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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India fully supports strong and unified ASEAN: Jaishankar

ASEAN is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region, and India and several other countries are its...

16 Jun 2022 12:06 PM 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)

Sharp spike in daily COVID tally, India reports over 12,000 new cases...

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.35 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was at 2.38 per cent

16 Jun 2022 10:44 AM IST

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and DMK leader T. R. Baalu during a press conference after the opposition leaders meeting regarding upcoming Presidential elections, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Opposition scrambles to field joint Prez candidate

Opposition leaders will again meet on June 21 to finalise their common candidate for the Presidentâ€™s post

16 Jun 2022 1:48 AM IST

Police detain a Congress worker during a protest outside the AICC office against summoning of party leader Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). (PTI)

Government blocking political activities, will face consequences:...

Ashok Gehlot said these past eight years would be marked as the -'black chapter in India-'s history-'

15 Jun 2022 1:59 PM IST

There were only three bidders this year -- Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio -- against seven bidders during the last spectrum auction in 2016. (PTI file photo)

Cabinet gives nod for 5G auctions; 72097.8 MHz spectrum to be put on...

The bidders would be given an option to surrender the spectrum after 10 years with no future liabilities with respect to...

15 Jun 2022 12:02 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee during her visit to Darjeeling. (PTI Photo)

Mamata, Opposition in a huddle over Presidential polls

Mamata arrives in Delhi to galvanise opposition effors

15 Jun 2022 12:11 AM IST

(L-2R) Chief of Indian Army staff General Manoj Pande, Chief of Air staff, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar pose for pictures during a press conference in New Delhi on June 14, 2022, to announce the new Agnipath scheme under which soldiers across the three military services will be recruited and will be called Agniveers. (Photo: AFP)

Government unveils Agnipath, radical new plan to recruit youths to...

After the completion of four years, up to 25% of the Agniveers from a batch would be selected to serve as regular cadre...

14 Jun 2022 11:30 PM IST

Congress leaders KC Venugopal, Deepender Hooda and Gaurav Gogoi and Bhupesh Baghel sit on a dharna during a protest outside the AICC headquarters ahead of Rahul Gandhis second appearance before the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case, in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Congress leaders detained as protests continue for second day

Among those detained were Gaurav Gogoi, Deepender Singh Hooda, Ranjeet Ranjan, Manickam Tagore and Imran Pratapgarhi

14 Jun 2022 1:11 PM IST

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi arrives to meet party workers at the AICC headquarters before leaving for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office to appear in the National Herald case, in New Delhi, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

ED quizzes Rahul Gandhi for second day in National Herald...

Delhi Police personnel were deployed in huge numbers and section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was imposed...

14 Jun 2022 12:12 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during his meeting with Chief Ministers regarding the Covid-19 situation across the nation through a video conference, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Government will create 10 lakh jobs in next 18 months

The unemployment rate in urban areas was 7.8 per cent while in rural areas it was seven per cent

14 Jun 2022 11:13 AM IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar listens at a news conference during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP)

K C Singh | After Gulf blowback, do a rethink, save India image

Rivalry between Iran and the GCC Arabs complicates India-'s balancing act

14 Jun 2022 7:04 AM IST

Muslims protest after offering prayers at Mecca Masjid against nupur sharma and naveen jindal for insulting statements against prophet. (DC)

Aakar Patel | What govt, BJP must do so that India doesnâ€™t get...

BJP must not do things that give the outside world a chance to lecture us

14 Jun 2022 2:20 AM IST