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With his tweet attacking the government, Rahul Gandhi tagged a media report which said there would be a freeze on creation of new posts except with the approval of the expenditure department.

The death toll from the pandemic neared 70,000 on Saturday, with more than 1,000 fatalities being reported for the fourth straight day.

The acreage of all kharif crops reported at 1,095.38 lakh hectare, 6.32 percent higher than last year's figure of 1,030.32 lakh hectare.

Before joining politics, Radhakrishnan served as a professor at various colleges and universities, including Chennai’s Presidency College and Calcutta University.

Mehriya died of coronavirus infection, said medical superintendent of DMCH Ravindra Kumar. Those who came in contact with him will be tested and all other precautionary measures are being taken, the officer said.

A wide-range of activities across the spectrum of maritime operations like surface and anti-aircraft drills, firing exercises, helicopter operations and replenishment at sea will be part of the 11th edition of the biennial exercise Indra Navy.

Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla said there was a linkage between what was happening on the border, and the nations' larger relationship. "It is evident," he said.

The author says that for India to achieve its full potential as a global power, it must engage in the type of smart but difficult statecraft, which is necessary to pull it out of developing country status.

China on Friday successfully launched a reusable experimental spacecraft whose mission details have been kept secret, according to media reports. The spacecraft was launched on a Long March2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in nor...

The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre, states and Union Territory (UTs) on a plea alleging nonavailability of essential medicines for treatment of mental illness in government run or funded health care centres. A bench headed by Chie...

Ahead of the local body polls in Gujarat, the State Election Commission (SEC) has issued a primary order for delimitation of five municipal corporations, six municipalities, 16 district panchayats and 29 taluka panchayats, and sought suggestions from pe...

India's training environment is second to none and the national team can hit the top gear by the end of this year, asserted chief coach Graham Reid, who has adopted a "conservative approach" to train his players. Forced to hit pause the button after to...

On August 2, the Union Health Ministry had said if an international passenger has a negative result from an RT-PCR test done 96 hours prior to the journey, he or she will not need to undergo institutional quarantine in India.

In an exclusive interview with CNN-News 18, Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain spoke about a range of issues including, the new challenges facing Delhites and the AAP government in their fight against Covid-19.

Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker LIVE Updates: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in Moscow for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) ministerial, expressed confidence over the efficacy of Russia's 'Sputnik V' Covid-19 vaccine and said that India and...

The employees of the dhabas in Haryana's Murthal are being tested under a special drive and as many as 300 samples were collected by health teams.