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Bars have also been permitted to play any type of entertainment or performance. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Delhi govt's new excise policy allows bars to operate till 3 am

Every liquor outlet in the city will provide a walk-in experience to its customers who will have multiple choices of...

6 July 2021 10:40 AM IST

A woman breaks down as she prays before the cremation of a relative who died of COVID-19 in Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records lowest daily rise in number of Covid cases in 111 days

The death toll climbed to 4,03,281 with 553 daily fatalities, the lowest in around 91 days

6 July 2021 10:16 AM IST

There will be no political interference in transfer and posting of police officers, he said. (Twitter)

Don't shoot in the chest, aim for leg: Assam chief minister to cops

Mr Sarma said that people will feel the changes in policing soon and he is going to make the transfer of inspectors...

6 July 2021 7:30 AM IST

The Union Cabinet can have up to 81 members, but currently there are only 53 (with 28 vacancies). (ANI file photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Cabinet rejig: PM needs to look for better talent

If PM Modi wants to survive politically and leave a well- regarded legacy, the surest way would be to make his...

6 July 2021 7:07 AM IST

Aakar Patel | As world changes rapidly, Indians stuck in the past, not...

Newspaper column writers are not experts in any particular subject or field

6 July 2021 7:04 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cancelled the Class 12 CBSE board examination after a long deliberation process including all stakeholders on June 1. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Board exams 2022: CBSE announces special assessment scheme for class...

The syllabus for the board examination 2021-22 will be rationalised similar to that of the last academic session to be...

5 July 2021 8:50 PM IST

Ex-Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee was welcomed into the party by TMC leader. (Photo: Twitter/@AITCofficial)

Former President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit joins TMC

He was welcomed into the party by TMC leader in Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandopadhyay, amid shouts of 'Mamata Banerjee...

5 July 2021 6:14 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India to make CoWIN available to all countries: PM Modi

About 50 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria and Uganda, have shown interest in adopting CoWIN to run their...

5 July 2021 6:11 PM IST

Twitter express concern over the safety of its employees in India and said it will continue to be strictly guided by principles of transparency and protecting freedom of expression. (Photo:AP)

Twitter Inc failed to comply with new IT Rules: Centre tells HC

The Centre, in an affidavit filed in the high court, said any non-compliance amounts to breach of provisions of IT Rules

5 July 2021 5:40 PM IST

A day after Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government sailed through the floor test amid protest by BJP, led by Devendra Fadnavis, the Maharashtra Assembly will vote at 11 am to elect its speaker on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

12 BJP MLAs suspended from Maha Assembly for 'misbehaving' with...

The motion to suspend the MLAs was moved by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab and passed by a voice vote

5 July 2021 5:38 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

UK PM Boris Johnson to set out plans for end of lockdown on July 19

UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid will announce the plans for an end to all legal lockdown restrictions from July 19 to...

5 July 2021 5:02 PM IST

When the researchers tested the sera of 20 participants who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine they found that it could act against the engineered coronavirus variants. (Photo:AFP)

Pfizer Covid vaccine induces 'good' immune response against...

The group of recovered COVID-19 patients comprised 50 volunteers, aged 19-93, with 33 among them females and 17 males

5 July 2021 3:54 PM IST