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Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (ANI)

Pralhad Joshi welcomes Karnataka HC verdict on Hijab, appeals for...

The basic work of students is to study. So leaving all this aside they should study and be united, said Joshi

15 March 2022 11:58 AM IST

A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a benficiary, at ESIS hospital, at Vashi in Navi Mumbai, Monday, March 14, 2022. (PTI)

India logs 2,568 new COVID-19 infections, 97 fatalities

The active cases comprise 0.08 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID recovery rate further improved...

15 March 2022 11:40 AM IST

The bench, comprising Karnataka high court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice J.M. Khazi, thats hearing petitions challenging the state governments rule on dress code in schools, did not pass any interim order. (PTI)

'Hijab does not form part of essential religious practice': Karnataka...

The bench said that no case is made out for invalidating the Government Order of February 5

15 March 2022 11:17 AM IST

Residents queue to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Shenzhen, in Chinas southern Guangdong province on March 14, 2022. (AFP)

Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as coronavirus surges

China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the Omicron variant...

15 March 2022 10:59 AM IST

Students of government Pre-University college in Kundapur town wearing hijab arrive at their college in Udupi district in Karnataka. (Dinesh Rayappana Matt / AFP file)

Karnataka HC to deliver verdict on Hijab case today, gatherings banned...

The HC full bench was constituted on February 9 on a petition filed by girls from Udupi who prayed that they should be...

15 March 2022 10:25 AM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah. (PTI)

Amit shah, Rajnath to be BJP observers in UP and Uttarakhand

Amit Shah has been appointed as the BJP's central observer for the state legislature party meeting likely to be held...

15 March 2022 6:59 AM IST

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said around 3.65 crore jobs would be generated in the construction of houses sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. (PTI Photo)

Government: Exploring ways to check rise in fuel price

Hardeep Singh Puri said a proposal to bring petroleum products under the GST was taken up by the GST Council, but it...

15 March 2022 6:57 AM IST

FILE | Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in Glasgow. (Photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta Ray | Crisis over Ukraine poses fresh challenge for...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is too burdened with the weight of European history, nuclear one-upmanship and Cold War...

15 March 2022 12:09 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | The real reason for BJP's huge UP triumph: Not...

Election victories sanctify the actions of a political party; they do not validate them

14 March 2022 11:33 PM IST

Residents line up for coronavirus screening during the COVID-19 lockdown in Changchun in northeastern Chinas Jilin province. (Photo: AP)

Major Chinese cities impose COVID-19 restriction as cases spike

The latest spike is being described as the severest COVID-19 outbreaks in two years

14 March 2022 8:28 AM IST

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a close view of Chernobyl nuclear facilities, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion. (Photo: AP)

Power restored to Ukraine's Chernobyl plant, seized by Russian forces:...

An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 killed hundreds and spread a radioactive cloud west across...

14 March 2022 8:09 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Plea in SC for medical students from Ukraine to continue their...

A petition has also been filed by Pravasi Legal Cell before the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the Centre in this...

14 March 2022 3:25 AM IST