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Security stepped up at Tiruchirappally, Chennai airports after threat call

Security stepped up at Tiruchirappally, Chennai airports after threat...

About 200 passengers were evacuated from the airport before a search of the premises was conducted by CISF personnel

1 Feb 2021 12:47 PM IST

People wearing masks ride on a train as suburban train services resumed for the public after a gap of nearly ten months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai, Monday, February.12021. (AP/Rajanish Kakade)

Mumbai suburban train services open for all after 10 months

All the commercial ticket counters and automatic ticket vending machines have also been opened

1 Feb 2021 12:35 PM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, before the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, February. 1, 2021. (PTI)

Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Kovind ahead of Budget...

Budget copies will be disseminated electronically, with documents being uploaded on the government website and on a...

1 Feb 2021 10:56 AM IST

After the mahapanchayat at Baraut in UPs Baghpat district, two more mahapanchayats are being planned in UPs Bijnor and Haryanas Jind districts to mobilise the growing support for the protesting farmers. (Photo:AFP)

Tikait seeks respectable solution to end farm stir

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has called an all-party meeting to show unity with the protesters

1 Feb 2021 4:52 AM IST

Briefing media on the eve of its 45th Raising Day, additional director-general V.S. Pathania, Coast Guard commander of the Eastern Board, said the ICG has played a significant role in securing Indian coasts and enforcing regulations within the maritime zones of India. (Representational Photo:DC)

Indian Coast Guard to have 200 vessels, 100 aircraft by 2025: Pathania

The force also became the fourth largest in the world after the ones in the US, the UK and South Korea

1 Feb 2021 4:27 AM IST

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy administers polio drops to children at the camp office on Sunday. (DC Image)

Jagan launches pulse polio drive

In a separate programme, Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan launched Pulse Polio Immunization Programme at Raj Bhavan

1 Feb 2021 12:29 AM IST

Delhi records maximum cold wave days in January in 13 years: IMD

Delhi records maximum cold wave days in January in 13 years: IMD

Only one -'cold wave-' day each was recorded in 2020 and 2019, compared to seven days this year

31 Jan 2021 1:22 PM IST

The Centre has purchased 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine for the ongoing inoculation drive. (Photo: AP)

Serum Institute applies for trials of another Covid-19 vaccine

The firm has already produced Covishield vaccine, co-developed by the University of Oxford and British-Swedish company...

31 Jan 2021 12:27 AM IST

The development of a new airport is hoped to facilitate tourism and hinterland logistics in Rayalaseema region. Representational image

Indigo to operate flights from March 28 between Kurnool and other...

Flights on all three routes -- Bengaluru-Kurnool, Visakhapatnam-Kurnool and Chennai-Kurnool â€“ will be operated four...

30 Jan 2021 8:35 AM IST

Telangana state Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan. (Photo: S. SURENDER REDDY)

Governor reviews preparedness of colleges for Monday reopening

Telangana was one of the first states to launch online classes. We need to be the role-model state, added Dr....

30 Jan 2021 4:15 AM IST

Farmers having breakfast during their ongoing protest against the new farm laws, at Ghazipur border in New Delhi, Friday, January 29, 2021. (PTI /Kamal Kishore)

Arrangements for drinking water, other facilities in place for...

The farmers protesting under the BKU banner claimed that the local administration withdrew water tankers and snapped the...

29 Jan 2021 12:41 PM IST

Maintaining that the SEC has no funds or manpower, Ramesh Kumar said the commission is still committed to conducting the elections, so that it can discharge its constitutional responsibility. (DC Photo: Narayana Rao)

SEC transfer Praveen Prakash, says his continuance is prejudicial to...

Prakash is also Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and one of the trusted confidants of his...

29 Jan 2021 12:10 PM IST