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The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has initiated a probe in connection with the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan allegedly linked to a cough syrup manufactured by an Indian firm, official sources said on Thursday. The health ministry of Uzbekistan has claimed that the 18 children had consumed cough syrup, 'Doc-1 Max', manufactured by Noida-based Marion Biotech. Hasan Harris

Udupi, Dec 29: The Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime branch of Udupi district police have finally arrested B V Laxminarayana, chairman of the Kamalakshi multipurpose cooperative society on charges of siphoning of crores of rupees. He was reportedly absconding after a case of cheating was registered against him. He was picked up from Matapadi near Brahmavar, police sources said. The customers of

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on Thursday carried out raids at multiple locations including residences of second-rung leaders across of the banned Muslim outfit Popular Front of India in Kerala. The raids, which started late last night are still under way, sources in the Kerala police said. Sources said, NIA conducted raids across 56 locations including the residence of Faiz

New Delhi, Dec 28: India plans to re-start the “Air Suvidha” portal for Covid-negative declaration for passengers coming from six Asian countries, including China, from next week after 39 passengers tested positive in random screening at the airports in the last two days, Union Health Ministry sources said on Wednesday, noting that the government was apprehending a rise in the Covid-19 cases over

Bengaluru, Dec 12: Amidst a series of communal incidents including murders and immoral policing by saffron activists being reported from across Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party has poised to make ‘Hindutva’ a prime agenda in looming assembly polls. “We will fight the election on development and Hindutva,” declared BJP national general secretary CT Ravi when media persons questioned him what

Ahmedabad, Dec 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi has been hospitalised after her health deteriorated last night. Heeraben Modi, who turned 99 in June this year, has been admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad. A statement from UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre has said that her condition is stable. The hospital has not shared any other piece of information

Moscow, Dec 28: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an arch loyalist of Vladimir Putin given a new job this week, predicted war between Germany and France next year and a civil war in the United States that would lead to Elon Musk becoming president. Medvedev, deputy head of Putin's advisory security council, served as president during a four-year spell when Putin held the office of prime

Mangaluru, Dec 28: The Additional District and Sessions Judge FTSC-II (Pocso) KM Radhakrishna has sentenced a 32-year-old man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping his 15-year-old niece last year. The accused must also pay a fine of Rs 50,000, under Section 6 of the Pocso Act. Special public prosecutor Venkataramana Swamy said the incident took place on August 9, 2021, when the survivor

Mysuru, Dec 28: Miscreants barged into the St Mary's Church in Periyapatna of Mysuru district last evening and indulged in vandalism. As per the complaint lodged at the Periyapatna police station by Fr John Paul miscreants destroyed the statue of the infant Jesus placed in a cradle in a crib in the Church premises. The miscreants allegedly threw away the cradle too and had destroyed the pots and

Mangaluru, Dec 27: A 14-year-old boy, who was standing by the side of the road, lost his life when a speeding car knocked him down near Mudipu on the outskirts of the city today. The victim has been identified as Karthik (14), son of Harishchandra and Arunakshi couple from Boliar. He was a Class 8 student of Mudipu Government Primary School. It is said that the boy was on way back home from the