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Mysuru, Feb 11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Karnataka's Mysuru in the early hours of Sunday and took part in a meeting on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with party leaders. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, also accompanied Shah. Shah reached the Mandakalli airport at 3 a.m. where State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra welcomed him to the state. Shah will visit

Kolkata, Feb 11: Struggling to gain political traction on issues of corruption, the West Bengal BJP is shifting its focus to emotive topics such as the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in a bid to achieve its target of securing 35 out of the 42 Lok Sabha seats from the state. The BJP's strategy is buoyed by the decision of the Trinamool Congress to contest alone in the

People living in the isolated north of Gaza have revealed that children are going without food for days, as aid convoys are increasingly denied permits to enter thanks to Israeli army’s inhuman blockade. Some residents have resorted to grinding animal feed into flour to survive, but even stocks of those grains are now dwindling, they say. People have also described digging down into the soil to

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has lashed out on his father Anirudhsinh Jadeja, who in an interview has put blame on son’s wife Rivaba for creating a rift in the family. The cricketer has termed his father’s interview to a popular daily “nonsensical and scripted.” Jadeja's father, Anirudhsinh, in a startling allegation, said that problems started in their relationship after the cricketer

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the regime’s military to prepare a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Gaza’s Rafah ahead of an expected invasion of the densely populated southern city, despite warnings that such a move "would be a disaster." On Friday, Netanyahu's office said he had ordered the military to come up with a "combined plan" that includes both a mass

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh as well as agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. The Centre had earlier announced the Bharat Ratna for Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Lal Krishna Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur.

Haldwani, Feb 9: Two people died and 250 were injured in widespread violence over the demolition of a madrasa and an adjoining mosque in Uttarakhand's Haldwani on Thursday. The city has been placed under curfew, with shoot-at-sight orders issued against rioters and internet services completely shut down. The confrontation reached a boiling point when a team of government officials, accompanied by

Chikkamagaluru: The police detained more than 20 Congress workers who had allegedly opposed the speech of Hindutva ideologue Chakravarti Sulibele at a programme on Thursday night. Tension prevailed at the venue for some time and the police who rushed to the spot brought the situation under control. Namo Brigade organised Namo Bharatha programme at Vijapura layout in Chikkamagaluru. Accusing

Mangaluru, Feb 9: The central government has given an in-principle approval for opening a new Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellness Centre in Mangaluru, said Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. Kateel said that Union minister for health and family welfare Mansukh Mandaviya has informed him about the opening of a new CGHS Wellness Centre in Mangaluru. The minister has stated in a

Chikkamagaluru, Feb 8: A college girl has succumbed to dengue fever in the city, officials said on Thursday. The deceased was identified as 18-year-old Suhana Bhanu, a resident of Mohammad Khan Lane in the city. Suhana was admitted to Malle Gowda District Hospital and passed away on Thursday. This development has raised concerns, prompting health department officials to be on high alert and