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Citizens undergo thermal screening as they wait to cast their votes a polling station during Punjab Assembly elections, in Jalandhar, Sunday, Feb 20, 2022. Polling is underway for all 117 seats in Punjab. (PTI)

Punjab Assembly elections: 17.77 percent voting till 11 am

A total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, are in the fray for the high-stake electoral...

20 Feb 2022 9:55 AM IST

The country saw over 90,000 total hospital admissions for children 17 years old and under from August 1, 2020 to January 13, 2022, CDC data showed. (Representational Image/AP)

Ranjona Banerji | In India's hospitals, don't expect end-of-life care

We have learnt as a family that what we lack most terribly in India is geriatric care and an understanding of the last...

20 Feb 2022 3:01 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)

Pavan K. Varma | Our duty is to put back nuance in hijab debate

The hijab dispute is now sub judice, and is being heard by the Karnataka high court

20 Feb 2022 2:36 AM IST

Former Union minister Ashwani Kumar. (DC Image)

Anita Katyal | Shah, Digvijaya share this habit; Ashwani's beef...

Ashwani Kumar who quit the Congress last week, spoke eloquently about how the Congress policies did not reflect the...

20 Feb 2022 2:08 AM IST

The NIA plea to invoke Section 16 and Section 18 of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 was accepted by the court. (Representational image: PTI)

NIA raids 9 J&K locations as part of terror probe

The raids were carried out in connection with the cases of recovery of an IED from Bhatindi area of Jammu in June last...

20 Feb 2022 1:10 AM IST

An employee on election duty casts her vote using Postal Ballot Paper, a day before Punjab Assembly elections, in Jalandhar, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Punjab all set to cast its vote today in 4-cornered contest

16 Uttar Pradesh districts to see battle for votes in 3rd phase

20 Feb 2022 1:07 AM IST

Female Muslim students wearing burqa and hijab sit in protest outside the Shivamogga District collectors office, in Shivamogga on Thursday. (PTI file photo)

58 girls suspended from college in Karnataka for wearing Hijab,...

The students were suspended on Friday and were told that they should not come to the college

19 Feb 2022 8:17 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

PIL in SC seeks steps to regulate poll manifesto, make them legally...

The plea contended that the Centre and the ECI have not taken steps to regulate political parties' manifesto

19 Feb 2022 1:39 PM IST

BJP National President J.P. Nadda with party leaders during a public meeting for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Ayodhya. (PTI Photo)

59 constituencies to vote in third phase of UP polls on Sunday

As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in this phase, in which over 2.15 crore people are eligible to vote

19 Feb 2022 12:20 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister & AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with AAPs chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann, addresses a press conference ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, in Chandigarh (PTI Photo)

All corrupt people have teamed up against AAP: Kejriwal

In a tweet in Hindi, Kejriwal also said the country will not bow down before these corrupt people and move ahead

19 Feb 2022 11:37 AM IST

President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Biden now convinced' Russia will launch invasion of Ukraine

Biden reiterated his threat of crushing economic and diplomatic sanctions against Russia if it does invade, and pressed...

19 Feb 2022 11:28 AM IST

A health worker with swab samples of people collected for Covid-19 test, in Gurugram, Friday, February 18, 2022. (PTI Photo)

India logs 22,270 fresh COVID-19 cases, 325 deaths

Daily COVID-19 cases in the country have remained below one lakh for 13 consecutive days now

19 Feb 2022 10:23 AM IST