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Muslim woman holds placards during a protest against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Hyderabad (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Motivated comments on India's internal issues not welcome: MEA on...

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that those who know India well would have a proper...

12 Feb 2022 12:35 PM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

SC asks UP govt to withdraw recovery notices against anti-CAA...

During the hearing, the bench observed that the UP government has acted like a 'complainant, adjudicator and prosecutor'...

12 Feb 2022 12:18 PM IST

President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears

State Department plans to announce that all American staff at the Kyiv embassy will be required to leave the country

12 Feb 2022 10:53 AM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a man to test for COVID-19 during a weekend lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu. (AP/Channi Anand)

COVID-19: India logs 50,407 new cases, 804 deaths

The daily COVID-19 cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last six consecutive days

12 Feb 2022 10:34 AM IST

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australias Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, Indias Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar, and Foreign Minister of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi participate in the Quad foreign ministers press conference in Melbourne, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (AP)

Quad silent on Ukraine standoff but Blinken spits fire on Russia

As Blinken targets Russia, Jaishankar flags concerns over Myanmar

12 Feb 2022 8:53 AM IST

Muslim women hold placards while wearing burqa and hijab to stage a demonstration in support of female Muslim students, in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

Hijab row: SC counsels patience, vows to protect rights

An appeal had been filed in the apex court challenging the direction of the Karnataka High Court

12 Feb 2022 7:03 AM IST

Students participate in a procession to protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in Kolkata, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP /Bikas Das)

As hijab row spreads, senior classes to remain shut in Karnataka till...

BRIMS students, however, were reportedly allowed to take the examination after the intervention of student groups

12 Feb 2022 6:56 AM IST

Activists from Students Federation of India (SFI) hold placards during a demonstration against the recent hijab ban in few of Karnatakas educational institutes, in Chennai on February 10, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | The Hijab row: Beyond the hype and hysteria

Why do people care more about a headscarf worn by a woman than what is going on inside her head?

12 Feb 2022 12:42 AM IST

Kohinoor diamond. (AA file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | The Kohinoor for Camilla? It's high time it is back...

It is possible that Prince Charles, being the fair-minded bloke he is, decides to persuade Camilla to repatriate the...

12 Feb 2022 12:23 AM IST

Zika virus (Photo: ANI)

Active surveillance of Zika virus needed to prevent future outbreaks:...

The first report of the Zika virus spread in Kerala was released by ICMR NIV Pune

11 Feb 2022 3:20 PM IST

Shabana Azmi and Kangana Ranaut. (Twitter via ANI)

Shabana Azmi calls out Kangana Ranaut for her Hijab row comment

Sharing Kangana's post on her official Twitter handle, Shabana questioned her comments on the hijab row in Karnataka

11 Feb 2022 1:36 PM IST

Once the suspension orders are lifted, our services will be fully up and running, an Airtel customer care executive said. (Photo: PTI)

Airtel internet services briefly disrupted due to technical glitch;...

Several Airtel users on Twitter complained that both their mobile data and broadband connection stopped working

11 Feb 2022 1:12 PM IST