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A BJP party rally held in Kolkata, ahead of West Bengal assembly elections. (PTI)

BJP, TMC in war of words over number of legislators seeking to change...

BJP's Bengal minder Kailash Vijayvargiya claimed in Indore that 41 MLAs of the TMC are in touch with the saffron party

15 Jan 2021 2:30 PM IST

This handout photo taken and released on January 15, 2021 by Indonesias National Disaster Agency shows rescuers looking for survivors trapped in a collapsed building in Mamuju, after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Sulawesi island. (Photo by Handout/ National Search and Rescue Agency / AFP)

At least 34 killed as quake rocks Indonesia

Rescuers were searching for more than a dozen patients and staff trapped beneath the rubble of the levelled Mamuju...

15 Jan 2021 11:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI photo

PM Modi to launch COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16

Modi is likely to interact via video link with some healthcare workers fwho will be receiving the shots on the first day

15 Jan 2021 9:17 AM IST

Pope Francis, wearing a face mask, descending the stairs of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli prior to an inter-religious ceremony for peace in Campidoglio Square, at Romes Capitoline Hill. (Photo: VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)

Vatican: Pope receives coronavirus vaccine

The Vatican has beefed up coronavirus restrictions amid a spike in cases in Italy

15 Jan 2021 7:27 AM IST

The Indian Army Corps of Signals marches during the 71st Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, in New Delhi, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (PTI Photo)

India will not have R-Day chief guest due to global coronavirus...

It will be for the first time in over five decades that India will not have a chief guest at the Republic Day parade

15 Jan 2021 7:17 AM IST

Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

Delhi government extends COVID guidelines for UK returnees till...

The order was issued after a mutant of the virus having high transmissibility has been reported in UK

15 Jan 2021 7:13 AM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

Centre moves Supreme Court to keep adultery as a crime in the armed...

The Centre said the order decriminalising adultery should not apply to the armed forces, where such acts amount to ...

14 Jan 2021 4:35 AM IST

The agitating farmers on Wednesday received a boost as a delegation of 1,000-odd Kerala farmers aligned with the All India Kisan Sabhas Kerala unit decided to join the agitation at Delhi border on Thursday. (Photo:AFP)

Farmers burn farm law copies to mark protest

The farmers' agitation entered its 50th day on Wednesday

14 Jan 2021 4:32 AM IST

The controversy, however, is more about the drug regulators emergency approval to the second coronavirus vaccine, the indigenously produced Covaxin, before critical efficacy data of the third phase of clinical trials are out.

Bharat Biotech airlifts vaccine to 11 cities

Bharat Biotech received order for 55 lakh doses from the Centre. It donated 16.5 lakh doses to the govt. Each Covaxin...

14 Jan 2021 4:28 AM IST

The CCS approved the procurement of 73 Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at the cost of Rs 45,696 crores, along with the design and development of infrastructure sanctions worth Rs 1,202 crores. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Centre clears purchase of 83 Tejas Mk-1A for Indian Air Force

HAL gets its largest-ever order, to boost aerospace industry

14 Jan 2021 4:28 AM IST

If the couple did not intend so, the marriage officer has to solemnise their marriage forthwith without publication of 30 days notice, the order said. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Mandate of 30 days' notice under Special Marriage Act optional:...

Making such publication mandatory would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy

14 Jan 2021 4:16 AM IST

All 1.65 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines -- 1.1 crore of Covishield and 55 lakh of Covaxin -- procured by the Centre have been allocated to all states and UTs in proportion to their healthcare workers database. (Photo:AP)

About 3 lakh healthcare workers to get Covid-19 vaccine shots on...

The govt hinted that vaccine recipients, for now, will not have the option to choose from the two vaccines -- Covishield...

14 Jan 2021 1:42 AM IST