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Former Tamil Nadu minister and DMK leader A Rahman Khan no more

A DMK press release said all party flags will fly half-mast for three days and all party events scheduled for the period...

21 Aug 2020 1:56 PM IST

Former president Pranab Mukherjee. (File photo: AFP)

No change in Pranab Mukherjee-'s condition; ex-President still on...

Doctors attending to him said his vital parameters are being maintained.

21 Aug 2020 1:55 PM IST

Police and locals gather outside Srisailam Left Bank Power Station (SLBP) after a fire broke out on Thursday night, at Srisailam in Kurnool district. PTI photo

17 employees inside Srisailam power plant when fire broke: TS Genco

9 people including seven staffers of TS Genco were killed and eight others injured in a major fire mishap at Srisailam...

21 Aug 2020 1:35 PM IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President MK Stalin during a protest against the state government for surge in electricity bills, in Chennai. PTI photo

CM should solve Swiggy labour dispute: Stalin

Swiggyâ€™s employees have been on a strike protesting against the cut in salary and incentives by the company

21 Aug 2020 1:14 PM IST

Sushant Singh Rajput

CBI starts Sushant Singh Rajput case probe, takes relevant documents...

A special investigation team of the CBI, consisting of officers, other personnel and also forensic experts, landed on...

21 Aug 2020 1:09 PM IST

Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) issued a notification for opening of the online DOST portal for undergraduate degree admissions in the state. (Representative Image)

TS DOST 2020: Telangana Degree admissions to begin from August 24

TSCHE introduced additional services to DOST platform to ease COVID-19 burden, like Real Time Digital Face Recognition...

21 Aug 2020 12:20 PM IST

File photo of then chief justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi paying homage at the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind nominated former chief justice to the Rajya Sabha on March 16, 2020. (PTI)

Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking inquiry into conduct of ex-CJI...

Justice Gogoi is the first person from the northeast to reach the top of judiciary

21 Aug 2020 12:19 PM IST

A medic takes a swab sample of a woman. (PTI)

Coronavirus in Telangana: State all set to join the 1 lakh club today

According to the bulletin, the case fatality rate in the state was 0.74 per cent, while it was 1.90 per cent at the...

21 Aug 2020 11:59 AM IST

Infiltration of militants from across the border had decreased by half this year. (PTI Photo)

Infiltration from PoK down by 50 percent: J&K police chief

The alertness of our forces and border management are so good that for the first time the level of infiltration has come...

21 Aug 2020 11:41 AM IST

This is how the Ram temple will look like.

Construction of Ram temple begins in Ayodhya, soil testing underway at...

The Supreme Court appointed trust for the construction of the temple, held a meeting in New Delhi on Thursday.

21 Aug 2020 10:58 AM IST

India and China have agreed to resolve outstanding issues in an expeditious manner, the ministry of external affairs said. (Photo- Twitter)

India, China to sincerely work towards de-escalation of troops in...

The two sides reaffirmed that in accordance with agreement they will continue to work towards complete disengagement of...

21 Aug 2020 10:50 AM IST

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah addresses a press conference after holding a meeting with party leaders, including those leaders who were detained post-August 05, 2019 and released recently, at his residence in Srinagar. (PTI)

We wonâ€™t remain silent on the abrogation of Article 370: Farooq...

Abdullah held a discussion with senior party members to chalk out a future strategy and ways to seek lifting of curbs on...

21 Aug 2020 10:25 AM IST