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Washington, Aug 17: US President Donald Trump has indicated that he was looking to ban other Chinese-owned companies, including e-commerce giant Alibaba in the United States, days after signing an executive order targetting TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, Fox News reported. The development came after Trump issued an executive order on August 14, requiring ByteDance to divest its interests in

Udupi, Aug 16: Four fishermen are reported missing after their country boat Sagara Shri crashed into the breakwater at the mouth of Koderi fishing jetty in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district today. The missing fishermen have been identified as Nagraj Kharvi, Manjunath Kharvi, Laxman Kharvi and Shekar Kharvi. They were part of a group of 11 fishermen who had set out for fishing. The remaining

New Delhi, Aug 16: Former India opener Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday due to Covid-19 related complications after being put on life support for nearly 36 hours, his brother Pushpendra Chauhan said. Chauhan, who played 40 Tests for India, was 73 and is survived by his wife and son Vinayak, who is scheduled to arrive from Melbourne later in the day. "My elder brother Shri Chetan Chauhan has left us

Mangaluru, Aug 16: Dr B Ahmed Hajee Mohiudeen, a prominent educationist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, passed away at a private hospital in the city today due to age related ailments. He was 87. The mortal remains of Ahmed Hajee were briefly kept at Thumbay PU College for the public viewing. The funeral was be held at Thumbay Masjid burial ground in the evening. Dr Ahmed Hajee was the Founder

Bengaluru, Aug 16: As many as 17 coronavirus patients were shifted overnight from the CV Raman Nagar government hospital to other medical facilities after a short circuit disrupted oxygen supply. The incident took place on the intervening night of August 14 and 15. All patients who were shifted are doing well, said CV Raman Hospital Superintendent Radhakrishna. "There was a short circuit in the

Bengaluru, Aug 16: A fact finding committee formed by the Indian National Congress to look into the August 11 Bengaluru violence has expressed concern over the arrest of innocent people including “boys as little as 10-12 years”. The committee is headed by former home minister G Parameshwara. “Nearly 400 people have been arrested, including boys as little as 10-12 years of age. One father died

Bengaluru, Aug 16: The imposition of Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in areas under DJ halli and KG halli police station limits has now been extended till 6 am on August 18. The prohibitory orders were imposed following a mob attack on the house of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasamurthy on August 11 over a defamatory post against a religion. Four people had lost their lives after

Bengaluru, Aug 15: Karnataka on Saturday reported the biggest single-day spike of over 8,800 new cases of Covid-19 and 114 related fatalities. With this, the total number of infections rose to 2,19,926 and death toll to 3,831 in the state, the health department said. The day also saw 6,629 patients getting discharged after recovery. Out of 8,818 fresh cases, 3,495 of them were from Bengaluru urban

New Delhi, Aug 15: India's World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday announced retirement from the international cricket. Taking to Instagram, the wicketkeeper-batsman shared a video and captioned the post, "Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout. from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired." The video had the iconic song 'Mai Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hu' from Amitabh Bachchan's

New Delhi, Aug 15: Left-handed batsman Suresh Raina on Saturday announced his retirement from international cricket. Raina's announcement came minutes after MS Dhoni's decision to bid adieu to international cricket. "It was nothing but lovely playing with you, @mahi7781. With my heart full of pride, I choose to join you in this journey. Thank you, India. Jai Hind," Raina wrote on Instagram. It was