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Centre not to amend Disabilities Act to decriminalise minor offences

the department under the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry put out a proposal last week on its website for...

9 July 2020 3:15 PM IST

J-K Police at Wassem Baris residence. (PTI)

TRF claims responsibility for BJP neta-'s killing in Bandipora; police...

Bari, a former district president of the BJP, and his kin were targeted by two gunmen inside their family shop.

9 July 2020 2:01 PM IST

Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (PTI Photo)

False narrative, says HRD minister on row over revised CBSE syllabus

The comments by the minister came following a controversy over the reduction of syllabus by the CBSE due to the COVID-19...

9 July 2020 1:45 PM IST

A municipal workers sprays disinfectant on a street outside a government hospital in Bengaluru. DC photo

BBMP designates maternity hospital for COVID positive pregnant women

BBMP has designated 24 bedded Wilson Garden maternity hospital to manage Covid suspect cases including OT facilities

9 July 2020 1:34 PM IST

Commandos deployed at Poonthura village in Thiruvananthapuram district where super spreading of COVID-19 has been detected. DC photo

Commandos out in superspreader Kerala village after 119 cases detected

Keralaâ€™s COVID-19 toll crosses 6000, highest single-day spike of 301 cases on Wednesday

9 July 2020 1:23 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI)

-'Kashi has vigourously tackled COVID-19-': Varanasi MP Modi hails...

He was interacting with representatives of various Varanasi-based non-government organisations via video link.

9 July 2020 1:07 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi (AFP file photo)

Is this the India of our dreams?: Rahul tweets on Chitrakoot child...

-"Starving family in an unplanned lockdown...These girls have paid a terrible price to live,-" the former Congress chief...

9 July 2020 10:49 AM IST

Union minister Prakash Javadekar at the press briefing. (PTI)

Union Cabinet formally extends free ration under PMGKAY till November...

The minister said that the scheme will benefit more than 80 crore people in the country.

9 July 2020 1:48 AM IST

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa holds a review meeting in Bengaluru. (PTI photo)

Pressure builds on BSY to impose lockdown as Karnataka registers 2K...

Bengaluru again topped the list with 1148 cases. The containment zones in the city have doubled up in the recent days

9 July 2020 1:26 AM IST

File photo of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav. (PTI Photo)

India sees Pakistan farce in Kulbhushan Jadhav -'not filing plea-'

Pakistan said that India has been invited to file review and reconsideration petition on his behalf.

9 July 2020 1:02 AM IST

COVID-19 patients inside an isolation ward in Shehnai Banquet Hall near LNJP Hospital, in New Delhi. PTI photo

India-'s virus recovery rate rises, yet no respite from COVID-19 cases

With more COVID-19 patients recovering, the gap between the number of recovered cases and active cases has increased by...

9 July 2020 12:07 AM IST

File image of the Sheikh Waseem Bari.

BJP activist, father and brother killed by militants in Jammu and...

The attack took place on the fourth death anniversary of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

9 July 2020 12:03 AM IST