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A health worker takes a nasal swab samples of a passenger to test for COVID-19, at a bus stand in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

India records 11,271 new Covid-19 infections, 285 deaths

The daily rise in new COVID infections has been below 20,000 for 37 straight days and less than 50,000 daily for 140...

14 Nov 2021 10:23 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

Supreme Court tells Centre: Take emergency steps to curb Delhi...

At the outset of the hearing as solicitor general Tushar Mehta pointed to the impact of stubble burning on air pollution...

14 Nov 2021 6:50 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Pavan K. Varma | In mobocracy called India, art & rule of law...

The first myth that needs to be buried then is that there is a difference between the BJP and the so-called fringe

14 Nov 2021 2:19 AM IST

There is some talk that Mr Venugopal is being groomed to take of the role of Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhis political secretary. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Venugopal's star rises in Congress, but the knives are...

Mr Venugopal has become so powerful that most general secretaries in charge of states have become virtually redundant

14 Nov 2021 1:38 AM IST

In this photo is seen Colonel Viplav Tripathi and his wife. Colonel Tripathi, the Commanding Officer of Khuga Battalion of Assam Rifles, his wife and son, were killed in an ambush by militants at Sehkan village in Manipurs Churachandpur district, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (PTI)

Colonel, wife, son, 4 jawans killed in terror ambush in Manipur

Additional troops have been rushed to the area as the location is an extremely remote village around 50 km from the...

13 Nov 2021 10:34 PM IST

26 naxals were killed on Saturday in an encounter with police in eastern Maharashtras Gadchiroli district. (AFP file photo)

Maharashtra police gun down 26 Maoists in Gadchiroli district

The gunbattle took place in the morning at Korchi when a C-60 police commando team was conducting a search operation

13 Nov 2021 9:36 PM IST

A worker in protective overall disinfects a vehicle from the World Health Organization convoy while they were visiting the Baishazhou wholesale market on the third day of field visit in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. (AP)

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds

A comprehensive survey of viral pathogens has found they harbor a range of diseases threatening humans and other animals

13 Nov 2021 1:59 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

It is an emergency situation: SC on air pollution in Delhi-NCR,...

The top court also took note of the fact that schools have opened in the national capital

13 Nov 2021 12:43 PM IST

He also informed the Congress chief about the initiatives taken by the party as well as his government in Chhattisgarh. (PTI file image)

Baghel meets Sonia, discusses Congress preparations for Uttar Pradesh...

Baghel met some leaders from Uttar Pradesh and later apprised Gandhi about the discussions he had with them

13 Nov 2021 11:56 AM IST

Farmers, with more than 5,000 tractors and other vehicles, have again showed to the world that they are united, focused, tireless, and firm in their resolve. (Photo: AP)

Punjab announces Rs 2 lakh compensation to 83 held in Delhi for R-Day...

Farmers had taken out a tractor march on January 26 in Delhi to highlight their demands of repeal of agri laws and a...

13 Nov 2021 11:21 AM IST

A health worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary, during a special vaccination drive. (Photo: PTI)

India records 11,850 new coronavirus infections, 555 fatalities

A decrease of 1,108 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

13 Nov 2021 10:49 AM IST

In Delhis Lodhi Road area AQI was reported at 476, at IIT Delhi area AQI was at 479 and in the Delhi universitys north campus area AQI was at 578 today. (ANI)

Delhi gasps for fresh air as AQI dips to 'severe category'

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research said that the air quality index in Delhi is at 499, in...

13 Nov 2021 10:13 AM IST