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Health workers sanitizing an area near Nizamuddin mosque after people who attended religious congregation at Tablighi Jamaat Markaz tested positive for coronavirus in New Delhi. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Bombay High Court quashes FIRs against foreign nationals of Tablighi...

The bench noted that there was big propaganda in print and electronic media against the foreigners who had come to...

22 Aug 2020 4:42 PM IST

Prominent members of the Muslim community from Shaheen Bagh join BJP in the presence of Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta, in New Delhi, Sunday.

Sections of Delhi BJP express displeasure over people from Shaheen...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing it of "scripting" the...

22 Aug 2020 3:30 PM IST

Ex-IAS officer Rajiv Kumar.

Ex-IAS officer Rajiv Kumar appointed new election commissioner,...

Kumar, a retired 1984-batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will have a five-year tenure and retire in 2025.

22 Aug 2020 2:55 PM IST

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stand guard along the Srinagar-Leh National highway, in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. PTI photo

BSF kills five Pakistani intruders along the International Border in...

This is the highest number of intruders killed in a single incident along the over 3,300 km-long border with Pakistan in...

22 Aug 2020 2:29 PM IST

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday released five political leaders who have been under detention since August 5, the day when the Centre announced the abrogation of Article 370 provisions and bifurcation of the state. (Photo: PTI)

Jammu and Kashmir: Security personnel kill one militant in Baramulla...

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Check-i-Saloosa area of Kreeri in north Kashmir's Baramulla...

22 Aug 2020 1:44 PM IST

While 17 lakh students have registered for NEET, 11 lakh youngsters will be writing the JEE

Government rules out postponement of JEE, NEET exams

Students have been arguing that conducting exams in September when the Coronavirus cases are on a continuous rise, is...

21 Aug 2020 11:13 PM IST

A health worker collects a sample via Rapid Antigen kit for COVID-19 test, during Unlock 3.0, at Deonar in Mumbai. PTI photo

50 staffers, 21 patients infected by COVID19 at mental hospitals in...

At the Thane mental hospital, which houses 807 patients, so far 17 patients and 22 staffers have been afflicted by the...

21 Aug 2020 10:30 PM IST

Uma Bhartis rain picture that has gone viral

Uma Bharti's creates social media storm with rain picture

Uma Bharti's monsoon picture has incidentally stirred a flutter in BJP circle amid speculations that she was mulling...

21 Aug 2020 9:55 PM IST

People, violating social distancing norms, step out for shopping on the eve of Ganesha Chaturthi festival, at Dadar market in Mumbai. PTI photo

COVID19 in India: Maharashtra still leads in fresh cases

The overall fatalities due to COVID-19 so far is 54, 849 with 983 new deaths in the last one day

21 Aug 2020 9:23 PM IST

The commission has recommended mandatory sanitisation of polling stations, preferably a day before the polls.

Disposable gloves, thermal scanners: EC guidelines for polls amid...

A separate set of guidelines would be issued for voters who are residing in areas notified as

21 Aug 2020 6:13 PM IST

Vehicles move slowly during a traffic congestion on Jammu-Srinagar highway, in Jammu, Sunday. (PTI)

Following multiple landslides, Jammu-Srinagar highway remains closed...

The highway was blocked by a major landslide at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas on Thursday, officials...

21 Aug 2020 3:06 PM IST

Talking about the Operation Bluestar in Golden Temple in 1984, former president Pranab Mukherjee said Indira Gandhi had never compromised with blind religious faiths or with the social force which was at work to split the country into different parts. (Photo: PTI)

No change in Pranab Mukherjee's condition; ex-President remains on...

Doctors attending to him said his vital parameters are being maintained.

21 Aug 2020 1:54 PM IST