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Resue teams inside the Tapovan tunnel (Twitter@ITBP_official)

2 more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel; U'khand disaster toll...

143 are still missing in the Chamoli disaster that took place on February 7, said the police

18 Feb 2021 7:22 PM IST

A health worker takes swab sample of a resident for COVID-19 testing in a housing society, amid a surge in coronavirus cases, at Nehru Nagar in Mumbai, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (PTI)

3 Maharashtra cities likely to face stricter curbs 'at any moment'

The state reported 4,787 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest one-day count this year

18 Feb 2021 2:55 PM IST

Protesting farmers sit on tracks after calling for a four-hour rail blockade as they continue their protest against the central governments recent agricultural reforms, in Sonipat on February 18, 2021. (AFP)

Rail roko: Protesting farmers sit on tracks in Punjab, Haryana;...

Security has been tightened in Haryana and Punjab with personnel of the government railway police and the state police...

18 Feb 2021 1:36 PM IST

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan being sworn in Lt Governor of Puducherry, an additional charge, by Chief Justice of Madras High Court Sanjib Banerjee during a brief ceremony at Raj Nivas in Puducherry, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (PTI)

Telangana Guv Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as Pondy Lt Governor

After the swearing-in, the Lt Governor was presented a guard of honour by the Puducherry police outside Raj Nivas

18 Feb 2021 11:43 AM IST

Bengal minister injured in bomb attack in railway station Baharampur

Bengal minister injured in bomb attack in railway station Baharampur

The Minister was waiting on the platform to catch a train to Kolkata at around 10 pm when he was attacked

18 Feb 2021 8:45 AM IST

Traditionally a Congress bastion, the former French colony has suddenly become the cynosure of the BJPs eyes since the party in power at the Centre is piqued over its inability to make inroads into South India. (Photo: Twitter @CMPuducherry)

Is the BJP eyeing Pondy?

Besides poaching the Congress MLAs, the BJP has also used NR Congress and AIADMK, in its mission to storm the Congress...

18 Feb 2021 4:10 AM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

Second dose of COVID-19 jab will see more adverse effects: Experts

Experts say the human body is now ready to act against the antigen that the vaccine is providing

18 Feb 2021 3:15 AM IST

Modi said the nation is looking to build a natural gas pipeline grid to boost usage of the environment-friendly fuel that would help cut carbon emissions. (Photo:PTI)

Rs 100/litre petrol, PM faults predecessors

Price of petrol crossed the Rs 100 per litre mark in Rajasthan after fuel rates were hiked for the ninth day in a row

18 Feb 2021 12:47 AM IST

Tamilisai Soundararajan receiving The Warrant of Appointment to discharge functions of Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from The Honble President of India (Twitter@@DrTamilisaiGuv)

TS Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to be sworn-in as Pondy Lt...

She was posted as Lt Governor incharge after former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was removed from office through a...

18 Feb 2021 12:36 AM IST

Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India. A New Delhi court on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against Ramani in Oct. 2018, denying the allegations as false, baseless and wild.(AP)

#Metoo: Court throws out Akbar's defamation case against Ramani

Reacting to the verdict, Ramani said it feels great to have truth validated before the court

17 Feb 2021 9:37 PM IST

NDRF team carries out a rescue operation after an overcrowded bus plunged into a canal in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. (PTI)

MP bus accident: 2 more bodies recovered as rescue operations resume...

On Tuesday, bodies of 47 people, including 20 women and two children, were recovered

17 Feb 2021 11:16 AM IST

Lies are being spread that farmers will lose their lands owing to the new laws, said Mr.Modi (PTI)

Opposition spreading lies about controversial farm laws: Modi

The BJP leaders have been asked to spend at least 15-20 days 'on the ground' to check the 'flow of misinformations over...

17 Feb 2021 4:58 AM IST