Interest in period dramas powers India’s ‘old armour’ industry
In the congested bylanes of Lakhipura, located within the deep recesses of old Meerut, 45-year-old Noor Saifi gives final touches...
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India abstains from Lanka vote, says will talk to Colombo
GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS: India on Thursday abstained on a draft resolution in the UNHRC in Geneva on promoting reconciliation, accountability and...
No relief for DKS in Herald case; ED to quiz today
NEW DELHI: In the second round of questioning in the National Herald money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday...
Post-Covid complications not being addressed: Expert
MUMBAI: Neither the government nor the private sector was doing enough to address post-Covid complications that people are grappling with,...
Lok Adalat to take up pending consumer court cases in November
NEW DELHI: For the first time, the National Lok Adalat scheduled to be on November 12 across the country will...
Syrup shock: India has had own share of drug tragedies
MUMBAI: Some 66 deaths of children in Gambia after consumption of four cough syrups made by the Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals,...
Tamil icon vs Hindu identity: Telangana guv joins Raja Raja Chola debate
CHENNAI: National award-winning director Vetrimaran’s remark that there were attempts to appropriate Tamil icons like saint-poet Thiruvalluvar and emperor Raja...
Uttarakhand avalanche tragedy: 12 bodies found, toll now 16
DEHRADUN: Multi-agency search and rescue teams -- including a 14-member team from the Army’s High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) at...
PM asks young IAS officials to spend more time on field, develop connect with citizens
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told IAS officers of 2020 batch to spend more time on the...
Govt sets up tribunal to adjudicate PFI's ban justified or not
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday set up a tribunal under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), comprising Delhi High...
India abstains from voting on draft resolution in UN on holding debate on China's Xinjiang abuses
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday abstained from voting on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council on holding...
Shinde faction to meet Election Commission on Friday over Shiv Sena poll symbol
NEW DELHI: Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena is set to meet the Election Commission on Friday to stake claim...
Want Congress to be party of young India: Shashi Tharoor
CHENNAI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, in the race for the top position in the party, on Thursday said he wanted...
'Not even my wife…': Delhi CM Kejriwal's dig at LG Saxena
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday tried to make light of his uneasy relation with lieutenant governor...
Udit Raj's 'sycophant' remark on President triggers row; NCW slaps notice
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Udit Raj on Thursday found himself at the receiving end of criticism after he took a...
Bengal school job scam: CBI court extends judicial custody of former minister, ex-officials till October 19
KOLKATA: A special CBI court at Alipore here on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of former West Bengal minister Partha...
Self Help Groups: A silent revolution in Bihar
NEW DELHI: Meet Geeta Devi from Bihar. 34-year-old Geeta is from Bara village of Arwal district. She produces Makhana (Fox...
Of mothers and sons: Sonia, Rahul bond captured on camera
PANDAVAPURA (K'taka): The son bending to tie his mother's shoelaces and every now and then putting a protective arm around...
Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra will have no impact: Karnataka CM
BENGALURU: The Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', which is currently passing through the poll bound Karnataka, with the participation from the...
Delhi HC's Justice Sharma to head UAPA tribunal on PFI ban
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma has been named head of the UAPA tribunal related to the...
India reports 2,529 new Covid cases, 12 deaths in 24 hours; active caseload dips to 32k
NEW DELHI: India has recorded 2,529 new cases of Covid, taking India's tally to 4,46,04,463, government data updated on Thursday...
Four of Punjabi family abducted in California, found dead
NEW DELHI: All four of a Punjabi family, kidnapped in Merced county, California, were found dead. Merced County sheriff Vern...
External affairs minister S Jaishankar holds talks with New Zealand counterpart on Indo-Pacific
AUCKLAND: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held "warm and productive" talks with his New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta...
India investigating deaths in Gambia linked to India-made cough syrup: Sources
WHO alert on 4 Indian cough syrups as 66 Gambian kids dieThe WHO on Wednesday issued a medical product alert...
Man gets 3 years' rigorous imprisonment for vulgar remarks, rolling hands over bahu’s stomach
NEW DELHI: Observing that such incidents were on the rise, a magistrate’s court convicted and sentenced a 65-year-old city man...
