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Its victory returns many figures of the tumultuous transition period, including CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli, who is expected to be the new prime minister. (Photo: AP)

Nepal's new map artificial enlargement, says India

Oli, in an address to Parliament in Kathmandu, asserted that Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belong to Nepal.

21 May 2020 10:05 AM IST

The police sources said that one of the jawans was killed on the spot and the other died on way to nearby Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). Medical Superintendent at SKIMS. AP Photo

Two BSF jawans shot dead by motorbike-borne militants in Srinagar

None of the militant outfit active in J&K has, so far, owned responsibility for the attack

20 May 2020 8:22 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Get ready for Manic Monday, June 1

On Tuesday Home Ministry hd in an important move announced that permission of the State where trains are to reach was...

20 May 2020 7:20 PM IST

Out of 157 coronavirus cases in Assam that the state government has recorded, 114 are actives cases and under treatment. PTI Photo

Assam sees biggest single day spike in Covid cases, tally jumps to 157

The state is grappling with another problem as on Wednesday at least three corona positive patients escaped the...

20 May 2020 6:49 PM IST

AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are on the rise in Africa, especially due to cyclones. (Photo: Representational/ Pixabay)

IMD: Cyclone Amphan begins landfall, process to continue for 4 hours

Odisha and West Bengal have evacuated nearly 1.5 lakh and 3.3 lakh people respectively.

20 May 2020 5:26 PM IST

Guest workers continue to face adversities amid the lockdown. (DC Photo)

Guest workers choose to walk back home as trains to cyclone-hit areas...

1,500 stranded in Bengaluru as trains to Odisha, West Bengal are cancelled

20 May 2020 3:46 PM IST

A globe showing Europe, Africa and Asia is pictured on an illustration representation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Paris. (AFP)

With record jump of 5,611 in single day, Covid-19 cases now stand at...

Of the 3,303 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 1,325 deaths.

20 May 2020 1:48 PM IST

While the Annual Survey of Education Report (ASER) by the NGO Pratham among rural children makes for depressing reading each year, the learning outcomes of the children enrolled in CBSE schools were none too good either.

Pending CBSE board exams to be conducted in school itself, not...

Usually, board examinations are held at designated test centres for students.

20 May 2020 12:48 PM IST

Army soldiers during an encounter with militants at Baigpora area in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on May 6, 2020. Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo was killed in an operation by security forces. (PTI)

Two Hizbul militants killed by security forces in Srinagar encounter

The fire fight took place in Srinagar's densely populated Dana Mazaar locality.

20 May 2020 12:08 PM IST

Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata Port Trust suspends operations as precautionary measure

Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata Port Trust suspends operations as...

Mukherjee said that all cargo handling operation at Diamond Harbour and Sagar anchorage have been stopped.

20 May 2020 11:26 AM IST

Electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (AP)

Virus in India diverging from the one originated in Wuhan, scientists...

Scientists caution that low testing rate minimal genome submissions are major bottlenecks in the assessment of the...

20 May 2020 11:23 AM IST

A policeman disperses guest workers gathered outside Mumbai railway station. (AFP)

Guest workers more prone to virus due to malnutrition and low immunity

Most guest workers, with proximity to clusters and bad health conditions, could be asymptomatic carriers of virus

20 May 2020 10:57 AM IST