Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the contribution of children in raising awareness about handwashing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and said that a programme tastes success if they become part of it....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees on Monday at 12 noon through video conferencing....
Rattled by New Delhi’s ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative, the Chinese government’s mouthpiece, the Global Times, has started a smear campaign against India in a big way....
Tata Group's healthcare venture is said to have started initial discussions with Moderna Inc for a partnership to launch its COVID-19 vaccine in India, the Economic Times reported on Monday....
Choreographer-filmmaker Remo DSouza, who was admitted to hospital recently after suffering cardiac problems, on Monday revealed that he is dancing his way to recovery....
Ahead of the FAU-G launch this Republic Day, nCore Games CEO Vishal Gondal explains why a passion for an action game's theme is just as important as the gameplay....
Delhi is moving towards herd immunity from coronavirus, with 50 to 60 per cent of people in one district having developed antibodies to the virus, the latest round of sero-survey has found, sources said. Herd immunity is what the authorities are trying to achieve with the vaccination programme, in which a critical mass of immune people can stop the spread of the virus by breaking the chain of transmission....
Republic Day 2021: India is all set to celebrate its Republic Day on Tuesday. On 26th January, 1950 the Constitution of India came into force and India became an independent republic with a democratic government. Here are 25 beautiful quotes to share on Republic Day....
January 26, also known as Republic Day, is one of the most significant days of our country’s history when the Indian constitution came into effect in 1950....
President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of the 72nd Republic Day. Conveying his heartfelt wishes, President Kovind paid homage to India's freedom fighters in his speech. He also spoke about the contribution of farmers and soldiers in the country and how the coronavirus crisis led to "Atma-nirbhar Bharat"....
Republic Day 2021 LIVE Updates: Greeting the nation on the eve of India’s 72nd Republic Day, President Ram Nath Kovind, in his address, acknowledged the contribution of farmers in making the country self-reliant....
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Andhra Pradesh government and made way for panchayat elections to be conducted in the state as per the notification issued by the state election commission....
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Andhra Pradesh's plea to defer panchayat polls - due next month - because of the Covid pandemic, pointing out that even larger electoral exercises had been successfully held despite far more difficult conditions...
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by the Uttar Pradesh Government to transfer all the petitions against the anti-conversion ordinance from Allahabad High Court to itself....
After sharing first pictures straight from his wedding mandap on social media, actor Varun Dhawan, who tied the knot with Natasha Dalal on Sunday, posted some candid moments from his Haldi ceremony....
Varun Dhawan tied the knot with fashion designer Natasha Dalal on Sunday evening at Alibaug's luxurious resort The Mansion House in an intimate ceremony attended by family and close friends....
England's spinners had gone wicketless in the first innings but they came through in the second with Somerset duo Sibley and Jack Leach taking four wickets apiece....
After notching up a double century in the series opener, Root continued his brilliant run by hitting 186 in the second Test to lift his side from a spot of bother....
England's spinners had gone wicketless in the first innings but they came through in the second with Somerset duo Sibley and Jack Leach taking four wickets apiece...
Annaatthe is Rajinikanth’s maiden collaboration with director Siva, who is known for making out-and-out commercial potboilers that are right up the Superstar’s alley....
Italian actor-director Argento is one of the most outspoken voices against sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and an early accuser of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein...
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lashed out at political parties supporting the farmers' protest against the three agriculture laws and accused them of misleading farmers....
Farmers’ Protest LIVE Updates: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will not attend the farmers' protest in south Mumbai's Azad Maidan today, sources told News18....
The unprecedented farmers' rally to be held on Republic Day is drawing huge response and the police in several states, including Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, are scrambling to keep order. In Uttar Pradesh, farmers on way to Delhi broke through barricades at Baghpat. The Haryana Police said it would not stop anyone this time. The Delhi Police, which gave permission for the rally after much back and forth, today said anti-national elements are trying to take advantage of the rally. The rally will mark the completion of two months of protest against the Centre's contentious farm laws by farmers camped on the borders of Delhi. On Budget day, February 1, the farmers are planning a foot march to Parliament....
Farmer leaders from Haryana said they are expecting movement of over one lakh tractors from the state to Delhi while another 80,000 from Punjab have either reached the national capital’s borders or are on the way....
