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NewsA vandalise temple is seen in Comilla on October 14, 2021. (AFP)

Goons attack Hindu temples in Bangladesh during Durga Puja, 4 killed

A home ministry spokesperson said that the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) troops have been deployed in 22 districts...

15 Oct 2021 3:29 AM IST

The defence minister said the SCO has rejected terrorism in all its manifestations, noting that women have been and will remain equal contributors in the fight against the menace. (PTI)

Terrorism weapon of choice of non-state actors, irresponsible states:...

In his speech, the defence minister also provided a brief overview of the role being played by women in the Indian armed...

15 Oct 2021 3:07 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (PTI)

Modi enhanced value of Indian passport: Amit Shah

The entire world has changed the outlook towards India, Shah said

15 Oct 2021 2:32 AM IST

The Union Health Ministry had announced in June that the Biological E would supply 30 crore doses of Corbevax to India by December. (ANI)

Biological E to submit final data on its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax...

The Corbevax is the third made-in-India vaccine against coronavirus, the other two indigenous vaccines are Covaxin and...

15 Oct 2021 2:23 AM IST

An Army jawan on Thursday reportedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at the Kralapora Army camp in frontier Kupwara district. Representational image/PTI

Another Army jawan killed, JCO injured in gunfight with militants in...

The latest encounter between a group of militants and the security forces took place in Bhata Dhurian village, not far...

15 Oct 2021 2:12 AM IST

Indian jails remained overcrowded and under-staffed in 2019, says NCRB data. (AFP Photo)

Two J&K scribes detained, sent to jail on 2-day remand

The police had asked for eight days remand of both Shah who is the editor of an online newsweekly magazine Kashmir...

15 Oct 2021 2:04 AM IST

India re-elected to UNHRC for 6th term with overwhelming majority. (Photo:ANI)

India re-elected to UNHRC for 6th term with overwhelming majority

Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) TS Tirumurti said that India will continue to further human rights...

15 Oct 2021 12:41 AM IST

Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi calling on President Ramnath Kovind with demands that support the cause of the farmers. (PTI)

AA Edit | Lakhimpur: Backlash gives Opp. a fighting chance

All sorts of organisational preparations have commenced, keeping the poll in mind

15 Oct 2021 12:38 AM IST

There is less reason to worry on the count of increased air travel overly affecting the pandemic situation as the aviation sector is one that has maintained high standards in following pandemic protocols. Representational Image. (AFP)

AA Edit | Ready for post-Covid takeoff

Domestic air passenger traffic had already risen 74 per cent annually and three per cent sequentially to 6.9 million...

15 Oct 2021 12:38 AM IST

Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, is escorted to court by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials for a bail plea hearing in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Shobhaa De | Aryan Khan: Connecting the dots is a challenge!

The bald truth in this matter is that nobody really knows what's going on

15 Oct 2021 12:37 AM IST

A series of unfortunate events have episodes have made senior officials wonder whether something is lacking in the training that IAS recruits receive before starting their career. (Twitter)

Dilip Cherian | One scrape too many: Is it time now to rethink...

There have been at least two similar instances when young IAS officers have dragged their governments and the service...

15 Oct 2021 12:34 AM IST

Pandey said that the government is expecting disinvestment of BPCL in the last quarter as well. (Photo- BPCL)

After Air India, govt to disinvest BPCL, float LIC IPO by last quarter...

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is another company that is on the divestment list of the government

14 Oct 2021 4:25 PM IST