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India on Saturday conducted successfully the first night trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surface medium range nuclear capable missile from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast, defence sources said. (Photo: Twitter/ PPChaudharyMoS)

India reiterates No First Use nuclear policy, bats for global...

India-'s reiteration of its nuclear doctrine is significant given the situation it has now found itself.

4 Oct 2020 4:08 AM IST

A view of the shrine of Sikh leader Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan. (PTI)

Kartarpur corridor to reopen as per COVID-19 protocols, says India

The corridor was shut in March in view of the coronavirus pandemic

4 Oct 2020 3:40 AM IST

Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi meet the family members of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after being allegedly raped two weeks ago, at Bulgadi village in Hathras, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (PTI Photo)

CBI to probe Hathras gangrape case; Rahul, Priyanka visit victim...

The CBI probe decision was announced minutes after Rahul and Priyanka wound up their visit

3 Oct 2020 10:38 PM IST

According to him, at around 10.30 am, armed Naxals ambushed a search party comprising CoBRA personnel in the jungle near Irapalli village under Bijapur district.

Senior Maoist commander shot dead in fratricidal killing in Bastar

Vijja (39), a resident of Mankeli in Bijapur district, was a DVC member and in-charge of Gangaloor area committee of CPI...

3 Oct 2020 10:22 PM IST

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi leave for Hathras to meet the family of the 19-year-old woman who died after she was assaulted and allegedly gang-raped, in New Delhi, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Hathras gangrape: SIT probe over; officials, Cong leaders make a...

Adityanath had set up three-member Special Investigation Team on Wednesday and instructed that it submit its report by...

3 Oct 2020 3:55 PM IST

Police barricading an area in a panchayat in Ernakulam district which has been declared as containment zone.

Prohibitory orders imposed across Kerala to curb COVID-19 spread

Collectors of all the 14 districts imposed prohibitory order to prevent the possibility for a â€˜super spreadâ€™ of the...

3 Oct 2020 3:07 PM IST

A man dressed as Mahatma Gandhi puts a mask on an auto-driver during an awareness program Gandhigiri to Maskgiri in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, on his 151st birth anniversary, at CP Inner Circle in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (PTI Photo)

India-'s COVID-19 death toll breaches 1-lakh mark

India is the second worst hit nation in terms of COVID-19 cases

3 Oct 2020 12:36 AM IST

Mumbai: Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) members during a protest rally demanding justice for the Hathras victim, outside the gate of IIT Powai, in Mumbai, Friday. (PTI)

UP government suspends Hathras SP, DSP after first SIT report on...

According to the Chief Minister-'s office, narco polygraph tests will also be conducted of SP, DSP and other concerned...

2 Oct 2020 10:28 PM IST

Visitors wait at the Gandhi Hospital gate in Hyderabad. P Surendra photo

Gandhi Hospital employee removed for misbehaving with woman COVID...

Police said the alleged incident happened on September 27

2 Oct 2020 10:01 PM IST

Siddiqullah Chowdhury, General Secretary, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo: PTI)

Trinamul minister defends 10 Al Qaeda accused, calls for their release

The family members of the ten accused were present with Chowdhury at the press meet.

2 Oct 2020 6:15 PM IST

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik (PTI)

Odisha CMO pulls out WHO report on COVID-19 situation to fight...

The WHO report said the Odisha government effectively managed the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

2 Oct 2020 12:28 PM IST

A volunteer spraying disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus inside a quarantine centre. AFP photo

India-'s COVID tally crosses 63 lakh mark

Maharashtra contributed more than 18,000 to the new cases. Karnataka and Kerala, both contributed more than 8,000

2 Oct 2020 12:23 PM IST