NCP president Sharad Pawar at a rally in Mumbai, in solidarity with farmers protesting near Delhi, took a dig at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday for taking time to meet Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut but having no time to meet farmers....
"Is Punjab Pakistan?" NCP chief Sharad Pawar asked a sea of farmers at Mumbai's Azad Maidan where they had gathered today in support of their comrades camped in protest in and around Delhi. Hailing them for having come to the city all the way from Nashik, in solidarity with those gearing up for a massive tractor ally in the national capital, the senior leader condemned the Union government's view of those agitating....
Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday said there was no need of a farmers' march in Mumbai in support of peasants protesting near Delhi against the Centre's three new farm laws, and claimed it is being done only for "publicity"....
The rally is part of the call given by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is leading the Delhi protests, to intensify and broaden the struggle from January 23 to 26. More farmers are expected to join the gathering on Monday....
The Centre on Monday instructed States and Union Territories in a letter to take penal action against those spreading misinformation about the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines currently in circulation....
Bhalla asked the chief secretaries to direct all the authorities concerned under the state government to take appropriate necessary measures to counter the spread of all such kind of "false information" about Covid-19 vaccines as well as promptly disseminate factual messages.
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Coronavirus Vaccine: Penal action should be taken against those spreading "ill-informed rumours about the COVID-19 vaccines", the centre said in a letter written last week to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories...
Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez were among the celebrities who commented on Varun Dhawan's post....
In a horrific incident, two young women in their 20s were killed with a heavy blunt object, allegedly by their parents, in Andhra Pradesh Chittoor district, the police said. It seems to be a case of occult practices, they added....
Believing that they could be brought back from the dead, a couple in Andhra Pradesh's Chitoor district stabbed and bludgeoned their two daughters to death on Sunday....
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday virtually ruled out any plan for the division of the state, saying his government believes in uniting and not dividing....
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday virtually ruled out any plan for the division of the state, saying his government believes in uniting and not dividing....
Reacting to the sloganeering incident on the birth anniversary celebration of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that what they (the audience) did was an insult to Bengal and added that she would have saluted the audience had they hailed Subhash Chandra Bose....
Sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, Mamata Banerjee Saturday refused to speak at an event to celebrate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary after slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ were raised....
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, still smarting from the "Jai Shri Ram" slogans at the Netaji birth anniversary programme, launched a furious attack on the BJP today, accusing them of insulting all cultural icons of the state from Rabindranath Tagore to revolutionary Santhal leader Birsa Munda....
Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declined to speak at an event where "Jai Shri Ram" slogans were raised, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said nobody should feel pain while chanting the slogan....
The Victoria Memorial incident, where BJP supporters shouted "Jai Shri Ram" just as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rose to speak on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary at an event with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata, continued to churn politics in election-bound Bengal on Sunday....
The Victoria Memorial incident, where BJP supporters shouted "Jai Shri Ram" just as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rose to speak on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary at an event with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kolkata, continued to churn politics in election-bound Bengal on Sunday....
Bangladesh on Monday received the first consignment of the 5 million doses of Covishield vaccines from India under a procurement agreement, four days after New Delhi gifted 2 million doses of the vaccine to Dhaka....
Bangladesh on Monday received the first consignment of the 5 million doses of Covishield vaccines from India under a procurement agreement, four days after New Delhi gifted 2 million doses of the vaccine to Dhaka....
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a three-day visit to Tamil Nadu which is scheduled to go to polls in April-May, on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of lacking courage to stand up to China over border row....
Gandhi said only five people including the PM and the Defence Minister would have prior information of the planned strikes and alleged that one of them had put the lives of the pilots in danger. ...
In a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid ongoing tension with China, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the centre of adopting policies that weaken the nation, thereby giving China the opportunity to push into its territory....
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh on Monday recalled working on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Padmaavat, which hit screens on January 25, 2018....
Mumbai: “Padmaavat”, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus which opened in theatres after months of being mired in controversy over its plot line, on Monday completed three years of its release and the team of the film described working on the movie as an experience of a lifetime....
ITBP IG negotiating with Chinese PLA in Ladakh, a CRPF ASI who chased and fired at the bomb-laden car that killed 40 soldiers in the February 2019 Pulwama attack, and two CBI officers who supervised probe into the Hathras case are among winners this Republic Day. ...