India top sugar producer again, also the 2nd-largest exporter
NEW DELHI: India was the world’s top producer of sugar during the just-ended sugar marketing year and was the second...
45 Indians trapped in fake job rackets in Myanmar rescued
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said it has rescued around 45 Indians trapped in fake job rackets in Myanmar. The...
WHO alert on 4 Indian cough syrups as 66 Gambian kids die
NEW DELHI: The WHO on Wednesday issued a medical product alert on four ‘cough & cold’ syrups made by an...
Climber, who scaled Everest & Makalu in record 16 days, killed
UTTARKASHI: Savita Kanswal, the 26-year-old mountaineer who became the first Indian woman to complete the ascent of Mt Everest and...
Four local terrorists killed in two back-to-back encounters in 24 hours
SRINAGAR: Amid two back-to-back encounters with security forces in which four local terrorists were killed in the last 24 hours...
Lohia murder case: No terror link found, say cops
JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that no terror angle was found in the murder of director-general (prisons)...
Thousands throng Amit Shah rally in J&K's Baramulla, welcome announcement on reservation
BARAMULLA: Long queues with people jostling to enter through two narrow gates and excitement writ large on their faces, thousands...
WHO issues medical product alert on four cough syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals
The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups...
Lt-Colonel killed in Cheetah helicopter crash, co-pilot grievously injured
NEW DELHI: The obsolete single-engine Cheetah and Chetak helicopters, which lack modern avionics, suffer from poor maintainability and have a...
2 'Senas', 2 Dussehra rallies: Uddhav, Eknath battle to stake claim over Bal Thackeray's legacy
NEW DELHI: For the first time since the Shiv Sena's inception 56 years ago, two Dussehra rallies are being held...
I have a clear mandate that I don't want to talk to Pakistan, says Amit Shah in J&K
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed the 'Gupkar alliance' for "laying down a red carpet" for...
'Whoever becomes my heir will be my son', tweets Eknath Shinde in dig at Thackerays
MUMBAI: Ahead of his Dussehra rally, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday tweeted a couplet by famous Hindi poet...
Salary hikes, Covid on wane: 6 things that add cheer to this festive season
Seventy-five years after it attained freedom, India now has an economy larger than that of UK, its erstwhile colonial master....
TRS state body passes resolution to change name to BRS
HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which was formed to achieve separate statehood for Telangana 21 years ago, emerged as...
BJP, Congress hit out at KCR for renaming party, Owaisi welcomes
HYDERABAD: The Telangana units of BJP and Congress on Wednesday slammed chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for renaming the TRS,...
Bharat Rashtra Samithi: 21 years after launch, KCR turns TRS into national party
NEW DELHI: TRS supremo and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday launched the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) at...
Army Cheetah helicopter crashes in Arunachal Pradesh, 1 pilot killed
GUWAHATI: An Army chopper crashed near Tawang during a routine sortie on Wednesday morning killing one of the two pilots....
India reports 2,468 Covid cases and 17 deaths in last 24 hours
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday reported 2,468 new Covid cases and 17 deaths. With this, the death toll in the...
'Need to empower women', says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in his Vijayadashami address
NAGPUR: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat has strongly advocated for women empowerment in the country, and said that...
Saddened by loss of lives in bus accident in Uttarakhand: President Droupadi Murmu
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday condoled the loss of lives in a bus accident in Uttarakhand's Pauri district...
Andhra doctor appeals to India to rescue his pet jaguar from Ukraine
LONDON: An orthopaedic doctor from Andhra Pradesh, who was based in Ukraine when the conflict broke out with Russia, has...
People have foiled ‘bid to incite Gujjars and Bakerwals’, says Shah
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Addressing a rally in Rajouri, Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said recommendations of the Justice Sharma Commission...
BJP MP, an ex-UP DGP, to head Parl panel on home
NEW DELHI: Former Uttar Pradesh DGP Brij Lal, currently a BJP MP from Rajya Sabha, has been appointed the head...
