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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

New Delhi/Washington, Dec 22: US President Donald Trump has presented America's highest military decoration, The Legion of Merit, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership and vision under which India's emergence as a global power has accelerated and for elevating strategic partnership of the two countries. Official sources said, The Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, bestowed on

Bengaluru, Dec 22: Fears of another round of lockdown loom across the world after UK reported new variant of coronavirus. Meanwhile, Karnatak Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Monday tried to allay fears saying the virus could be more contagious but not virulent. "Initial studies in the United Kingdom suggest that the corona virus may be more contagious than the present one but not more virulent,"

Hyderabad, Dec 22: A 43-year-old man from Hyderabad was fired upon and injured in Chicago in the United States, his family members said on Monday. Mohammed Mujeebuddin suffered bullet injuries in the early hours of Monday and has been admitted to a hospital in a very critical condition, his wife said in a letter to Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao. Mr Mujeebuddin's wife, children and his mother