Mohan Lal who "chased and fired" at an explosives-laden car that rammed into a force bus in Pulwama killing him and 39 troops onboard in 2019 has been decorated with the highest police medal for gallantry on the eve of the Republic Day on Monday....
''Rio'', a prized horse of the 61 Cavalry regiment, is no stranger to ceremonial duties, and when he saunters down Rajpath carrying the contingent commander on his back this Republic Day, the bay-colour charger will make his 18th appearance at the grand event....
At the Republic Day Parade on January 26, the newly inducted Rafale fighter jet will culminate the flypast by carrying out the 'Vertical Charlie' formation, marking the first time when the aircraft will be on display in India....
In its latest report, Oxfam has flagged a worrying post-pandemic trend, highlighting the further widening gap between the rich and the poor in the global world, especially India....
The coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing income inequalities between India's super-rich and its crores of unskilled, and often unemployed, men and women, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the World Economic Forum at Switzerland's Davos....
The coronavirus pandemic has worsened existing income inequalities between India's super-rich and its crores of unskilled, and often unemployed, men and women, non-profit group Oxfam said Monday in a report to be tabled at the World Economic Forum at Switzerland's Davos....
Trevor Chappell has never apologised to New Zealand for the underarm ball that shocked the cricketing world in 1981 and the former Australia batsman says there is not much point doing so now as it would not change anything....
In the leadup to the 40th anniversary of the ball, which prevented New Zealand tying a one-day international and triggered condemnation of the Australia team, Chappell said he saw little worth in focusing on the "negative event"....
WhatsApp is treating Indian users differently from Europeans over opting out of its new privacy policy which is a matter of concern for the government and it is looking into the issue, the Centre informed the Delhi High Court on Monday....
WhatsApp is treating Indian users differently from Europeans over opting out of its new privacy policy which is a matter of concern for the government and it is looking into the issue, the Centre informed the Delhi High Court on Monday....
Police have made tight security arrangements at the venue of a farmers' rally in Mumbai and protesters are not allowed to march from south Mumbai to the Raj Bhavan, a senior police official said on Monday....
Farmers' Protest Live News Updates: The Delhi Police had on Sunday allowed the farmers' tractor march in the city on Republic Day and finalised three routes after a week of meetings between farmers and senior police officers, putting in place adequate security arrangements....
Tata Group's healthcare venture is said to have started initial discussions with Moderna Inc for a partnership to launch its COVID-19 vaccine in India, the Economic Times reported on Monday....
Tata Medical & Diagnostics is said to have started initial discussions with Moderna Inc for a partnership to launch its COVID-19 vaccine in India, the Economic Times reported on Monday....
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had expressed displeasure at BJP supporters at the event shouting slogans. She said such an "insult" was unacceptable.
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No one is being forced to raise "Jai Shri Ram" slogans and there is nothing to feel bad about such chants, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday after his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee refused to speak at an event over raising of such slogans....
No one is being forced to raise 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans and there is nothing to feel bad about such chants, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday after his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee refused to speak at an event over raising of such slogans....
While Trinamool leaders have alleged that BJP supporters raised the slogans to humiliate and heckle the Chief Minister, the BJP has accused Banerjee of trying to appease the minority population....
Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan tied the knot with fashion designer Natasha Dalal on Sunday evening at Alibaug’s luxurious resort The Mansion House in an intimate ceremony attended by family and close friends....
Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan tied the knot with fashion designer Natasha Dalal on Sunday evening at Alibaug's luxurious resort The Mansion House in an intimate ceremony attended by family and clos...
Joe Biden is reversing an order from President Donald Trump in his final days in office that called for the relaxation of the travel restrictions as of Tuesday....
Shikhar Dhawan, who was recently in Varanasi, shared a picture of himself feeding birds during a boat-ride but the post has landed his boatman in trouble with the Uttar Pradesh administration....
Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan's post sharing a photo of him feeding birds during a boat ride in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi has landed the boatman in trouble. The city's administration has said the boatman will be charged as there are restrictions in times of bird flu....
Five workers were killed in the major fire that had engulfed the top three floors of a newly-constructed six-storey building inside one of the campuses of vaccine-maker SII....
The tiny clinking vials supervised by silent PPE-wearing technicians belie the excitement inside the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, a major player in the fight against coronavirus....
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: President Joe Biden will announce he is re-imposing a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response....
President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response....
