New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): With just 17 per cent of eligible people receiving the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines till August 15, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appealed to states on Tuesday to o
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday handed over to the Army a wide range of indigenous military equipment including unmanned aerial systems and quick reaction fighting vehicles
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the practice of divorce in Muslims through 'Talaq-e-Hasan' --which is pronounced once a month over a period of three months -- is not akin t
Srinagar, August 16 (PTI): Six ITBP personnel and a policeman died while 32 others -- who were returning from Amarnath Yatra duty -- sustained injuries on Tuesday when a bus fell in deep gorge in Pahalgam area
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): Parts of North India could face irreversible decline in freshwater availability by 2060 due to climate change, according to a study.
A team of international researchers noted that
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appealed to states and Union territories on Tuesday for timely utilisation of central funds to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure and ex
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against social media influencer Bobby Kataria after a video of him lighting a cigarette inside a SpiceJet flight surfaced, officials said on Tu
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday appealed the public to participate in a citizen survey being conducted by NCERT for development of a new National Curriculum Fr
New Delhi, August 15 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday set an ambitious target of making India a developed nation by 2047 and made a renewed pitch for cutting import dependence and boosting domestic
New Delhi, August 14 (PTI): India has helped the world discover the true potential of democracy and the keyword for the country today is compassion for the downtrodden, needy and those on the margins, President
New Delhi, August 14 (PTI): The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 208.21 crore-mark on Sunday, with over 20 lakh doses administered till 7 pm, the Union health
New Delhi, Augiust 14 (PTI): India has not only been decked in tricolour hues in the lead up to the 76th Independence Day celebrations, but also put under a heavy security blanket, right from Delhi, the epicent
Srinagar, August 14 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday scrapped the Probationer (Condition of Service, Pay and Allowances) and Fixation Rules, 2020, to bring all employees being appointed on equal-fo
Mumbai, August 14 (PTI): Veteran stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India's Warren Buffett and whose net worth was USD 5.8 billion, died here on Sunday morning.
He was 62. Jh
Mumbai, August 14 (PTI): Dalal Street had been fraught with risk. People who made big fortunes often made headlines as scamsters, leading to equity markets being looked at with suspicion in post-liberalised Ind
New Delhi, August 14 (PTI): India's "generous" and "multi-faceted" assistance to Sri Lanka to help it deal with its unprecedented economic crisis is "heartening", Commonwealth
New Delhi, August 14 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to all those who lost their lives during partition, and applauded the resilience as well as grit of those who suffered during that
New Delhi, Aug 14 (PTI) In view of the 76th Independence Day celebration on Monday, security has been stepped up across the national capital with more than 10,000 personnel manning the Red Fort from where Prime
New Delhi, August 13 (PTI): As India gears up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Independence, kite-selling markets in old Delhi are doing brisk business, but police and NGOs are on the watchout to preven
New Delhi, August 13 (PTI): Eleven Opposition parties, including the Congress, on Saturday resolved to fight against what they called the misuse of electronic voting machines, money power and the media by the B