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PM Narendra Modi addresses supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a mass rally ahead of the state legislative assembly elections at the Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata. (Photo: AFP)

Modi mocks Mamata, claims she is headed for a big fall' in Nandigram

PM tears into TMC's Olympics of Corruption'; plays BJP's industry card

8 March 2021 1:08 AM IST

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

Delhi to have its own school education board: Arvind Kejriwal

DBSE will be aimed at imparting education that prepares

7 March 2021 8:35 AM IST

Mr Chakraborty had resigned as a parliamentarian citing health issues in December 2016 and stayed away from politics after his name surfaced in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. By arrangement

Bollywood actors Mithun Chakraborty, Akshay Kumar likely to share...

BJP sources indicated that Mithun da may join the saffron party in Mr Modi's presence and may well become its chief...

7 March 2021 8:32 AM IST

The first list of 57 names, which came a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis first election rally in the state, also has names of former Indian cricketer Ashoke Dinda and ex-IPS officer Bharati Ghosh. (Twitter)

BJP releases first list of candidates for West Bengal Assembly polls

Suvendu Adhikari, a former prot©g© and close confidante of TMC supremo and CM Mamata Banerjee, will take on the latter...

7 March 2021 8:29 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference at Circuit House, in Patiala. PTI photo

Rahul Gandhi targets government over price rise issue

The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, urged people to participate in the online campaign by speaking out...

5 March 2021 1:05 PM IST

General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), stated that the country was facing a complex and challenging security environment, which dictates enhancement of military capabilities and requires addressing voids in war-fighting abilities. By arrangement

Armed forces must transform to stay relevant: General Rawat

The webinar's inaugural day had two major sessions on 'organisational imperatives' and 'structural imperatives'

5 March 2021 7:28 AM IST

Dr Soundararajan started fighting for the women rights and gender parity since her medical college days. Twitter

Telangana Governor among Top 20 Global Women of Excellence Award 2020

Among the 19 other awardees of this year's awards included US Vice-President Kamala Harris

5 March 2021 7:26 AM IST

A health worker takes sample of a cop for COVID testing in Navi Mumbai. PTI photo

Surge in daily Covid cases in Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, TN,...

A study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has identified multiple mutations and unique proteins in isolates of...

5 March 2021 7:21 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 favours screening of programmes on OTT platforms

Objections were raised about some scenes in Tandav as they allegedly were hurting religious sentiments and deriding...

5 March 2021 7:18 AM IST

Taj Mahal to reopen even as virus rages in India. (AFP Photo)

Taj Mahal vacated after hoax bomb call

The hoax call has been traced to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, another officer said

4 March 2021 12:58 PM IST

Gandhi used the hashtag ModiRaidsProFarmers with his tweet in Hindi to take a dig at the government. (PTI file photo /R Senthil Kumar)

Rahul accuses Modi government of carrying out raids against those who...

In his three pronged attack, he alleged that the Central government makes the Income Tax Department dance to its tunes

4 March 2021 12:33 PM IST

Academic standards of Urdu-speaking population will not improve unless they have Urdu philosophers. DC Image

Experts call for quality promotion of Urdu

India's rank could have been better than Bangladesh, but it went down due to lack of equality

4 March 2021 11:16 AM IST