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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Friday, March 26, 2021. (PTI)

PM Modi arrives in Bangladesh on his first foreign trip since COVID-19...

Modi is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to a foreign country since the outbreak of the coronavirus

26 March 2021 12:36 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a passenger for Rapid Antigen Test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a railway station In New Delhi on Match 25, 2021, as India recorded over 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first since October, while a new wave of infections takes hold a year after one of the worlds tightest lockdowns was imposed. (Prakash SINGH / AFP)

Surge in fresh COVID-19 cases, India records 59,118 new infections

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities

26 March 2021 11:57 AM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

India's gift of 200,000 COVID vaccine doses will be sent to UN...

More than 58 million Made in India coronavirus vaccine doses have reached about 70 countries in the recent weeks

26 March 2021 11:40 AM IST

The handling of the farmers on the borders of Indias capital has become a perception battle more than a true search for corrections in basic issues. (Photo:AFP)

Bharat Bandh: Farmers gather near national highways, key roads in...

Farmer leaders have said road and rail transport will be blocked and claimed that markets will also remain closed

26 March 2021 10:17 AM IST

The honourable body would have done greater justice to the Justice if they had considered making the proceeding as transparent as an example the apex court expects from other institutions and lesser mortals. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Welcome Justice Ramana

SC has also wisely rejected a complaint by the AP CM, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, against Ramana in a case relating to the...

26 March 2021 4:47 AM IST

MLAs of Opposition parties, men and women, were dragged on the ground by the police who had been called in. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Calling the cops on Opp.? Bihar ruckus probe must

In light of this, what was witnessed in the Bihar Assembly last Tuesday can only fill every Indian with shame

26 March 2021 4:35 AM IST

West Bengal has to decide to be its whimsical wayward self or join the gang. (Photo: PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Bengal to trigger domino effect in Indian politics?

It will not be an easy election for any of the three blocs that are competing for the voters' hearts and minds

26 March 2021 4:30 AM IST

The parliament of India building

Budget session of Parliament adjourned sine die, two weeks before...

The first part of the Budget Session commenced with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind on January 29 and concluded...

26 March 2021 1:56 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger for coronavirus tests at the CSMT railway station, amid surge in COVID-19 cases, in Mumbai. (PTI)

COVID-19 surge: Passengers to Bengaluru will now need a negative test...

Several other states have also started imposing restrictions on movement of people

26 March 2021 1:51 AM IST

I dont think any regional party in the country has objection to Sharad Pawar heading the UPA, said Sanjay Raut. (PTI file photo)

UPA is paralysed and non-Congress leader like Sharad Pawar should head...

Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole asked if Raut had been appointed as Pawar's spokesperson

26 March 2021 1:47 AM IST

According to the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha, the nationwide shutdown will start at 6 am and it will be in force up to 6 pm across the country on March 26 which marks four months of the farmer agitation at Delhis three borders -- Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri. (Photo: PTI)

'Bharat Bandh': Rail, road transport likely to be affected in parts of...

Farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws have called a complete 'Bharat Bandh'

26 March 2021 1:04 AM IST

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday warned banks that being overly risk averse will be self-defeating. (PTI Photo)

Indian economy's revival seen 'unabated' despite infection surge: RBI...

India added 53,476 infections on Wednesday, in its highest daily rise since October 23, health ministry data showed

25 March 2021 2:12 PM IST