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Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) members protest after police imposed section 144 at Ghazipur border, during their Delhi Chalo march against the new farm laws, in New Delhi, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (PTI)

All India Taxi Union threatens to go on strike if farmers-' demands...

President of the Union said they are giving two days to the central government to meet the demands of the farmers

1 Dec 2020 12:05 AM IST

Asha workers on GHMC election duty at City College making arrangements for the polls to be held kn December 1. (DC Image: P.Surendra)

GHMC district reports 63 containment zones ahead of elections

In the GHMC limits, Charminar zone had 16 containment zones, Khairatabad 22, Serilingampally 16, Kukatpally 10 and...

30 Nov 2020 11:12 AM IST

Farmers in Uppalaguptam mandal showing their damaged crop to the social welfare minister P.Viswaroop on Sunday. (DC Image:Vadrevu Srinivas)

Farmers of pulses rue damage when prices are high

Heavy rainfall, supply of only substandard fertilisers and pesticides, apart from bad cropping practices have led to...

30 Nov 2020 4:30 AM IST

Members of Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh take pledge against Love Jihad. (PTI)

UP registers first case under new anti-conversion law in Bareilly

The complainant-'s daughter married someone else in June this year

29 Nov 2020 11:11 PM IST

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy watch an aerial survey on Cyclone affected areas on Saturday. (DC Image: Narayana Rao)

Jagan announces ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakhs to the kin of 8 persons...

The Chief Minister also instructed officials to give seeds at 80 per cent subsidy to the farmers in the affected areas

29 Nov 2020 9:03 AM IST

Farmers are trying to protect their paddy heap from the inundated waters in the field in Annampalli village in Mummidivaram mandal in Nivar cyclone in East Godavari District. (DC Image)

AP-'s low-lying villages alongside Penna river marooned

Hundreds of villages are still under the grip of darkness as stagnant water, deposited by rains accompanying Cyclone...

29 Nov 2020 8:56 AM IST

P M Modi at Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad. (DC Image: Pavan Kumar)

PM Modi reviews Covid vaccine progress at Bharat Biotech

He congratulated the scientists for their progress in the trials so far

29 Nov 2020 8:46 AM IST

Farmers stage a protest on the national highway over farm reform laws, in Bulandshahr. (PTI)

After night halt, Punjab farmers resume march towards Delhi

By Friday evening, all Haryana Police barricades at the border with Punjab and along the highway to Delhi had been...

28 Nov 2020 11:45 AM IST

Martyr Naik Prem Bahadur Khatri (left) and martyr Rifleman Sukhbir Singh who lost their lives during the ceasefire violation by Pakistan Army, at Sunderbani Sector of Rajouri district, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (PTI)

Two more Army jawans killed in Pakistan fire

The Army said that the Pakistani troops resorted to -'unprovoked ceasefire violation-' in Suderbani area of Rajouri...

28 Nov 2020 11:10 AM IST

Farmers stage a protest at Delhi-Noida border over farm bills. (PTI)

Haryana cops use water cannons and teargas to stop farmers

The agitation saw Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh entering into a war of words on Twitter with Haryana CM...

27 Nov 2020 8:59 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

PM bats for simultaneous elections, single votersâ€™ list

The PM also emphasised the need for coordination between the three wings of the state â€“ the legislature, executive and...

27 Nov 2020 8:45 AM IST

A Girl covering plastic covers her head to protecting rains due to the Nivar cyclone in Vijayawada on Thursday. (DC Image: Narayana Rao)

Cyclone Nivar rips apart villages in Andhra Pradesh

Traffic on the National Highway No 16 that connects Chennai and Kolkata was affected, and vehicles were stranded for...

27 Nov 2020 8:35 AM IST