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A worker wearing PPE kit sprays disinfectant inside a shopping mall after authorities eased restrictions during Unlock 4.0, in Chennai. PTI photo

India set to march past Brazil with record spike in COVID cases

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has ordered officers to ramp up the city-'s testing capacity by allowing testing on demand

3 Sept 2020 12:09 PM IST

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane is visiting Leh to review the ongoing security situation. (PTI Photo)

India China standoff: Army Chief Naravane visits Ladakh to review...

Gen Naravane will be briefed about the evolving situation by top Army commanders overseeing deployment of troops

3 Sept 2020 12:01 PM IST

Army trucks move towards Ladakh in the midst of border stand-off. (PTI Photo)

Army repositions troops to track Chinese deployment

China has illegally occupied around 8 km of Indian territory in the area between Finger 5 and Finger 8

3 Sept 2020 11:35 AM IST

Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi-'s Twitter account hacked, asked followers for donations via...

Faked tweets were sent from 45 accounts and the hackers accessed private messages in 36 and downloaded Twitter data from...

3 Sept 2020 9:45 AM IST

The overarching domain remains security, both in the hinterland and at the Line of Control or the international border. (Photo: PTI)

Indian Army JCO killed in sniper attack from across the LoC

Six structures including four residential houses, a government school building and a madrassa (Islamic religious school)...

2 Sept 2020 11:21 PM IST

People to check their names on the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Kamrup. (PTI Photo)

Assam: Future of 19 lakh people excluded from NRC uncertain

The Supreme Court, which proactively supervised the process of NRC preparation from 2013, has not heard the matter since...

2 Sept 2020 5:00 PM IST

India, China hold another round of Brigade Commander-level talks. (PTI Photo)

India, China hold another round of military talks to defuse border...

The army of the two countries held Brigade Commander-level talks in Chushul with a focus on bringing down tensions in...

2 Sept 2020 4:06 PM IST

There will also be no breaks during the session, which will be held from September 14 to October 1. (PTI Phot)

Parliament monsoon session: No question hour, curtailed zero hour

There will also be no breaks during the session and both Houses will function on Saturdays and Sundays as well

2 Sept 2020 3:12 PM IST

Goa CM Pramod Sawant tests coronavirus positive. (Photo- Twitter)

Goa CM Pramod Sawant tests COVID-19 positive, under home isolation

-"I am asymptomatic and hence have opted for home isolation, I shall continue to discharge my duties working from...

2 Sept 2020 2:25 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

SC to Centre, RBI: Banks free to restructure loans, can-'t penalise...

The Finance Ministry had filed affidavit before court which had asked the Centre and the RBI to review the move to...

2 Sept 2020 2:01 PM IST

TMC MP writes to Mark Zuckerberg, raises issue of alleged bias of Facebook towards BJP. (AFP Photo)

TMC write to Zuckerberg over Facebook-'s alleged bias towards BJP

MP Derek O-'Brien has written the letter to Zuckerberg also makes a reference to an earlier meeting, where some of these...

2 Sept 2020 1:21 PM IST

Army personnel was killed, two others were injured as Pakistani troops opened fire along the Line of Control in Poonch district. (PTI Photo)

Army seizes huge cache of arms and ammunition left by ultras at Line...

It said that, after being challenged by alert troops, the infiltrators moved back into Pakistan-occupied-Jammu and...

2 Sept 2020 12:45 PM IST