079 fresh Covid cases, 560 deaths

The active cases have declined to 4,24,025 and comprise 1.36 per cent of the total infections

17 July 2021 10:52 AM IST

The British high commission in India said the carrier strike group (CSG) 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, has sailed into the Indian Ocean Region after transiting the Suez Canal. (AFP Photo)

UK's carrier strike group enters Indian Ocean, to conduct wargame with...

The warships are expected to visit the South China Sea region as part of the tour

16 July 2021 2:45 PM IST

Danish Siddiqui was an Indian photojournalist based in Mumbai. (Image: Twitter)

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed...

Siddiqui was killed covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters

16 July 2021 2:36 PM IST

The petitioner alleged that if voters were suspicious about VVPATs or EVMs, he or she would still not register compla-ints with the EC fearing torture and economic loss.

Plea in Delhi HC seeks to stop use of EVM, demands use of ballot paper...

The petition was filed by advocate CR Jaya Sukin

16 July 2021 1:43 PM IST

A health worker holds one vial of Zydus Cadilas ZyCoV-D vaccine. (Photo: AP)

Centre says Zydus Cadila's vaccines for children may be available in...

Zydus Cadila has concluded its trial for children between the age group of 12 to 18

16 July 2021 1:37 PM IST