New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS here and appealed to all those who are eligible to get inoculated. Sister P Niveda, from Puducherry, administered Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN to the prime minister, sources said. "Took...
New Delhi: Day one of third phase of COVID vaccination is likely to see walk-in registrations in huge numbers since the CoWIN portal is unlikely to be operational before March 1, officials told IANS. "Senior citizens and people above 45 with comorbidities will be allowed...
Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 113 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.52 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...
Washington: President Joe Biden said Friday that Iran should view his decision to authorize US airstrikes in Syria as a warning that it can expect consequences for its support of militia groups that threaten US interests or personnel. “You can't act with impunity. Be careful,”...
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced Friday the dates of Assembly polls in four states and the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The polls will begin 27th March and end 29th April. However, polls for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry will be held...
New York: The US condemns terrorists infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC) and expects Pakistan to play a ‘constructive role’ in Kashmir, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. "We have been very clear that we condemn the terrorists who seek to infiltrate across the...
Ahmedabad: Left-arm spinner Axar Patel (5/32) created an illusion of turn with 11 straight deliveries that put India on the brink of the World Test Championship (WTC) final with a 10-wicket demolition of England inside two days in the day-night third Test here Thursday. In...
New Delhi: The government announced Thursday new rules to regulate digital content and establish a ‘soft touch progressive institutional mechanism with a level playing field’ featuring a Code of Ethics and a three-tier grievance redressal framework for news sites and OTT platforms. The rules will...
New Delhi: A Delhi court Thursday granted protection from arrest till March 9 to Shantanu Muluk in the 'Toolkit' case and directed the police to not take any 'coercive' action against the accused till then. Fearing arrest, Muluk had moved the Patiala House Court in...
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): The water given to the three Unnao girls, which led to the death of two of them, had been mixed with Sulfosulfuron, a herbicide, police said Thursday. The report of the chemical analysis of the viscera of the two girls found dead...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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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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