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Mexico City, Nov 15: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico has topped 1 million, while the death toll is close to 100,000 people, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Sunday. "As of November 14, 2020, there were 1,003,253 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 1,222,753 negative [test] results, 98,259 confirmed deaths and 745,361 recovered people," the official tweeted. Over the past

Kalaburagi, Nov 15: A week after the Maharashtra Police raided and seized a car belonging to the wife of Kalaburagi Rural MLA Basavaraj Mattimud, the BJP leader rued that he had been made the target of political machinations by his opponents. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Mattimud said that he really did not know that his wife’s car was seized by the Maharashtra Police. “I accept that my wife

Bengaluru, Nov 15: The Karnataka leader of opposition, Siddaramaiah, on Saturday countered the ruling BJP by asking what the state police were doing when former Mayor R. Sampath Raj went missing from the hospital they were keeping a watch on. Speaking to reporters after commemorating Children’s Day here, Siddaramaiah said why the ruling party is questioning the Congress about Sampat Raj going

Bangalore, Nov 15: With Bengaluru Urban district accounting for 1,195 fresh cases and nine deaths on Friday, cumulatively, the city has reported 3,997 deaths, 3,56,440 infections and 3,34,258 discharges, the Covid-19 bulletin released by the health department for Friday on Saturday stated. Ironic it seems, despite the considerable dip in death rate as well as positive cases, the tech city still

Jerusalem, Nov 14: Palestinian officials have slammed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to visit Israeli settlement in the West Bank, calling the planned trip "a challenge to the international consensus". "The visit will be a challenge to the positions of all previous US administrations that emphasized the illegality of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories," Xinhua news

Mangaluru, Nov 14: District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel have said that the decision on organising Kambala, the traditional folk sports of coastal Karnataka, will be taken only after the Central government issues fresh set of guidelines. A delegation of Kambala Samithi led by president P R Shetty, vice-president Naveenchandra Alva and others had met the

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has ordered the creation of a new ‘Maratha Development Authority’ for which Rs 50 crore will be set aside. This move could gain significance ahead of the bye-election to the Basavakalyan assembly constituency, where Marathas are said to form a good number of voters. The bypoll is yet to be announced. In a note to Additional Chief

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday appeared to have mocked the party’s Karnataka president D K Shivakumar on his belief in 'superstitions'. This happened during an event organized by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on the occasion of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. “Nehru had no place for superstitions. Shivakumar ji, he had no place for

Lucknow, Nov 14: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday categorically ruled out an alliance with the Congress or the BSP in the next assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, which are due in a little over a year's time. Speaking to reporters in his home town of Etawah, Akhilesh said that his party, however, could consider aligning with smaller outfits in the elections. ''We will, under

Bengaluru, Nov 14: The official probing the IMA multibillion Ponzi scheme case has asked depositors to file their claims from November 25 and fixed December 24 as the last day to accept the claims. A statement from the office of the special officer and competent authority (IMA and other scam cases) said depositors can submit the claims via Bangalore One, Karnataka One or Atalji Jan Snehi Kendra