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Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane during his visit to review the security situation in Ladakh. PTI photo

Better vigil on China border soon: MHA

Home ministry launches plan to strengthen international border management with China, to treat people living along the...

7 Sept 2020 12:01 PM IST

Hyderabad metro services resume. (PTI Photo)

Hyderabad metro services resume with COVID precautions

In phase one, services on the Red Line from LB Nagar to Miyapur have commenced

7 Sept 2020 11:56 AM IST

Delhi Metro resumes after 169-day COVID hiatus. (PTI Photo)

After over 5-month hiatus, Delhi Metro resumes with strict social...

Trains will operate in batches of four-hour each from 7-11 am in the morning and 4-8 pm in the evening in the first...

7 Sept 2020 10:34 AM IST

Bengaluru Metro resumes service from today. (PTI Photo)

Namma Metro resume services with strict COVID-19 safety measures

The first metro trains departed from Bayyappana Halli metro station to Mysore Road at 9 am today

7 Sept 2020 9:34 AM IST

A Sept. 2017 file photo of a banner erected by the Indian Army near the Pangong Tso lake on the India-China Line of Actual Control border in Ladakh. India and China have been locked in a protracted standoff since mid-May. (AP)

India raises border deployment to ward off Pakistan

Intel received that -'Pakistan could foment trouble on the Line of Control to divert India-'s attention from China...

7 Sept 2020 9:21 AM IST

Kerala FM tests positive for COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

Kerala FM Thomas Isaac tests positive for coronavirus

He is the first minister in the cabinet to test positive for COVID-19, the offical said

7 Sept 2020 8:10 AM IST

Keshavananda Bharati of the Edneer mutt, who passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020. His petition against Kerala land reform laws led to the Supreme Court laying down the principle that the basic structure of the Constitution cannot be altered. (Twitter)

Kesavananda Bharati, petitioner in landmark SC judgement, passes away

It was his case that the Supreme Court laid down the principle that the basic structure of the Constitution cannot be...

6 Sept 2020 5:02 PM IST

A medic collects a nasal sample from a resident via Rapid Antigen kit for COVID-19 test, at Borivali in Mumbai. PTI photo

India overtakes Brazil to become world-'s No.2 in COVID cases

The health ministry is only harping on the fact that the COVID recovery rate has climbed to 77.32pc in the country

6 Sept 2020 4:54 PM IST

Govt mulls installing EV charging kiosks at around 69,000 petrol pumps in country. (Photo- AutoCarrpo)

Centre mulls installing electric vehicle charging kiosks at 69,000...

Under the new guidelines of the oil ministry, new petrol pumps must have an option of one alternative fuel

6 Sept 2020 2:09 PM IST

MP Anubhav Mohanty with Wife Barsha Priyadarshini. (Photo-Twitter)

BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty slapped with domestic violence case by actress...

Levelling another serious allegation, she said Anubhav has extramarital affairs with multiple women from the Ollywood

6 Sept 2020 12:57 PM IST

An Army jawan was killed and two others were injured in latest incident of cross-boder firing in Jammu and Kashmirs northwestern Kupwara districts. (PTI Photo)

Army jawan killed, two others injured in Pak artillery fire along LoC

-"They were evacuated to the 92-Base Hospital in Srinagar-'s Badami Bagh Cantonment and their condition is stable,-" the...

6 Sept 2020 11:04 AM IST

Indias defence minister Rajnath Singh attends the joint meeting of the heads of defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) members, in Moscow on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (PTI)

India, China vow not to cede an inch of land

After the Moscow talks, Rajnath and Wei Fenghe give no sign that stances have shifted on either side

6 Sept 2020 10:46 AM IST