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National security adviser Ajit Doval will chair the meeting. (AP file image)

Russia, Iran to participate India's NSA-level meeting on Afghanistan...

Invitations have been extended to China and Pakistan too, and formal responses are awaited

6 Nov 2021 7:48 AM IST

NCB Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede arrives at the NCB office in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Aryan Khan case transferred to NCB special team in Delhi

Wankhede has been at the centre of a political storm following allegations of extortion in the cases being investigated...

6 Nov 2021 7:10 AM IST

A girl holds a draw reading Save Our World as demonstrators take part in the Fridays for Future Scotland march, during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Is there hope for planet, or will prophets of doom...

As with Covid, humanity is in this together

6 Nov 2021 2:43 AM IST

Terrorists cannot be trained with the fanciest weapons, pillowed with cash, drugged for violent killings and, after the assignment, expected to resume their lives as regular tax-paying citizens. Representational Image. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Terror in post-US Afghan: What is New Delhi's take?

It was precisely to boost the FSA's war-making abilities that the CIA and the Pentagon created a budget that ran into...

6 Nov 2021 1:09 AM IST

A thick layer of acrid smog hung over Delhi-NCR on Friday after residents flouted the ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali and emissions from farm fires in the region peaked at 36 per cent. (PTI Photo)

Day after Diwali, Delhi records its poorest air quality in 5 years

Residents in many parts of Delhi-NCR complained of an itchy throat and watery eyes on Friday

5 Nov 2021 6:41 PM IST

Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. (Photo: PTI)

Navjot Singh Sidhu says he has taken back his resignation as Punjab...

Sidhu was appointed as the president of the Punjab Congress on July 23 this year following months of turmoil in the...

5 Nov 2021 5:38 PM IST

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that for purposes of travel to the United States, vaccines accepted will include FDA approved or authorised and World Health Organisation (WHO) emergency use listed (EUL) vaccines. (Representational Image/AP)

US to lift all travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign...

Fully vaccinated travellers will continue to be required to show a pre-departure negative test taken within three days...

5 Nov 2021 5:13 PM IST

A pump attendant fills petrol at a petrol pump station. (PTI)

Petrol price further cut by Rs 8, diesel by Rs 9 in BJP-ruled states

The announcement was matched by 22 states and Union Territories cutting VAT rates in different proportions

5 Nov 2021 4:07 PM IST

In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine is seen ready for use in the trial. (Photo: AP)

Novavax files for emergency use listing of COVID-19 vaccine with WHO

Novavax and its partner SII had said that they had received the first emergency use authorisation for Covid vaccine in...

5 Nov 2021 3:58 PM IST

Paytm IPO is scheduled to open on November 8. (Photo: Representational)

IPO rush continues; Paytm, 2 other public issues to open next week

This comes after five companies successfully concluded their public offerings (IPOs) this week

5 Nov 2021 2:07 PM IST

In this file image dated, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan being taken to Arthur Road jail from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office after being arrested in connection with the alleged seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Aryan Khan appears before NCB to mark his weekly presence in...

An NCB team busted an alleged drugs party on the Cordelia Cruise ship which was on its way to Goa at mid-sea on October...

5 Nov 2021 1:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Kedarnath in Uttarakhand. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi expresses happiness over redevelopment of Kedarnath after 2013...

This is PM Modi's second visit to the temple during his term

5 Nov 2021 1:11 PM IST