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Kochi, Dec 23: Eminent Malayalam poet, conservationist and women's activist, Sugathakumari, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment, passed away at the government medical college hospital on Wednesday. She was 86 and leaves behind daughter Lakshmi Devi, family sources said. The octogenarian poet rarely made any public appearance in recent days due to old age difficulties

Mangaluru, Dec 23: The mastermind behind the recent kidnap of an 8-year-old boy from Ujire in Dakshina Kannada district, was a former partner of the boy’s father, according police. The boy was traced in a house in Koormahosahalli in Malur taluk in Kolar district within two days after he was kidnapped from near his house on December 17. The kidnappers, who were finally arrested by the police, had

Wilmington, Dec 23: US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that the United States may lose "tens of thousands" of more lives due to COVID-19, despite the vaccine rollout and urged Americans to remain vigilant as cases continue to spike. Speaking at a virtual address here, Biden said: "Experts say things are going to get worse before they are going to get better -- notwithstanding the fact

Mangaluru, Dec 22: All those who flew into Mangaluru from the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Netherlands since December 7 this year will have to undergo covid tests again after a new strain of covid-19 with high transmissibility was reported in the UK. Dakshina Kannada district administration has noted that 56 passengers from the UK had arrived into the district through Kempegowda International

New Delhi, Dec 22: India stopping flights to and from Britain after a new strain of Covid-19 with high transmissibility was reported in the UK has upset plans of many who were to come back home before the New Year or return to universities there for pending research work. The flight suspension till the end of this year was announced on Monday in view of detection of a new rapid-spreading strain of

The Uttar Pradesh authorities have cut over 1.89 trees for the construction of the Bundelkhand expressway, an RTI query has revealed. In a reply to Banda-based activist Kuldeep Shukla, Senior Manager of the UP Forest Department, Atul Asthana, said the Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has cut 1,89,036 trees for the 296-km-long project. The trees were cut in Banda, Chitrakoot

Chennai, Dec 22: Two passengers, who arrived from the United Kingdom, tested positive for coronavirus at Kolkata airport on Sunday, a Kolkata airport official said. This comes as the aviation ministry on Monday announced the suspension of all flights to and from the UK from today until the end of 31 December, and made it mandatory for all passengers arriving before the ban comes into force to be

Bengaluru, Dec 22: India is witnessing a reduction in the daily number of COVID-19 cases being reported, but the news of a new "out-of-control" coronavirus strain found in the UK has sent the government into a spiral. Apart from that, there are concerns over the possibility that the upcoming Christmas and New Year festivities could cause people to throw caution to the wind and go lax on COVID-19

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 22: A CBI court here on Tuesday found a catholic priest and a nun guilty in connection with the murder of 21-year-old Sister Abhaya, whose body was found in the well of a convent in Kottayam in 1992. The verdict in this regard was pronounced by CBI special court judge J Sanal Kumar. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on Wednesday. The court said the murder charges

MangaIuru, Dec 22: K M Shareef, former chairman of Popular Front of India, passed away today at a private hospital in the city following a few weeks of illness. He was 56. “It is with great sadness that we announce the sad demise of K.M.Shareef Saheb, NEC Member of Popular Front. KM Shareef saheb was also former Chairman of Popular Front. His demise is a great loss to the community and the