Beijing: The death toll in China's novel coronavirus outbreak has climbed to 213 with the number of confirmed cases totalling to 9,692, China’s national authorities announced Friday. Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 5,806 confirmed cases, including 204 deaths, official media reported. So...
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday declared that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the decision after a meeting of its Emergency Committee, an independent panel of experts, amid mounting evidence...
New Delhi: Tension spiralled in Jamia Nagar Thursday after a man fired a pistol at a group of anti-CAA protesters, injuring a Jamia Millia Islamia student before walking away while waving the firearm above his head and shouting “Yeh lo aazadi” amid heavy police presence...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed Thursday the curative petition of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case saying ‘no case is made out’. The top court also rejected convict Akshay Kumar Singh’s plea seeking stay of his...
Hamilton: Rohit Sharma smashed consecutive sixes in the final two balls of the thrilling Super Over, leading India to their maiden T20 series win in New Zealand following a nerve-wracking finish in the third match here Wednesday. Needing 18 off six balls in the Super...
Hamilton: India won the third T20I against New Zealand here Wednesday courtesy of two back to back sixes from Rohit Sharma in the super over. Riding on Sharma’s 40-ball 65 in the first innings, India posted 179/5 in 20 overs. In response, New Zealand spearheaded...
Beijing: The deadly coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in China with 25 new fatalities reported from central Hubei province taking the death toll to 132 and the confirmed infection cases to nearly 6,000, as health experts warned that the epidemic may reach its climax in...
Mumbai: At least 20 people were killed when a speeding state transport (ST) bus collided with an auto-rickshaw, causing both the vehicles to fall into a roadside well in Maharashtra’s Nashik district Tuesday, police said. More than 18 people also suffered injuries in the accident...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to 17 convicts in the 2002 Gujarat riots case wherein 33 members of a particular community were burnt alive in the Ode town of Anand district in central Gujarat. The court also asked them to take part...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved verdict on a plea of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the President. A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi said...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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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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