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Statue of Gandhi installed in the temple.

A temple where Gandhi is worshipped and a Dalit is priest

Called Gandhi Mandir, this temple located in Odisha's Sambalpur district, has become a favourite place of worship for...

6 Oct 2020 11:46 AM IST

Students during a protest rally in Kolkata over the gangrape of a 19 year old Dalit girl in hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. PTI photo

UN official's remark on Hathras case unwarranted: India

It also said the UN Resident Coordinator in India should be aware that these cases have been taken extremely seriously...

6 Oct 2020 11:33 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi with Myanmars State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Steps on to complete India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highways

The project will boost trade and commerce in the ASEANIndia Free Trade Area, as well as with the rest of Southeast Asia

6 Oct 2020 11:32 AM IST

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar

CBI books DK Shivakumar in Rs 75 crore DA case

'Vendetta', says Karnataka party chief; Congress links raids to Nov. 3 polls

6 Oct 2020 11:09 AM IST

Firefighters try to douse the fire which broke out at a commercial building in a cutlery market in South Mumbai. PTI photo

Blaze at cutlery market in South Mumbai, fire fighting underway

A fire brigade personnel was injured during the operation

5 Oct 2020 1:52 PM IST

Female members of Dhabaleswar Sahus family. DC photo

COVID kills all males of an Odisha family

With no earning in hand, kin stare at an uncertain future

5 Oct 2020 12:59 PM IST

Kangana Ranauts look from Panga. (Photo: Instagram)

Get well soon: Shiv Sena to Kangana Ranaut

"All those who came up with their vile conspiracy & vulture theories should really try to get mentally better soon"

5 Oct 2020 12:51 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan pays tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary, in Bhopal. PTI photo

MP: Shivraj leaves for Delhi to finalise candidates for assembly...

Chouhan was scheduled to meet Central BJP leaders to finalise the candidates for the November 3 assembly by-polls

5 Oct 2020 12:08 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

EC tweaks postal ballot procedure

A Booth Level Officer (BLO) will visit the houses of the concerned electors in the polling station area and deliver 12-D...

5 Oct 2020 11:57 AM IST

This June 22, 2020, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Line of Actual Control between India and China. Chinese and Indian military commanders agreed to disengage their forces in the disputed area of the Himalayas following a clash that left at least 20 soldiers dead, both countries said. The commanders reached the agreement Monday, June 22, 2020 in their first meeting since the June 15 confrontation, the countries said. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

India, China commanders meet on October 12

This will be last meeting under 14 Corps Commander Lt Gen Harinder Singh who is all set to take charge as Commandant of...

5 Oct 2020 11:48 AM IST

The list of frontline health workers will include both government as well as private-sector doctors, nurses, paramedics, sanitary staff, ASHA workers and surveillance officers. (AFP representational image)

Plans to vaccinate 25 crore people by July 2021: Minister

The Centre estimates to receive and utilise 40-50 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine covering 20-25 crore people by July...

5 Oct 2020 11:36 AM IST

Pradeep Maharathy

Odisha's ruling BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy,65, dies of Covid-19

Considered a close confidante of former chief minister Biju Patnaik, Maharathy began his career from student politics

4 Oct 2020 7:05 PM IST