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$The row over the purported Â‘toolkit escalated after the Delhi Polices Special Cell visited\ two Twitter India offices on May 24 and served a notice, asking it to share information based on which it had classified Patras tweet as manipulated media. (PTI file photo)$ India

Twitter India MD was questioned by Delhi Police on May 31 in toolkit...

The government had asked Twitter to remove the 'manipulated media' tag as the matter was pending before the law...

17 Jun 2021 12:55 PM IST

A student receives COVID-19 vaccine dose during a special vaccination drive organised by the Karnataka government for the students, who are going abroad for education and employment, in Bengaluru, June 2, 2021. (PTI /Shailendra Bhojak)

Centre to provide over 56 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to states, UTs...

According to MoHFW, as many as 2,18,28,483 COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be...

17 Jun 2021 12:41 PM IST

Students appearing from 12th standard exams are tested for body temperature at a Jabalpur school. (PTI)

CBSE to declare class 12th results by July 31

The 13-member panel submitted its report after the board examinations were declared cancelled

17 Jun 2021 11:56 AM IST

A group of Indians who visited the Taj Mahal monument that was Wednesday reopened to public after the lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus gather to get photographed in Agra. (Photo: PTI)

India adds 67,208 fresh COVID-19 cases in single day

A net decline of 38,692 cases has been recorded in the caseload in a span of 24 hours

17 Jun 2021 10:15 AM IST

Defence minister Rajnath Singh

Ordnance Factory Board to be split into 7 entities

The existing 41 factories under the OFB will now be subsumed into seven corporate entities

17 Jun 2021 9:37 AM IST

Student activists Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal and Asif Iqbal Tanha. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi police challenge High Court on bail of 3 students

The Delhi Police's appeal claims that the high court judges crossed their jurisdiction in bail matters by conducting a ...

17 Jun 2021 9:09 AM IST

A year ago, in retaliation to the illegal custody and barbaric treatment then of two Indian High Commission staffers in Islamabad by Pakistani security agencies after being abducted at gunpoint , India had in June last year asked Pakistan to reduce its staff at its High Commission in New Delhi by half. Representational image/ AP

India, Pak approve fresh visas for diplomatic missions of officials

In February this year, the two nuclear-armed neighbours agreed to a strict observance of the ceasefire along the Line...

17 Jun 2021 1:50 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) via video conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Rajnath for freedom of navigation in South China Sea

He called for an open and inclusive order in the Indo-Pacific based upon respect for sovereignty and the territorial...

17 Jun 2021 1:28 AM IST

Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the Cabinet has approved increasing the subsidy amount for DAP fertiliser for the benefits of farmers. (Photo:PTI)

Cabinet approves hike in DAP fertiliser subsidy by Rs 700 per bag

The hike is part of the government's effort to ensure that farmers gets the key soil nutrient at old rates despite rise...

17 Jun 2021 1:24 AM IST

The NTAGI chairman also stated that Canada, Sri Lanka and few other countries are using 12 - 16 weeks interval for the AstraZeneca vaccine which is the same as the Covishield vaccine. (ANI)

Decision to increase gap between Covishield doses based on scientific...

Dr Arora said that the earlier decision of four weeks was based upon the bridging trial data available then

16 Jun 2021 12:45 PM IST

Singh was virtually addressing the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus. (Photo: Twitter/@rajnathsingh)

Terrorism, radicalisation gravest threats facing world: Rajnath Singh

The defence minister said India remained committed to combating financing terrorism

16 Jun 2021 11:51 AM IST

The FIR alleges that the video was shared with an intention to provoke communal unrest. (Photo: Screengrab from video)

UP Police books Twitter, journalists for circulating video of Muslim...

In the video clip, the elderly Muslim man alleges he was thrashed by some young men and asked to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'

16 Jun 2021 11:46 AM IST