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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy (ANI)

Puducherry CM Narayanasamy loses confidence vote, Congress government...

Narayanasamy and his ruling side MLAs later walked out before the motion was put for voting

22 Feb 2021 12:29 PM IST

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee (PTI)

CBI summons Mamata kin in coal scandal

They will be questioned for their suspected role in overseas financial transactions relating to the illegal trade

22 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

Tiger spotted in Kumrum Bheem-Asifabad district in Telangana

Maneater tiger A2 from Maharashtra might be in Telangana for love

Big CAT was spotted crossing Pranahita river. It has almost turned a stretch of this river as its private swimming pool

22 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

India thwarts provocative movements by China in Eastern Ladakh. (PTI Photo)

India, China push for steady pullback

The joint statement issued said that the two sides positively appraised the smooth completion of disengagement of...

22 Feb 2021 4:15 AM IST

Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu attends a function on International Mother Language Day, in Hyderabad, Sunday, February 21, 2021. (PTI)

Naidu bats for use of mother tongue as medium of instruction at...

He also wanted gradual increase in the use of indigenous languages in higher and technical education

21 Feb 2021 7:35 PM IST

Staff of Government ENT Hospital gets administered with COVID Vaccine during the vaccination drive at the Hospital premises in Visakhapatnam. (AA Image/P Narasimha Murthy)

Need to increase pace of vaccinations: Health Ministry tells states

While some states are carrying out vaccination twice a week some others are carrying out four or more than four times a...

21 Feb 2021 7:20 PM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of passengers for COVID-19 test at Dadar Railway platform, in Mumbai. (PTI)

New curbs announced in Pune amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Schools, colleges and private coaching classes will remain closed till February 28

21 Feb 2021 3:13 PM IST

Punes Serum Institute of Indias Covid vaccine to be out in the market by October, but only if human trials are successful . (Photo: Serum Institute of India)

Poonawalla urges countries to be patient as Serum directed to...

The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India

21 Feb 2021 12:33 PM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar witnesses the exchange of agreements between India and Maldives on a wide range of domains. (PTI)

Indian tourists boost cash registers in Maldives

Foreign minister Jaishankar begins two-day visit to India's south-western maritime neighbour

21 Feb 2021 4:19 AM IST

Representational Image (PTI)

Bail plea of six accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case rejected

The bail plea filed by nine accused have been rejected including six on Saturday

21 Feb 2021 3:27 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public rally at Poilan in Kolkata on February 18, 2021. (PTI)

Mamata becomes 'beti' from 'didi' in TMC's new poll slogan

TMC is engaged in a bitter political fight with the BJP and projects the opposition party's leaders as outsiders

21 Feb 2021 2:31 AM IST

Though the exact whereabouts of the kidnapped employees were not known to police, security sources feared that they have been taken to neighbouring Myanmar where a united front of banned outfit United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFWSEA) and other rebel bodies have their base camps. Representational image

Ulfa-I threatens to take ultimate step next week on 2 captive...

Drilling superintendent Pranab Kumar Gogoi and radio operator Ram Kumar were kidnapped on December 21, 2020

21 Feb 2021 2:22 AM IST