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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy (ANI)

Neither PM nor BJP interested in conceding statehood demand of Pondy:...

Narayanasamy recalled that the Congress alliance had launched a series of agitations for statehood during the previous...

3 July 2021 1:21 PM IST

Nurses at a 100 bed Covid Care facility inside the campus of Karnataka Power corporation Limited (KPCL), at Yelahanka in Bengaluru, Thursday, July 1, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

India records 44,111 new COVID-19 cases, 738 deaths

The active cases, 4,95,533, were recorded below five lakh after 97 days and comprised 1.62 percent of the total...

3 July 2021 11:19 AM IST

The NIA plea to invoke Section 16 and Section 18 of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 was accepted by the court. (Representational image: PTI)

Darbhanga railway station blast case: NIA gets custody of 2 accused...

The duo has been sent to Beur central jail before the NIA takes custody and starts questioning them from Saturday

3 July 2021 7:37 AM IST

Pakistan lost an F-16 and India a MiG-21 in aerial engagement with the Pakistan Air Force a day after the Balakot strikes, IAF chief Bhadauria said. (Photo: ANI)

IAF erupts as Chief of Defence Staff calls it Army's 'supporting'...

Chief of the Air Staff, R.K.S. Bhadauria, countered this, saying the IAf is not just a supporting arm but has a wider...

3 July 2021 7:10 AM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat. (Photo:PTI)

Tirath Singh Rawat quits as Uttarakhand CM

The BJP legislature party is due to meet in the state capital on Saturday to choose his successor

3 July 2021 1:21 AM IST

Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. (Photo:PTI)

TMC writes to PM seeking solicitor general's removal over meeting with...

Adhikari, leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly, denied the charge

3 July 2021 12:34 AM IST

An estimated 30 per cent of pregnant women report psychosocial stress from job strain or related to depression and anxiety, according to the researchers. (Photo: ANI)

Pregnant women in India now eligible for Covid vaccination

Till now, all groups except pregnant women were eligible for Covid vaccination

2 July 2021 7:14 PM IST

14 drones were launched reportedly from across the International Border and LoC in the recent past. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Drone spotted over Indian mission in Islamabad; India lodges protest

The Indian mission has already taken up the issue strongly with the Pakistani authorities through a note verbale

2 July 2021 3:25 PM IST

The ministry said 34,00,76,232 vaccine doses were administered as per the provisional report till 7 am, with over 42 lakh (42,64,123) doses being given in a span of 24 hours. (AFP Photo)

Over 34 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India till date

The ministry said 24,51,539 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 89027 vaccine doses as second dose in the...

2 July 2021 3:13 PM IST

The surge was blamed on the Delta variant and government complacency after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory over the virus in January. (AP)

India hits 400,000 coronavirus deaths as vaccinations slow

Total deaths are 400,312, according to the health ministry, behind only the United States and Brazil, with total cases...

2 July 2021 1:54 PM IST

LeT commander involved in killing of CRPF jawans among 2 killed in Handwara encounter. (AFP Photo)

Army jawan killed in encounter with militants in J-K's Pulwama

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Hanjin village in Rajpora area of Pulwama district

2 July 2021 11:01 AM IST

Valerie Marie Jeanne, a French national, gets her second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Dharmsala. (Photo: AP)

India records 46,617 new Covid cases; national recovery rate crosses...

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,00,312 with 853 daily fatalities

2 July 2021 10:14 AM IST