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Bengaluru, Nov 4: With 2,756 fresh cases and 26 more deaths, Karnataka's Covid-19 tally and cumulative fatalities reached 8,32,396 and 11,247 respectively on Tuesday, the health department said. The state has been showing a steady decline in cases and mortalities in recent days from an alarming over 10,000 infections and around 200 fatalities a day about a month ago. Health minister Dr K Sudhakar

Mumbai, Nov 4: In a surprising turn of events, the Mumbai Police has arrested Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in a 2018 suicide case. A posse of policemen and plainclothesmen swooped at Arnab’s Lower Parel residence in Mumbai and detained him. He is being taken in a police vehicle to Raigad, according to his wife Samyabrata Ray Goswami. According to her, Arnab was assaulted by the police

Washington, Nov 3: The 2020 US Presidential election is much different than previous elections owing to people being nervous about the country's future amid nearly 8 per cent unemployment and more than 231,000 COVID-19 deaths. The division and anxiety are evident in conversations among voters in long lines outside early voting places and across browning autumn lawns where warring yard signs pit

Kochi, Nov 3: Customs on Tuesday filed a report in a court here seeking issual of a non-bailable warrant against an Egyptian national, a former employee of the UAE consulate in Thiruvananthapuram. The NBW was sought in a case registered in connection with allegedly smuggling out $1,90,000 to Egypt via Oman from the state capital with the help of two accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case. In a

Bengaluru, Nov 3: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday denied bail to actors Ragini Dwivedi and Sanjana Galrani, as well as Prashanth Ranka, who are accused in the Sandalwood drug case. Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar dismissed the bail pleas of all three accused. He also dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas of three others, Shivaprakash, Abhiswamy and Prashanth Raju, who are also accused in the

Washington, Nov 3: Irrespective of the outcome of Tuesday's keenly-contested US presidential election, America's strategic relationship with India is expected to maintain the current momentum and strengthen further, policy documents and remarks from the two campaigns indicate. President Donald Trump, in the first term of his presidency, has emerged as the best friend of India at the White House

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Karnataka Tourism Minister and BJP national general secretary C T Ravi on Tuesday said a law banning religious conversions for the sake of marriage will be enacted in the state. He said the government will not remain silent when 'Jihadis' strip the dignity of women in the state. The statement comes days after the Allahabad High Court held that conversion of religion for the

Washington, Nov 3: Democratic US Presidential nominee Joe Biden has won all five of the votes cast in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border. The ballots were cast in the minutes after midnight, becoming some of the first cast and counted on Election Day, CNN reported. Dixville Notch has become one of the first places in the country to show its preference. CNN

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Finance Ministry on Tuesday said that there has been no increase in service charges by any public sector bank even as Bank of Baroda decided to withdraw changes made with regard to the number of free cash deposit transactions in a bank account per month. Bank of Baroda had made certain changes with effect from November 1, 2020, with regard to the number of free cash deposits

Abu Dhabi, Nov 3: UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohammed shared a picture on Twitter of him getting vaccinated by a medical staffer. Sheikh Mohammed said, "While receiving the COVID-19 vaccine today. We wish everyone safety and great health, and we are proud of our teams who have worked relentlessly to make the