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Bengaluru, Nov 9: Taking a jibe at Islamic and Christian festivals and practices, hardline BJP leader and Bijapur City MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Monday called for “noiseless Friday, bloodless Bakrid and crackerless New Year Eve”. In a social media post, the former union minister lamented that only Hindu festivals came under the scanner for their practices. “Hindus come together once in a

Recently binge-watched a six part mini series directed by Mira Nair on Netflix, titled “A Suitable Boy”, an adaptation of Vikram Seth’s novel of the same title. And while I am neither a movie critic or reviewer, nor a fan of watching series with a backdrop of the post Independence era, I was still moved to write about it. To lay down my emotions on paper with nothing but words. It isn’t extra

Mumbai, Nov 9: Leading online food and grocery store BigBasket on Sunday admitted to a potential breach of its customer data and that it was assessing the extent. "We have lodged a complaint with the Bengaluru Cyber Crime Cell and intend to pursue it to bring the culprits to book," said the city-based company in a statement. The Cyber Cell, however, did not confirm receiving the complaint. The 9

Mumbai, Nov 9: The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant bail to Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. Goswami, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide of an interior designer, on Monday filed a bail application before the sessions court at Alibaug in Maharashtra's Raigad district. Goswami and two others - Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda - were arrested by Alibaug police on

Chennai, Nov 9: More than a year after quitting his job to protest the Centre's anti-people policies, former Karnataka cadre IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil formally joined the Congress party in Chennai on Monday. Senthil joined the party in the presence of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief K S Alagiri, state incharge Dinesh Rao and All India Congress secretary Sanjay Dutt. Senthil said that he

Mumbai, Nov After arrested Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami alleged that he was being "assaulted" in jail and was not being allowed to meet his family, the Maharashtra Governor has intervened and conveyed his concern to the state government. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari spoke to Maharashtra's Home Minister Anil Deshmukh this morning and expressed concern over the security and health of Mr

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Reliance Industries Ltd and Saudi Aramco are resuming talks over a 20 per cent stake sale by the Indian conglomerate in its oil-to-chemical business after a brief pause due to Covid-19 pandemic, ET Now reported on Monday, citing sources. Both the companies were committed to the deal and Aramco wants to do a physical inspection of Reliance's assets in India, the report said

Abu Dhabi, Nov 8: A spirited team performance by Delhi Capitals enabled handed them their first-ever final spot in the Indian Premier League after defeating SunRisers by 17-run in Qualifier 2 here at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Sunday. With this win, Delhi will now face Mumbai Indians in the summit clash on Tuesday, November 10. Chasing a gigantic target of 190, SRH had a poor start as they lost

Bengaluru, Nov 9: Karnataka reported 1,963 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday taking the total count of cases in the state to 8,48,850. According to the State Health and Family Welfare Department, 2,686 people were discharged today and total discharged cases now stand at 8,04,485. Nineteen people succumbed to the coronavirus in the state taking the death toll to 11,410. The active cases in the state

Bengaluru, Nov 9: A retired professor from Bangalore University and former registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) committed suicide in Bengaluru. N S Ashok Kumar reportedly hanged himself from the ceiling of his residence at KAS Officers’ Colony, Mico Layout on Sunday morning. Kumar, who was serving as registrar of Garden City University for the last two years, was earlier