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Mangaluru/Udupi, Sep 4: Coastal Karnataka today witnessed another spike in covid-19 cases. While Dakshina Kannada reported 428 new coronavirus positive cases and seven deaths, Udupi reported 186 cases and two deaths in past 24 hours. Dakshina Kannada As many as 14,223 people have tested covid positive so far and among them 2,904 cases are currently active. A total of 1,03,065 samples have been

Bengaluru, Sept 4: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said officials have been instructed to extend their action against drugs and ganja supply in tier 2 and 3 cities and in various districts, as he noted that "new dimensions" are emerging from investigation into its menace here. The minister asserted that the government's action against drugs will continue, until it is completely

Mangaluru, Sept 4: A District Armed Reserve (DAR) personnel, accused of raping a teacher from Bengaluru, has gone absconding. A case has been registered at the women’s police station in Mangaluru in this regard, and police have launched a manhunt. The accused is Sayabanna, who hails from Vijayapura and is a DAR personnel with the Dakshina Kannada district police. It is learnt that he has been

Gwalior, Sept 4: Rains and potholed roads were no deterrence for a Jharkhand man who drove over 1,200 km on a scooter, with his pregnant wife sitting pillion so that she could appear for an exam for aspiring teachers here in Madhya Pradesh. The tribal couple, Dhananjay Kumar (27) and his wife Soni Hembram (22), travelled on the two-wheeler from Ganta Tola village in Godda district of Jharkhand to

Bengaluru, Sept 4: A self proclaimed fact-finding committee, which visited the recent violence affected areas of K G Halli and D J Halli in Pulakeshinagar constituency in Benglauru, has claimed that “the riots were pre-planned and organised and the mob has specifically targeted certain prominent Hindus in the area.” The committee of “Citizens for Democracy”, which is known for its pro-Sangh

Bengaluru, Sept 4: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar, who was discharged after recovering from Covid-19, has been admitted to hospital again after he developed fever and cough, party sources said. "I have been admitted to a private hospital in Jayanagar, Bengaluru once again after experiencing fever," he said. Shivakumar has been shifted to Apollo Hospital in

As Americans grapple with problems of racism and power, a newly declassified trove of White House tapes provides startling evidence of the bigotry voiced by President Richard M Nixon and Henry Kissinger, his national security adviser. The full content of these tapes reveal how US policy toward South Asia under Mr. Nixon was influenced by his hatred of, and sexual repulsion toward, Indians. These

Bengaluru, Sep 4 : A six-member central team would visit Karnataka on September 7 for three days to survey the flood-hit districts for assessing damage caused by heavy rains and granting relief aid, a minister said on Thursday. "The team, led by Union Ministry of Home Affairs joint secretary K.V. Pratap will survey the 5 flood-hit districts in the southern, coastal and northwest regions of the

Bengaluru, Sept 4: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru, which is probing the drug menace in the Kannada film industry, carried out searches at actress Ragini Dwivedi's residence here on Friday morning, police said. "The CCB obtained the search warrant from a court," a police officer said. According to police sources, a team of CCB sleuths reached Dwivedi's residence at about 6 am. The CCB

New York, Sept 4: An Indian national and an Indian-origin man from Malaysia have been charged by federal prosecutors with unlawfully voting in the 2016 US presidential elections by falsely claiming American citizenship. Baijoo Pottakulath Thomas, 58, and 11 other foreign nationals were charged in US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina last month with misdemeanor charges for