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Bengaluru, Nov 17: Karnataka Minister Jagdish Shettar on Tuesday said that Congress leader and former Bengaluru Mayor Sampath Raj is the main accused in KJ Halli and DJ Halli incidents and he has been arrested in accordance with the law. "It is in accordance with the law that Sampath Raj has been arrested by the CCB police. He was absconding for the last one month. He is the main accused in KJ

Bengaluru, Nov 17: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday termed the arrest of Congress leader and former Bengaluru Mayor Sampath Raj in the Bengaluru violence case as a major development that will lead to "exposure of the conspiracy and people behind it". "He was accused and was absconding. Had he been innocent, he would not have absconded. We have caught him. There will be a further

Bengaluru, Nov 17: After months of closure due to coronavirus-induced lockdown, colleges across Karnataka reopened on Tuesday following all COVID-19 health protocols. Every student has been asked to undergo an RT-PCR test and they will be allowed to join the varsity only if they tested negative for the infection. "We had to submit the COVID-19 test result before joining. We have been given certain

The Jharkhand High Court has granted bail to a Maulana as he was charged under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA]. The police made out a case that the co-accused met at the house of the Maulana, the petitioner and he received money from Gujarat for committing anti-national work, being a “jihadi”. And thus, arrested him on September 9, 2019 and he has since been in

Bengaluru, Nov 17: Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths arrested former Mayor R Sampath Raj, an accused in a case of August 11, DJ Halli and KG Halli riots, on Monday late night. He was on the run for over a month to evade arrest. Sampath was reportedly arrested from his hideout in Benson Town in North Bengaluru on Monday late night by a team headed by assistant commissioner of police (ATC), CCB

New Delhi, Nov 17: The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a day dropped below 30,000 after four months, taking India's Covid-19 caseload to 88.74 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The last time India reported less than 30,000 Covid-19 cases was on July 15. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 88,74,290 with 29,163 infections being reported in a

Kuwait, Nov 17: The Social Service Department of Indian Muslim Association-Kuwait conducted a Zoom Webinar on “Opportunities & Options for returning Non-Resident Indians”, which addressed on the need of hour especially for NRIs. The program covered the basic requirements of a specific segment of society under the current situation developed due to covid-19. Mr Abdullah Hassan, the program speaker

Washington, Nov 17: Former US President Barack Obama has said that modern-day India can be counted as a success story in many respects, despite bitter feuds within political parties, various armed separatist movements, and corruption scandals. The 44th US president, in his latest book, says the transition to a more market-based economy in the 1990s unleashed the extraordinary entrepreneurial

Back home after years in a Pakistani jail on espionage charges, 70-year-old Shamsuddin could not hold back his tears. "On reaching home, after embracing his family members, he cried a lot in immense happiness and said he made a big mistake by going to Pakistan," said Circle Officer (Seesamau) Tirpurari Pandey. Shamsuddin reached his home in the city's Kanghi-Mohal here on Sunday morning, where his

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Karnataka reported 1,157 new COVID-19 cases on Monday. According to the state Health Department, the total count of cases in the state has gone up to 8,62,804. With 12 more persons losing their lives due to the pandemic, the death toll has increased to 11,541. A total of 2,188 persons have been discharged in the last 24 hours and the total number of active cases stands at 26,103