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Paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a street during the complete lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Jammu, Saturday. (PTI)

Supreme Court stays High Court order on lockdown in Uttar Pradesh

Weekend curfew imposed across the entire state and a night curfew on weekdays in all districts having more than 500...

21 April 2021 7:56 AM IST

Oxygen cylinders brought from Maharashtra being unloaded from a truck. (PTI File)

Delhi gasps for oxygen, Kejriwal pleads for help

LNJP had 12 hours of oxygen left, Ganga Ram 16-18 hours, Max Patpargunj, 8-10 hours

21 April 2021 7:34 AM IST

HC refuses to stay JEE-Main examination. (Representative Image)

ICSE cancels Class 10 examination, postpones Class 12 exams

The ICSE board also instructed the schools to prepare for admissions to Class 11 and plan for the next academic year

21 April 2021 2:04 AM IST

Former UP minister Akhilesh Yadav offers prayers on the banks of Ganga river during Kumbh Mela 2021, in Haridwar, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Hindu politics' by Opposition is a sign of...

The (Hindu) Opposition leaders now mask past commitment and efforts at increasing the political representation of...

20 April 2021 11:55 PM IST

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a polling booth as voters wait to cast their votes during the fifth phase of West Bengal state elections in Newtown Rajarhat, North 24 Parganas district, India, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (AP)

Sanjay Kumar | Bengal lesson: Drawbacks of a multi-phase state...

Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?

20 April 2021 11:55 PM IST

When Didi needs funds, she doesnt waste a moment on these fine people she goes straight to those who have the requisite lolly the Marwaris of Kolkata. (PTI)

Didi cuts rally time, BJP for mini meets

BJP declared that it would not hold big poll campaign rallies in the state; public meetings with not more than 500...

20 April 2021 8:43 AM IST

A health worker collects a nasal sample from a passenger for COVID-19 test, amid coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi on April 2, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

6-day lockdown begins in Delhi as Covid situation turns critical

Delhi government issued a circular advancing summer vacation in all city schools as the city fights a massive battle...

20 April 2021 8:38 AM IST

This is the second time in three months that the British PM has cancelled his visit to India. (Photo: AFP)

Boris Johnson cancels his visit to India

India on UK's red list, 103 cases of Indian variant had been identified in the UK

20 April 2021 1:23 AM IST

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Over 18-yr-olds can get Covid shot from May 1

In another major shift in vaccine policy, the Centre also allowed states to directly procure vaccine doses from...

20 April 2021 12:46 AM IST

You cannot expect to be given a position on the UN Security Council, as India does, when the world sees what you are doing with distaste. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | How the world sees India is changing not for the better

India's urban unemployment is at a historic high and, more important, the participation rate of India's labour force is...

20 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Pakistans generals, who own and control the Taliban, want more than anything else to forcefully and completely eject all Indian presence from Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | US Afghan exit a pyrrhic victory for Pak generals?

The last time the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, 26 years ago, India's historical presence in Afghanistan was...

20 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

The ICC suspension comes in the wake of two of the three members in the tribunal Michael Belhoff QC (Chairman) and the Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson finding that the ICC has established jurisdiction over Lokuhettige. By arrangement

Dilhara Lokuhettige set to challenge eight-year ban

The 40-yr-old former all-rounder was banned after being charged with three breaches of the ICC's anti-corruption code

19 April 2021 2:46 PM IST