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Justice Rekha Palli opined that not treating physical presence as a mandatory requirement would also encourages parties to easily get their marriages registered. (Representational image: PTI)

Cabinet clears proposal to raise minimum age of marriage for women...

The move comes more than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the plan during his Independence Day...

16 Dec 2021 11:15 AM IST

More intriguing is how Mamata Banerjee has used the BSFs territorial expansion to make common cause with Punjab. (PTI)

'Khela Hobe' in 2024; BJP will be defeated across India in LS polls:...

The 'Khela Hobe' slogan of the TMC had become immensely popular during the high-octane campaigning of the assembly...

16 Dec 2021 10:21 AM IST

A used face mask on Westminster Bridge in London. (Photo: AP)

Omicron infects 70 times faster but is less severe, study says

The supercharged speed of omicron's spread in the human bronchus was found 24 hours following infection

16 Dec 2021 10:15 AM IST

A worker disguised as Santa conducts thermal screening of a child as he arrives at a school that reopened after the Maharashtra government allowed schools to reopen for Ist to IVth classes, in Thane. (Photo: PTI)

India adds 7,974 new Covid infections, 15 per cent higher than...

The death toll climbed to 4,76,478 with 343 fresh fatalities

16 Dec 2021 10:08 AM IST

Army Chief Gen M M Naravane. (Photo: PTI)

Army Chief Gen Naravane takes charge as chairman of Chiefs of Staff...

The post fell vacant following the death of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash

16 Dec 2021 9:30 AM IST

Students check a notice board for their allocated seats as they arrive to appear for the CBSE 10th class Maths exam, in Gurugram. (Photo: PTI)

Board exams: CBSE stops physical evaluation of OMR answer sheets at...

The term-1 board examination is currently going on for students of classes 10 and 12

16 Dec 2021 9:22 AM IST

Parliamentarians in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Lok Sabha stalled as Opposition erupts over Lakhimpur report

MPs enter Well, demand sacking of MoS Ajay Mishra

16 Dec 2021 8:31 AM IST

An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. The Indian military said it apprehended a Chinese soldier Monday, Oct. 19, in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed border. (AP)

AA Edit | Char Dham verdict welcome

Given the India-China face-off militarily and sporadic clashes at the Line of Actual Control, our Armed Forces deserve...

16 Dec 2021 2:14 AM IST

Devotees gather to attend the Bhoomi Pujan for the construction of Ram Temple, at Ram Janambhoomi site in Ayodhya, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020. (PTI)

AA Edit | Kashi, Ayodhya: Religion's role in politics gets bigger

The fact is religion can never be separated from politics in India and has never been

16 Dec 2021 1:48 AM IST

Shankar Roychowdhury | Looking back at 1971: How India cut Pak down to...

From India's point of view, it was to pay Pakistan back for torturing its own population and consequently creating an...

16 Dec 2021 1:38 AM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with her advisor Alapan Bandyopadhyay during a meeting, in Kolkata. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | Supreme Court restrains Centre from acting against...

The babu failed to attend a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had visited the state in May

16 Dec 2021 1:09 AM IST

A student walks past Vyommitra, the prototype of the half humanoid made for the first unmanned Gaganyaan mission, at the 2nd day of an international conference on human spaceflights, in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Targeted launch for crewed space mission in 2022: Govt

Jitendra Singh said the launch of the first uncrewed mission was delayed due to the first and second waves of Covid

15 Dec 2021 3:15 PM IST