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Mangaluru, Oct 29: A worker of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on Wednesday evening attacked by a group of people in his photo studio at Farangipete in Dakshina Kannada, police said. According to the police, three persons have been arrested in the matter. Dinesh has been admitted to a local hospital and is receiving treatment, police said. "Dinesh, a BJP worker who works as a professional

Bengaluru, Oct 29: The department of public instruction has issued a circular which formally fixes the duration for live sessions of online classes. The timetable is based on the report of an expert committee. The circular also warns of disciplinary action against schools that flout the norms. As reported, S Suresh Kumar, primary and secondary education minister, had announced last week that the

Kolkata, Oct 29: West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker Sukumar Hansda died of cancer at a private hospital in Kolkata on Thursday, sources at the medical establishment said. He was 63. Hansda, a two-time Jhargram MLA and former Paschimanchal Unnayan minister, was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year and was being treated for the last few months, Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee said. He

Bengaluru, Oct 29: India would launch its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine international customer spacecraft onboard its PSLV-C49 rocket from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on November 7, ISRO said on October 28. This is the first launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation since the COVID-19-induced lockdown came into force in March. ISRO chairman K. Sivan

Washington, Oct 29: "Baloney!", "sham!" and "who the hell are you" scoldings dominated a Senate hearing on Wednesday where the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google took heat in a talking match with US lawmakers over the idea of free speech and alleged anti-conservative bias on the companies' mighty platforms. The Congressional grilling quickly shifted into the realm of political circus around the

Lucknow, Oct 29: Amid speculation that some of her party MLAs could switch sides in Uttar Pradesh, BSP leader Mayawati on Thursday said that to ensure defeat of Samajwadi Party candidates in future elections, including those of MLC and Rajya Sabha, her party will vote for BJP or any other party's candidate. The former UP chief minister said her party will leave no stone unturned to defeat SP

Madrid, Oct 29: The Spanish authorities have restricted movement in the regions of Andalusia, Castile-La-Mancha, Castile and Leon and Murcia due to the worsening epidemiological situation amid the pandemic, according to the regional governments. The provinces of Granada, Jaen and Seville in Andalusia -- the country's largest autonomous community -- were put on a partial lockdown, following in the

Abu Dhabi, Oct 29: Mumbai Indians' Hardik Pandya and Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) Chris Morris have been reprimanded for breaching the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Code of Conduct. Mumbai Indians and RCB competed against each other in the league here on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians secured a five-wicket win over the Virat Kohli-led side. "Chris Morris, the Royal Challengers Bangalore all

Bengaluru, Oct 29: The high court granted conditional bail to Mohammed Mansoor Khan, main accused in the multi-crore IMA ponzi scam of which money laundering is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. He, however, will remain in jail as he is yet to get bail in the main case which is under CBI probe. Mansoor has been in judicial custody since August 1, 2019. Mansoor had approached the

Bengaluru, Oct 29: With 55 patients succumbing to the infection in a day, Karnataka's Covid death toll rose to 11,046 till date since the pandemic broke in the southern state on March 8. "3,146 new Covid cases were reported on Tuesday, taking the state's Covid tally to 8,12,784, including 68,161 active cases, while 7,33,558 recovered so far, with 7,384 discharged in a day," said the state health