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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar after attending a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India. (AP)

With eye on China, India-US deepen defence ties

Pompeo said the US 'stands with India to deal with any threat' and expressed support for India's efforts to 'defend its...

28 Oct 2020 11:39 AM IST

Narcotics Control Bureau officers take Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty, who has been sent in judicial custody till September 22 by a local court, to Byculla women jail, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (PTI)

Rhea Chakraborty opposes quashing of FIR against SSR's sisters

In her 30-pages reply Rhea has opposed the plea filed by SSR's sisters seeking quashing of FIR filed against them by the...

28 Oct 2020 11:28 AM IST

Kashmiri men walk though a garden lined with dried leaves of Chinar trees in Srinagar. (AP)

Now, anyone can buy property in Jammu and Kashmir after Govt amends...

Several changes have been made to land laws, including allowing use of agricultural land for setting up facilities of...

28 Oct 2020 11:18 AM IST

Voters queue up to cast their ballots for Bihar state assembly elections at a polling station in Patna on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

Polls open in first phase of Bihar elections in 71 constituencies,...

The first phase have been declared as sensitive or hypersensitive constituencies, the poll panel said

28 Oct 2020 9:56 AM IST

Former Union Minister Dilip Ray.

Former union minister Dilip Ray awarded 3-year jail term in coal scam...

Ray was Minister of State (coal) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government

26 Oct 2020 12:04 PM IST

Like the previous phases, half of the volunteers would receive placebo and the remaining half would be administered COVAXIN in this phase.(Representational Image:AP)

Third phase human trial of COVAXIN to commence in Bhubaneswar

Dr Rao, head of PTCTU, said during this phase the age limit and eligibility/ screening criteria would be relaxed

26 Oct 2020 11:52 AM IST

Sarangi is known for his pro-Hindutva view and has been charged for rioting, arson and assault after the Odisha Assembly was attacked by right-wing groups in 2002. (Photo: PTI)

All citizens to get free COVID-19 vaccine, says Union Minister after...

The BJP announcement of free COVID vaccine for Bihar, where assembly polls begin this week, had kicked up a controversy

26 Oct 2020 10:52 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti addresses her first press conference after her release from over 14 months long detention, in Srinagar, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Mufti was in detention from August 5 last year following the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI)

BJP demands Mehbooba Mufti's arrest over Jammu and Kashmir flag...

She has been trolled widely also on social media platforms for her remarks.

25 Oct 2020 3:05 AM IST

Farooq Abdullah to garner support for J&K special status restoration demand. (PTI Photo)

Jammu and Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah named president of People's...

Abdullah told reporters "Ours isn't an anti-national group. Our aim is to ensure that the rights of people of J-K and...

24 Oct 2020 11:59 PM IST

Members of an organization sanitize a market place during the bi-weekly lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Nadia. (PTI)

India's COVID-19 recovery rate touches 90 per cent

61 per cent of the total recovered cases are from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and...

24 Oct 2020 11:37 PM IST

All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi addresses during an joint election campaign with Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), ahead of Bihar assembly polls, at Bhabua in Kaimur district, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (PTI)

AIMIM leaders confident of increasing party's seat tally in Bihar

The MIM is in the fray as part of the Grand Democratic Secular Front (GDSF)

24 Oct 2020 10:21 PM IST

Social activist and preacher Father Stan Swamy. (PTI)

Court takes cognisance of Elgar Parishad charge sheet

NIA claimed the conspiracy related to the violence against Dalits in Bhima Koregaon was part of a 'well chalked-out...

23 Oct 2020 10:48 PM IST