Srinagar: Three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district Saturday, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the upper reaches of forest area of Nagbaeran Tral in the south Kashmir district...
New Delhi: Zydus Cadila's three-dose indigenous Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, the world's first DNA-based Covid vaccine that can be administered to people aged 12 and above, Friday received emergency use authorisation (EUA) in India, an official statement said. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's (CDSO) Subject...
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed the chaotic situation in Afghanistan for a second time this week. The two agreed to continue their close coordination over the matter and keep a close watch on the situation. Taliban...
Kolkata: In a major blow to the West Bengal government, a five-member bench of the Calcutta High Court Thursday handed over the investigation of serious crimes like rape and murder in the post-poll violence to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and formed a three-member...
Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Odisha government to notify 14 elephant corridors in the state within the next two months. The order was passed Tuesday, realising a long-standing demand of elephant conservationists. This development comes after years of exercise for setting up...
Dubai: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in UAE has confirmed that the Arab nation has welcomed Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds. "The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the...
New Delhi: In a big development, the Supreme Court Wednesday passed an interim order allowing women to take the admission exam to National Defence Academy (NDA) where only men can join. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, representing the Centre, argued that it is a policy...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said Tuesday that the state government will extend its association with Hockey India (both the men’s and women’s teams) by 10 more years till 2033. Naveen Patnaik announced the extension of sponsorship while felicitating the Indian men’s and women’s...
New Delhi: India brought back home Tuesday the Indian ambassador and its staff at the embassy in Kabul. They were brought back in a heavy-lift military transport aircraft in view of the deteriorating security situation in the Afghan capital. The arrival of the Indian ambassador...
London: India’s world class pace attack pulled off an incredible heist with the bat and then a magnificent performance with the ball to decimate England by 151 runs in the second Test here Monday. The fifth day at the hallowed Lord’s was as good an...
The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a...
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