TN Electricity minister tests positive for coronavirus
Chennai: Electricity Minister and AIADMK leader, P Thangamani has tested positive for coronavirus, a party spokesperson said here on Wednesday. The m...
Cabinet approves distribution of free foodgrain till November
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet approved extending the scheme for distribution of free foodgrains to the country's poorest until the end of November to ...
EPF assistance extended for 3 months
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet approved extension of EPF support for business and workers for 3 months.The government under 'PM Garib Kalyan Package' e...
Gold smuggling case: Crucial discussions in Delhi
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan and Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman held a meeting to discuss t...
22,752 new COVID-19 cases in India in 24 hrs
New Delhi: A spike of nearly 23,000 cases of the novel coronavirus and 482 deaths in a single day pushed India’s overall case tally to over 7.4...
NIA arrests seventh accused in 2019 Pulwama attack case
Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested the seventh accused in the Pulwama attack case. The case pertains to an IED blast on February...
CBSE rationalises syllabus for classes 9 to 12 by up to 30%
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rationalised the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for the academic year 2020-21 by up to 3...
SC grants 1 more month to Centre to give permanent commission to women army officers
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted one more month to the Centre to implement its verdict directing that permanent commission be given to...
Diesel price scales new high after 25 paise increase
New Delhi: Diesel price in the national capital on Tuesday touched an all-time high following a rate hike after a week-long hiatus.
Diesel price on T...
872 railway employees, kin, ex-staffers test coronavirus positive
New Delhi: As many as 872 employees of the Central Railway and Western Railway, their family members and retired personnel have so far tested positiv...
Coronavirus deaths in India cross 20,000
New Delhi: India passed a grim double milestone on Tuesday in its fight against COVID-19, as it went past the figure of 7 lakh infections and 20,000 ...
India-China ties in complex situation, says Beijing
Beijing: China said the consensus reached with India to disengage troops at the border should be implemented as soon as possible, indicating cooling ...
China seen withdrawing troops from Galwan Valley: Report
New Delhi: The Chinese Army is removing tents and moving back from certain areas of the Galwan Valley, in a first sign of disengagement of troops fro...
Nearly 7 lakh COVID-19 cases in India, 3rd worst-hit in world
New Delhi: India's coronavirus tally has crossed the 6.97-mark after more than 24,248 new infections and 425 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hour...
Record 24,850 COVID-19 cases in single day in India
New Delhi: With 24,850 people testing positive for coronavirus infection and 613 succumbing to the disease in a day, the highest so far, India's COVI...
8 UP policemen shot dead when they went to arrest criminal
Kanpur: Eight policemen in Uttar Pradesh were shot dead early on Friday at a village in Kanpur where they had gone to arrest a criminal wanted for mu...
I-T dept launches tool to calculate TDS rate on cash withdrawals
New Delhi: The Income Tax (I-T) Department has launched a new tool to determine TDS (tax deducted at source) on cash withdrawals.The tool is meant to...
Ladakh food security scheme launched
The Ladakh Food Security Scheme (LFSS) has been launched by the Union Territory administration, officials said.
With the implementation of LFSS, the ...
JEE, NEET exams postponed to September
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal announced that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (N...
COVID-19: India sees biggest single-day jump of 22,771 cases
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally touched 6,48,315 with the biggest single-day increase of 22,771 cases, the latest data from the Union Health Minist...
COVID-19 situation in Ernakulam critical: Minister
Kochi: Minister V.S Sunil Kumar warned that triple lockdown will be imposed in Kochi without warning if necessary.
"The present situation in Ernakula...
Brazilian president says hydroxychloroquine to cure his virus
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he is confident that he will swiftly recover from the new coronavirus thanks to treatment wit...
