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Kerala now faces an uphill task. (DC photo)

Kochi tightens curbs after community transmission of cases goes up

Kochi residents told not to step out unless during emergencies

3 July 2020 1:46 AM IST

file photo of a MiG-29 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force. Indias Defence Ministry on July 2, 2020, gave its approval for the IAF to speedily procure 21 MiG-29 fighter jets besides 12 Sukhoi MKis from Russia. (PTI)

Don-'t ask why: India to buy fighter jets, missiles, weapons worth Rs...

The Defence Ministry-'s highest procurement body greenlights a huge shopping list

2 July 2020 11:36 PM IST

Earth movers lie idle at a coal mine in Dhanbad as Indias coal workers began a strike on July 2, 2020, to oppose the central governments decision to open up the countrys coal sector to privatisation. Prime minister Narendra Modi recently launched the auction process to hawk 41 coal mines for commercial mining. (PTI)

Have you noticed? Half a million coal workers are on strike

India-'s miners are opposed to the auction of coal blocks to private players

2 July 2020 10:17 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

Delhi sets up plasma bank for coronavirus treatment; Kejriwal seeks...

The government has set up the plasma bank at the state-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS).

2 July 2020 5:04 PM IST

Telangana High Court. (DC Photo)

Telangana High Court dissatisfied with KCR government report on...

The bench also said it would summon the chief secretary and other officials to appear before it personally if the report...

2 July 2020 4:16 PM IST

Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launches new schemes to boost electronics manufacturing. (PTI Photo)

Ravi Shankar Prasad terms ban on Chinese apps India-'s -'digital...

He also attacked the CPI-M over its -"silence-" on the Sino-Indian border confrontation.

2 July 2020 2:31 PM IST

The Andhra Pradesh High Court Complex at Amaravati.

After COVID death of judicial officer, AP High Court judges to work...

Backward Class group writes to chief justice of India about corona risk to staff at Amaravati court complex

2 July 2020 1:23 PM IST

Congress leader Ahmed Patel (PTI)

ED questions Congress-' Ahmed Patel for the third time in PMLA case

A three-member team reached home in the Lutyens-' zone of central Delhi around 11 am.

2 July 2020 1:22 PM IST

File image of BJP leader Uma Bharti.

BJP-'s Uma Bharti appears in person before CBI court in Babri Masjid...

The 61-year-old saffron clad BJP leader is the 19th accused to depose before the court.

2 July 2020 12:46 PM IST

Representational Image. (PTI)

India, Pakistan exchange list of prisoners through diplomatic channels

India also sought grant of visas for medical team to visit Pakistan to assess the mental condition of believed-to-be...

2 July 2020 11:46 AM IST

Tribute to corona frontline workers on National Doctors Day. (TI)

In just five days, India-'s coronavirus tally jumps by a lakh to...

The COVID-19 case load increased to 6,04,641 while 434 people have succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours

2 July 2020 10:59 AM IST

A policeman wearing a PPE kit disinfects an area Samta Nagar police station in Mumbai. PTI photo

India-'s COVID-19 battle: Centre asks states to ramp up testing as...

Karnataka and Telangana have for the last couple of days been registering higher numbers of cases than usual

2 July 2020 10:35 AM IST