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File photo of USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53). (Image: US Navy/Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)

US Navy challenges India's excessive maritime claims at Lakshadweep...

International law does not permit a nation to carry out military manoeuvres in EEZ without the consent of the concerned...

9 April 2021 11:58 PM IST

Swab testing being done for police Personnel at ulsooor gate police station following rise in Covid cases In Bengaluru on Monday. Photo Satish B

Night curfew in Karnataka to impact TS, AP border areas

The night curfew will be imposed from 10 pm to 5 am and will be in force until April 20

9 April 2021 11:54 PM IST

Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries to doctors and healthcare workers. (PTI Photo)

37 doctors test positive for COVID-19 at Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital

Thursday's spike was the highest single-day rise witnessed in Delhi since November 19 last year when 7,546 COVID-19...

9 April 2021 11:51 AM IST

Trains at Mumbais Lokmanya Tilak Terminus were seen packed with migrant workers as they feared an impending lockdown. (ANI)

Fearing another lockdown, Mumbai's migrant labourers leave for home

Due to a sharp rise in COVID cases, Mumbai's BMC on Thursday imposed a weekend lockdown in the city until further orders

9 April 2021 11:35 AM IST

A medic administers the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi, Thursday, April 1, 2021. The third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for 65 lakh people aged above 45 has begun in the national capital from today. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

Odisha: Covid negative report or final vaccination certificate...

This is applicable to all modes of travel, including people entering the state by train, bus, aeroplane, waterways or in...

9 April 2021 11:24 AM IST

A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a government hospital in Hyderabad on March 31, 2021. (NOAH SEELAM / AFP)

India records highest daily spike of over 1.31 lakh COVID-19 cases;...

The number of active COVID-19 cases has increased to 9,79,608, registering a steady increase for the 30th day in a row...

9 April 2021 11:02 AM IST

The CM was speaking at the video conference conducted by the Prime Minister with Chief Ministers on Thursday. (Photo: Twitter @TelanganaCMO)

Vaccine Utsav: KCR urges Modi to ensure adequate supply of Covid-19...

KCR requested Modi to ensure adequate supplies of the Covid-19 vaccines for the vaccination programme in Telangana

9 April 2021 10:45 AM IST

The decision was taken as about 25 traders including association president Laxminarayan Rathi reportedly contracted Covid-19 in recent days. (Photo: DC)

COVID-19: Begum Bazaar to shut shop by 5 pm

Shops in the market will be open from 9 am, the association said after a meeting of its executive members

9 April 2021 10:03 AM IST

Manhas went missing after a joint team of the CRPF and two other security forces clashed with Maoists at the borders between Chhattisgarhs Sukma and Bijapur districts on Saturday. (Photo: ANI)

Maoists free CoBRA commando after 5 days of captivity

Maoists had grilled him to extract information on the strength of the security forces deployed in the region and the...

9 April 2021 7:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting with chief ministers of all states over the rising cases and current status of Covid-19, New Delhi, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (PTI)

Focus on Vaccine Festival from April 11-14, Modi tells CMs

Centre playing politics by giving more vaccines to BJP-ruled states and fewer to non-BJP governed states, says...

9 April 2021 7:07 AM IST

Asserting that adopting modern practices in the agriculture sector is imperative, Modi said in every aspect of life, newness and modernisation are essential. (Photo: PTI)

India sidesteps queries on secret talks with Pakistan

If the CBMs ties improve further, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may pay a visit to Islamabad for the Saarc summit there...

9 April 2021 1:37 AM IST

A Rohingya Muslim man prepares to walk through a full-body sanitization tunnel installed at COVID-19 dedicated Government Medical College hospital. (PTI)

SC allows deportation of Rohingya refugees detained at Jammu to their...

The court refused to order the release of nearly 150 Rohingyas detained in holding centres in Jammu

8 April 2021 11:53 PM IST