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Army Chief General MM Naravane. (ANI Photo)

Situation at LAC tense, jawans ready to deal with all challenges: Army...

He underlined that some precautionary deployment for the safety of Indian troops have been undertaken for safety and...

4 Sept 2020 12:31 PM IST

EAM S Jaishankar (PTI photo)

Diplomatic, military negotiations only way forward to resolve Ladakh...

New Delhi also made it clear that Beijing â€œshould not take any provocative action or escalate mattersâ€

4 Sept 2020 12:17 PM IST

Asked about the developments in Russia, the WHO stressed that all vaccine candidates should go through the full stages of testing before being rolled out. (Representational Image: AFP)

5 states account for 70% of total COVID deaths in India

India has one of the lowest cases per million when compared to other countries in the world

4 Sept 2020 11:56 AM IST

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti. (PTI Photo)

Police thwarts PDP leaders-' meet in Srinagar

Hanjura, Naeem Akhtar released videos via social media showing how they were prevented from leaving their homes by the...

4 Sept 2020 11:27 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Ahead of Narendra Modi-'s 70th birthday, BJP to celebrate week-long...

BJP cadre will also plant fruit trees as the Prime Minister has on many occasions emphasised the benefits of planting...

4 Sept 2020 11:06 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh decided to restore bus service in Bhopal on Thursday on a very limited scale. (PTI Photo)

MP mulls revival of economic activity amid spike in pandemic cases,...

The state government has decided to rope in economists, experts to suggest measures to restore economy to a pre-pandemic...

4 Sept 2020 10:46 AM IST

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane is visiting Leh to review the ongoing security situation. (PTI Photo)

Indian Army chief visits Ladakh to review operational preparedness

Earlier, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria, on Wednesday visited frontline airbases

4 Sept 2020 10:17 AM IST

The agency told the court that Vilatra has revealed names of many persons to whom he supplied drugs. (PTI Photo)

SSR case: Man held for alleged drug trafficking remanded in NCB...

The accused, Zaid Vilatra (21), was produced before a metropolitan magistrateâ€™s court which remanded him in NCBâ€™s...

4 Sept 2020 10:10 AM IST

Mark Zuckerberg is happy to let Facebook be a tool to spread misinformation and fake news, but is apparently fine with Facebook dropping real news altogether, John Stanton, co-founder of the Save Journalism Project, said in a statement. Regulators need to reign in the tech giants total domination of the online marketplace before its too late.

Under fire, Facebook says it is non-partisan and denounces hate speech...

The Congress on its part said it would wait for â€œfurther concreteâ€ action.

4 Sept 2020 9:48 AM IST

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Yedipora in Pattan area of Baramulla district. (PTI Photo)

J&K: Army officer injured in encounter with militants in Baramulla

The search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired upon a search party of the forces, who...

4 Sept 2020 9:16 AM IST

Pakistan directed the federal government to give India another opportunity to appoint a lawyer to represent death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

ï»¿Kulbhushan case: Pak court gives India another chance to appoint...

Islamabad High Court took up the case of appointment of lawyer for Jadhav to hear the review by a Pakistani military...

4 Sept 2020 8:50 AM IST

Facebook bans BJPs Raja Singh. (DC Photo)

Facebook, Instagram bans BJP-'s Raja Singh over hate speech

The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led to Facebook-'s decision to remove his...

3 Sept 2020 3:19 PM IST