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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

Defence Ministry bans 101 import items, big push to Atmanirbhar Bharat...

Ministry has prepared a list of 101 items for which the embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented...

9 Aug 2020 1:22 PM IST

Rescue workers on Saturday used heavy machinery to search for missing people buried under mud after a landslide swept a tea plantation in Pettimudy in Kerala. (AFP)

Sniffer dogs roped in as toll in Kerala landslide rises to 28

Many tea workers still missing as rain hampers rescue mission

9 Aug 2020 1:01 PM IST

A COVID-19 survivor donates plasma at the plasma bank at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai on , July 31, 2020. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar)(PTI31-07-2020_000119A)

Hyderabad, here-'s how Chennai is winning against the virus

Doubling time has come down from 5 days to 72, and containment zones are down from 1000 to 24

9 Aug 2020 12:39 PM IST

The Boeing 737-800 plane, coming from Dubai, had overshot the runway while landing in heavy rains and broke into two pieces. (Photo- PTI)

AI plane touched down 1 km away from runway threshold

Some of my colleagues in the political system have raised queries regarding Kozhikode air accident without ascertaining...

9 Aug 2020 11:36 AM IST

COVID-19: Fear, paranoia grip people

COVID-19: Fear, paranoia grip people

Corona infected family was forced to evacuate a house they were living in temporarily at Kamala Nagar in Vanasthalipuram

9 Aug 2020 10:58 AM IST

Karnataka corona positive cases has crossed the 7,000 mark. (PTI Photo)

Biggest single-day spike of 7,178 COVID cases in Karnataka; toll...

As of now the total positive cases stand at 1,72,102 and 79,765 are in the active status

9 Aug 2020 10:25 AM IST

7 patients killed in fire at COVID care facility in AP. (ANI Photo)

7 killed in fire at COVID-19 care centre in Vijayawada

Shifted about 20 patients to various hospitals and there were 30 patients undergoing treatment, police commissioner B...

9 Aug 2020 9:39 AM IST

UPSC rank 93 Aishwarya Sheoran, who is also a former model.

UPSC Rank 93 lodges complaint over several Instagram accounts...

Sheoran lodged a complaint on Thursday after she found as many as 16 fake Instagram accounts in her name

8 Aug 2020 8:10 PM IST

Andhra Pradesh reported 407 new Covid-19 cases and eight deaths in a single day. (PTI Photo)

Andhra Pradesh almost into corona peak, focus now on reducing...

Some districts like East Godavari, West Godavari, Kurnool, Anantapuramu and Guntur have entered the peak curve

8 Aug 2020 7:47 PM IST

$\Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been a big support in the fight against coronavirus\.$ Nation

Ahead of I-Day, PM Modi launches a week-long campaign to free India of...

He was delivering his speech at the launch of the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra

8 Aug 2020 7:30 PM IST

The Mullaperiyar dam.

Kerala asks Tamil Nadu to release Mullaperiyar dam water in a phased...

Kerala Chief Secretary Vishwas Mehta asked his Tamil Nadu counterpart to inform the state 24 hours prior to opening...

8 Aug 2020 7:08 PM IST

People walk past debris, following landslides on the foothills of the Brahmagiri Hills, during rainfall, in Kodagu district. PTI Photo

Karnataka: Heavy rains continue havoc in Kodagu, 52 areas affected by...

While Kodagu has been under a red alert issued by India Meteorology Department on 5 August, the worst is not over yet

8 Aug 2020 7:08 PM IST