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NEW DELHI: Given the size of India's population, herd immunity "cannot be a strategic choice or option", the health ministry said on Thursday as it urged people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour till a vaccine is developed. At a press briefing, when asked whether India was approaching herd immunity against ...

NEW DELHI: India is preparing to position an additional 35,000 troops along its disputed Himalayan border with China as the possibility of an early resolution to the deadly tensions between the two neighbors fades.The move would change the status quo along the contested 3,488 kilometer (2,162 mile) Line of ...

NEW DELHI: The Eagles, nay the `Golden Arrows’, have landed. The first five omni-role Rafale fighters touched down after an 8,500-km flight at the Ambala airbase on Wednesday afternoon, with defence minister Rajnath Singh seizing the opportunity to warn those who threaten India’s territorial integrity. The Rafale jets, which ...

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the arrival of Rafale fighter jets in India, but questioned the delay and their high cost. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked why each Rafale jet was purchased by the government at a cost of Rs 1,670 crore while the erstwhile Congress-led dispensation ...

NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs on Wednesday issued `Unlock 3' guidelines removing restrictions on the movement of individuals during the night (night curfew) and allowing yoga institutes and gymnasiums to open from August 5 while schools, metro and cinema halls will continue to remain closed. The ministry ...

NEW DELHI: When India’s first batch of five Rafale fighter aircraft took off from France’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility for India on Monday, it would have come as a “personal triumph” to Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather. Presently India's Air Attache in France, the native of Anantnag in Kashmir has played ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre faced an awkward situation in the Supreme Court on Tuesday as the high-powered committee (HPC) headed by the home secretary has rejected providing 4G internet services in Kashmir for the time being but media reports suggested that lieutenant governor G C Murmu favoured resumption of ...

NEW DELHI: India lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan high commission on Monday over reports that a gurdwara in Lahore is being converted into a mosque. Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan, the site of martyrdom of Bhai Taru Singh ji at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore, has apparently been claimed as ...

NEW DELHI: India is in a much better position than other countries in the fight against Covid-19 as a result of "right decisions taken at the right time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, asserting that the country has expanded its health infrastructure at a rapid pace. Speaking ...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday marked ‘Kargil Day’ by delivering his monthly radio address recalling India’s victory over Pakistan on the icy mountains 21 years ago but the messaging also appeared to be aimed at China. In his ‘Mann ki Baat’ monthly radio address, Modi recalled ...