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The move was being effected since the colleges have remained closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and were conducting online classes. (Representational Image: AFP)

Colleges in Puducherry to hold classes online from today

However, the practical classes for final semester students shall be conducted through offline mode following the safety...

26 March 2021 12:13 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 11:50 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 11:32 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 10:13 AM IST

Parliament of India

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 1:36 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 2:07 PM IST

A medic collects swab sample of students for the COVID-19 test following a surge in coronavirus cases, at NMKRV PU College in Bengaluru, (PTI)

Karnataka govt tightens rules, imposes fines to control COVID

As of March 24 evening, cumulatively 9,75,955 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state

25 March 2021 2:00 PM IST

A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said the process by which women officers were evaluated did not address the gender discrimination concern raised in the verdict delivered by the apex court last year. (PTI file photo)

Permanent commission in Army: Supreme Court allows pleas of women...

The apex court held that the evaluation criteria for grant of permanent commission to women officers was flawed and...

25 March 2021 12:47 PM IST

A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus infection at a government hospital in Hyderabad on March 23, 2021. (OAH SEELAM / AFP)

Telangana logs 493 fresh COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths push toll to 1,680

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation reported the highest cases with 138 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri

25 March 2021 12:04 PM IST

The injured are being treated at a hospital, the SHO said.(Representational image)

Three soldiers dead, 5 injured as their vehicle overturns, catches...

The accident occurred in Rajiyasar area in the early hours of Thursday

25 March 2021 10:50 AM IST

Representational image.

Retd SSC officers can use military ranks

This decision will not only remove dissatisfaction among the retired SSC officers, but will serve as a big boost to the...

25 March 2021 8:43 AM IST

In Rajya Sabha, Opposition parties had given notice under rule 267, calling for the suspension of business of the day to discuss the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders. (Twitter/ANI)

Parliament clears Bill on Delhi L-G despite huge Opposition furore

Opposing the bill, Congress' Rajya Sabha leader Mallikarjun Kharge said the bill must be sent to a select committee

25 March 2021 8:15 AM IST