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Covid rains down on Times Square new year bash

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  • 2021-12-24 --

New York: Revellers will still ring in the new year in New York’s Times Square next week, there just won’t be as many of them as usual under new restrictions announced Thursday as the c Read more...

Nawaz salvo at Imran: ‘Puppet’, ‘mayor’ of Pakistan

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  • 2021-12-24 --

Islamabad: Deposed Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif has taken a fresh dig at Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying the cricketer-turned politician is called a “puppet” leader in India, as he Read more...

LS productivity 82%, but RS only 42%

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  • 2021-12-23 --

Houses adjourned a day ahead of schedule; 11 Bills were passed.

New Delhi: As the Winter Session of Parliament concluded on Wednesday, a day ahead of the schedule, the productivi Read more...

We deserve the ‘right to be funny’

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  • 2021-12-23 --

Akshat Jain

The Madras High Court has mooted the idea of including the “duty to laugh” to the chapter of Fundamental Duties in the Constitution and to “mine” the & Read more...

Prez witnesses Naval operation demo; visits SNC

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  • 2021-12-23 --

Kochi: The Southern Naval Command (SNC) on Wednesday displayed the country’s maritime prowess and operations before President Ram Nath Kovind, who is also the supreme commander of the Indian Read more...

My hair for a cause! 24-yr-old shows the way

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  • 2021-12-23 --

Mysuru-based woman donates her 18 inch long hair for cancer patients at a time when there is a huge demand-supply gap for hair to make wigs for such patients.

Shilpa P | NT

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Bangladesh ferry blaze : 40 dead, 200 injured

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  • 2021-12-24 --

Dhaka: A crowded three-storey ferry carrying around 800 passengers caught fire on the Sugandha River in southern Bangladesh early Friday, killing at least 40 people and injuring over 200 others, of Read more...

Biden taunts China, cuts Xinjiang imports

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  • 2021-12-24 --

US penalties intensified; Chinese will have to prove that commodities were made without forced labour.

Washington: President Joe Biden signed a bill into law to block imports fro Read more...

2 back-to-back militant attacks in J&K

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  • 2021-12-23 --

NT Correspondent

Srinagar: A police officer and a civilian were killed in two separate back-to-back militant attacks in Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The attacks took place in Sri Read more...

Lynchings: Dastardly act in a civilised society

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  • 2021-12-23 --

Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh (retd.)

Let’s start by negating the usual narrative – the lynchings of the Sadhus in Palghar district, and that of a Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri are equall Read more...

Omicron: India’s tally 213, Delhi reports most cases

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  • 2021-12-23 --

Delhi authorities sound alarm; no New Year’s, Christmas in capital

New Delhi: India has recorded 213 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 15 states and UTs so Read more...

Fighting wildfires: Forest wing seeks chopper

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  • 2021-12-23 --

Shyam Sundar Vattam | NT

Bengaluru: The Karnataka forest department will submit a proposal to the state government seeking permission to buy a chopper to douse the fire in dense forests d Read more...