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Haveri, Nov 16: A 21-year old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping and murdering his mother in Shiggavi of Haveri district in Karnataka. The accused, identified as Shivappa of Vanahalli, has confessed to the crime, police said. According to the police, the victim got into sexual relationships with her son Shivappa and a few other men after her husband’s death a year ago. Shivappa was

Bengaluru, Nov 16: The state’s Covid-19 numbers have continued to slip for the last 14 days in a row. Bengaluru’s tally of 840 fresh cases on Sunday suggests that the city’s Covid curve is seeing a dip towards the pre-surge era of July, when only triple-digit new numbers were being reported daily. On Sunday, the state reported 1,565 new cases, out of which Bengaluru’s total comprised 54%

Singapore, Nov 15: Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations, including China, on Sunday signed the world's biggest trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), sans India with hopes that it will help recover from the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The RCEP was signed after eight years of negotiations at the conclusion of annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders and their regional

Dubai, Nov 15: An Indian couple in the UAE has organised a “drive-by wedding ceremony” where guests were allowed to wish them from their cars only, in a bid to maintain social distancing due to the Covid-19, a media report said. Muhammed Jazem and Almas Ahmed from Kerala first had their ‘Nikah’ then they stood under a flower arch outside their home in Dubai for a socially-distanced wedding

The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will likely feature nine or 10 teams. Adani Group and Sanjiv Goenka Group are reportedly interested in buying an IPL team for the next year. In less than 12 hours after the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, the reports of The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) adding a 9th team in IPL made headlines in the country. While a

After being elected as the Chief Minister of Bihar unanimously by the NDA on Sunday, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar said that he was not keen on becoming the CM, but accepted the responsibility at BJP's request. Nitish's statement comes as a surprise because both the JD(U) and the BJP have put up a strong united front pushing Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate. The Opposition, especially

Patna, Nov 15: Nitish Kumar may take oath as Bihar chief minister for the seventh term on Monday (November 16). Today, JD(U) Chief Nitish Kumar was named as the next Chief Minister of Bihar, in NDA meeting at Patna. Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Sunday said that people's mandate is against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Bihar will find its alternative which will be

Mangaluru, Nov 15: M J Roopa, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada has directed the authorities to reopen final year degree and PG classes in Mangalore University jurisdiction by adhering to Covid-19 guidelines from November 17. ADC presiding over a meeting to review educational activities planned in degree colleges, technical college diploma colleges, said classes should be

Moscow, Nov 15: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Saturday to take care of Christian shrines in parts of Nagorno-Karabakh that Azerbaijan gets under this week’s ceasefire agreement, the Kremlin said. Russia brokered a ceasefire on Tuesday that secured territorial advances for Azerbaijan around the ethnic Armenian region, where Azeri troops have been

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