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Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao announced from the floor of assembly setting up of a task force headed by an IAS officer to monitor the treatment and the charges made by corporate hospitals in the state. (PTI Photo)

Trade unions rally behind KCR against privatisation

The employees and workers unions of several PSUs were agitating against BJP-'s privatisation move

20 Nov 2020 9:37 AM IST

M J Akbar (PTI Photo)

Judge hearing M J Akbar-'s defamation case against Prima Ramani...

Recently, the District and Sessions Judge, Rouse Avenue, had refused to transfer Akbar-'s defamation case from the...

19 Nov 2020 1:19 PM IST

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to respond to a PIL seeking a declaration recognising same sex marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act. (Representational Image:AP)

HC asks Centre-'s response on plea to recognise same sex marriages...

The petition has contended that marriages between same sex couples are not possible despite SC decriminalising...

19 Nov 2020 12:22 PM IST

Security personnel take positions at Army camp at Nagrota near Jammu. (PTI File)

4 terrorists killed, 1 policeman injured at Jammu-'s Nagrota toll...

Encounter broke out after a vehicle, in which terrorists were travelling, was intercepted by security forces personnel

19 Nov 2020 11:34 AM IST

Flood-affected families stand in a queue to apply for financial assistance at a Mee Seva Centre, in Hyderabad. (PTI)

Telangana adds 1,058 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths

GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 168, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (93) and Rangareddy (91)

19 Nov 2020 10:41 AM IST

Security personnel guard near the site of an encounter with militants, at old Barzulla in Srinagar. PTI photo

12 civilians injured as militants-' attempt to target CRPF with...

All the injured were evacuated to a nearby hospital

19 Nov 2020 5:34 AM IST

Representational image.

Amid standoff with China, Army establishes winter habitat facilities...

This comes as temperatures in the forward bases in Ladakh have already reached below zero degrees Celsius

19 Nov 2020 4:38 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan (PTI)

Madhya Pradesh to form a -'Gau Cabinet-' to conserve cattle resources

The Cabinet committee will have its first meeting on November 22

19 Nov 2020 3:53 AM IST

Veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim. (Facebook pic)

Veteran journalist Patricia Mukhim quits Editors Guild of India

Mukhim accused that the journalistsâ€™ body defends only star editors and anchors

18 Nov 2020 9:57 PM IST

Mangled remains of a mini-truck after it rammed into another truck, on the outskirts of Vadodara, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. At least 10 people were killed and 16 others injured in the mishap. (PTI)

11 killed, 16 injured in truck crash near Vadodara; PM Modi condoles...

The accident took place at Waghodia circle near the city around 2.45 am when the victims were heading towards Pavagadh

18 Nov 2020 7:04 PM IST

Congress leader A. K. Antony.

Senior Congress leader A K Antony tests positive for COVID-19

Antony was under observation at home after his wife Elizabeth Antony tested positive earlier

18 Nov 2020 6:22 PM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa (PTI)

Vijayanagara to become Karnataka-'s 31st district, cabinet gives...

The government-'s plan to create Vijayanagara district had earlier run into opposition, especially from within the...

18 Nov 2020 5:43 PM IST