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The mugger crocodile which was swept to the shores of the Musi river in Hyderabad following heavy rains in the past two days. Officials of the Nehru Zoological Park could not catch the reptile as it went back into the water by the time they reached the spot. | DC Photo by P. Surendra

Crocodile appears on banks of Hyderabad-'s Musi river

As news of a crocodile being seen spread, crowds gathered on the roadside to catch a glimpse of it.

18 Sept 2020 1:09 PM IST

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Centre tells Supreme Court: TV channels are nice, go after digital...

Centre says setting up a committee to lay down guidelines for the regulation of content on TV channels neither warranted...

18 Sept 2020 12:31 PM IST

Migrant workers from West Bengal state, wait after queueing up overnight on a roadside pavement to register for home bound trains in Kochi. AP Photo

Every third professional has lost his job since corona

That is some 6.6 million jobs down the drain, according to CMIE survey findings

18 Sept 2020 10:54 AM IST

Farmers return home after lifting their block on a national highway during the third day of a protest against agriculture-related ordinances brought by the Union government, in Beas, some 55 kms from Amritsar on September 16, 2020. (AFP)

Amid farmer protests, Lok Sabha passes two contentious farm Bills

The three bills will now be tabled in Rajya Sabha and become laws after the Upper House also passes them

18 Sept 2020 2:32 AM IST

General MM Naravane, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on a two-day visit to Kashmir, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. COAS arrived in Srinagar today and proceeded to undertake a firsthand assessment of the situation along the Line of Control (LC) in North Kashmir. (PTI Photo)

Army chief Gen. Naravane takes stock of security in Kashmir Valley

In the evening, Gen. Naravane who is on a two-day visit of the Valley met J-K Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, at the...

17 Sept 2020 11:32 PM IST

An isolation pod-equipped air ambulance (a helicopter fitted with medical equipment) that was inaugurated in Bengaluru on September 8, 2020. (PTI)

In Karnataka, winter is coming with a second wave of corona

With the government all but giving up, exhausted doctors report a change in symptoms

17 Sept 2020 10:21 PM IST

Rakul Preet Singh.

Delhi HC wants Centre-'s response on Rakul Preet-'s plea on Rhea...

The court also asked the authorities to treat her plea as a representation and take a decision before the hearing on...

17 Sept 2020 3:23 PM IST

$Hyderabad Merger Day celebrations at Gandhi Bhavan & Ashoka Pillar at Koti. (Image: Twitter\@UttamTPCC)$ Nation

Congress, BJP hoist national flag at party offices to mark Telangana...

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy urged KCR to allot land to build a memorial to commemorate the Telangana liberation...

17 Sept 2020 3:07 PM IST

Remember when former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the American government was eavesdropping on peoples online data and communications? It was also revealed that Facebook gave US security agencies access to the personal data of Europeans. (Photo | thedaywefightback.org - Alec Perkins)

India formally raises issue of alleged snooping by Chinese company...

-"China has said that Zhenhua is a private company and stated its position publicly,-" sources said.

17 Sept 2020 1:22 PM IST

A KSRTC bus is being sanitised by BJP leader MT Ramesh as part of Seva Saptah in Kozhikode. PTI photo

Kerala records highest single day spike of 3830 COVID cases

Thiruvananthapuram recorded highest cases with 675 followed by Kozhikode 468, Alappuzha 323, Ernakulam 319, Kollam 300,...

17 Sept 2020 12:42 PM IST

The DCGI order came after SII submitted the recommendations of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), United Kingdom and DSMB India and sought permission to restart enrolment in the clinical trials. (AP)

SII to restart COVID vaccine trials as India tally breaches 50L mark

The trials of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate were halted world over after one volunteer in UK developed...

17 Sept 2020 12:32 PM IST

Indian Army personnel get Bofors guns ready for operations in Ladakh.

Not one but three firing incidents took place along Line of Actual...

Sources said the Chinese army has still not confirmed a date for Corps Commander-level talks

17 Sept 2020 12:07 PM IST