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Israel Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and PM Narendra Modi. (PTI)

India reiterates support to Palestinian cause

India has close strategic ties with Israel which have been a key defence platform and equipment supplier to New Delhi...

15 Aug 2020 1:41 PM IST

Representational image.

Two months after Galwan Valley clash, ITBP recommends 21 names for...

Till now only clashes between Indian, Chinese troops in Pangong Tso and Galwan on May 5, and in Galwan Valley on 15 June...

15 Aug 2020 1:37 PM IST

-Lt Colonel Krishan Singh Rawat, Major Anil Urs and Havildar Alok Kumar Dubey.

Three Indian Army personnel awarded Shaurya Chakra for J-K...

Army personnel who fought Chinese troops in Eastern Ladakh are likely to be given gallantry awards during Republic Day...

15 Aug 2020 1:08 PM IST

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi takes the COVID-19 swab test in Hyderabad. (PTI)

Telangana coronavirus surge continues as case tally crosses 90K

Telangana now stands at the ninth position in the latest coronavirus tally, COVID-19 India tracker data shows.

15 Aug 2020 12:31 PM IST

Labourers from Uttar Pradesh carrying their belongings arrive at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal for local travel, during Unlock 3.0, in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug 8, 2020. Workers from various states have returned to their workplace to resume working amid the coronavirus pandemic. (PTI)

On Independence Day, India crosses 25 lakh-mark in coronavirus cases

India has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since August 7, barring August 11

15 Aug 2020 11:32 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during the 74th Independence Day celebrations, at Red Fort in New Delhi, Saturday. (PTI)

PM Modi makes a passionate pitch for aatmanirbhar India in...

In his seventh straight Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort, Modi made a host of new announcements

15 Aug 2020 10:44 AM IST

The Vaishnodevi temple.

Vaishno Devi yatra to resume from Sunday after nearly five-month long...

The yatra was suspended on March 18.

15 Aug 2020 10:02 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

PM Modi: Jammu and Kashmir to soon go for polls, delimitation process...

Jammu and Kashmir will have its own chief minister and ministers. We are committed to this, he said

15 Aug 2020 9:32 AM IST

Red Fort decked up for Independence Day. (PTI)

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, India marks a socially distanced Independence...

Delhi has been one of the worst-affected cities in the country as far as the spread of the virus is concerned.

15 Aug 2020 9:10 AM IST

Police stand guard next to charred remains of vehicles vandalised by a mob over a social media post, allegedly by a relative of a Congress MLA, in Bengaluru. PTI photo

Karnataka HM: Local political differences, SDPI conspiracy reasons...

Khaleem Pasha, the husband of city Corporator Irshaad Begum, was among the 60 arrested.

14 Aug 2020 5:31 PM IST

Centre reviews progress of flagships programmes in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana. (Photo- Twitter/@Secretary_MoHUA)

Central team assess progress of urban flagship missions in Telangana,...

Andhra Pradesh has so far provided 3.33 lakh water tap connections under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban...

14 Aug 2020 3:59 PM IST

The suspect has been arrested.

Man taken into custody in Sringeri for hurting religious sentiments

However, the investigating police team found that the youth had had no links to any political party or to any...

14 Aug 2020 3:55 PM IST