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High-ranking Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, named by the West as leading the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear programme until its disbanding in the early 2000s, has been assassinated in an ambush near Tehran. Fakhrizadeh was shot “by terrorists” in his vehicle in Absard, a suburb in eastern Tehran, and he later succumbed to his injuries in what amounted to a “martyr’s death”

Bengaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s relative and personal assistant N.R. Santhosh allegedly attempts to commit suicide on Friday evening. Santhosh, 32-year-old and resident of Dollar’s Colony Bengaluru. Speaking to reporters, the Chief Minister said, “Doctors stated that he is responding to the medications. He is still not out of danger completely. We are hoping for the

Udupi, Nov 28: BJP Karnataka state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Friday attacked the previous Congress government in the state under Siddaramaiah alleging that it survived five years with the help of drug mafia adding that communal tensions were existent under the previous regime. "When Siddaramaiah was in power and Congress was ruling in Karnataka, communal tension was existent in the state but

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency is readying to launch as early as January, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three unidentified people involved in the project. The Geneva-based Libra Association that will issue and govern Libra plans to launch a single digital coin backed by the dollar, the FT said, citing one of the people. The move would represent an even bigger scaling-back of the

New Delhi, Nov 27: The Indian economy contracted by 7.5 per cent in the July to September quarter (Q2 FY21), government data showed here on Friday. Though this is a rebound from the earlier quarter but with this contraction Indian economy has hit technical recession for the first time. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, gross value added (GVA) came in at minus 7

Bengaluru, Nov 27: The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday approved boundaries for the newly-carved Vijayanagara district, out of the Bellary district. During a press conference, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy announced that Hospet will be the district headquarters. "Six taluks including Hospet, Harappanahalli, Hoovinahadagali, Hagari Bommanahalli, Kotturu and Kudligi would

New Delhi, Nov 27: The Delhi Police on Friday used tear gas shells to disperse a group of farmers who had reached the Singhu border as part of their 'Delhi Chalo' march to protest against the Centre's new farm laws, a senior police officer said. The shells were fired at the border point which connects Delhi with Haryana. The police officer said, "We are using tear gas to disperse protesting

New Delhi, Nov 27: The Indian Navy’s MiG-29K trainer aircraft crashed into the sea on Thursday after which one pilot has gone missing and one pilot has been recovered, news agency reported. The naval force on Friday confirmed that the accident occurred at 5 pm on Thursday. “One pilot recovered and search by air and surface units in progress for the second pilot,” Indian Navy said in a statement

Ahmedabad, Nov 27: Five coronavirus patients were killed while six others suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out in the ICU of a designated Covid-19 hospital in Gujarat's Rajkot in the early hours of Friday. A short-circuit is said to have caused the fire. This is the second deadly incident in which coronavirus patients were burnt to death in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Earlier in August

Mangaluru, Nov 27: Vishva Hindu Parishad has urged a woman, who had converted from Hinduism to Islam and married a Muslim man from Dakshina Kannada, to convert back to Hinduism. A team of VHP comprising of Sharan Pumpwell, Surekha Raj, Lateesh Gundya and others met Asiya Ibrahim Khaleel aka Shanti Joobi on November 26 and took her to Sullia police station in Dakshina Kannada district to lodge a