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Bengaluru, Dec 11: Revenue Minister R Ashoka and Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar at a press conference here said that New Year celebrations in all public places and high streets like MG Road and Brigade Road are banned. "People should celebrate New Year with their family at home. Pubs, bars, and hotels that would previously allow thousands of guests should function at 50% of

Mumbai, Dec 11: India moved down seven spots in the global home price index to 54th rank in the third quarter (July to September) against 47th rank in Q3 2019 with a decline of 2.4 per cent year-on-year in home prices, Knight Frank said on Friday. In the performance compared to previous quarter (Q2 2020), the ranking remains unchanged to 54th spot among the 56 countries and territories tracked in

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoking the name of Basavanna or Basaweshwara, a 12th century saint, social reformer and poet, after laying the foundation for the new Parliament building in New Delhi has gone viral in Karnataka. In the nearly one-minute clip, Modi refers to the Anubhava Mantapa that was established by the saint Basavanna as an academy of mystics, saints and

Bengaluru, Dec 11: Recoveries in Karnataka shot up to 5,076 in a single day, taking the total number of patients cured of the infection to 8,66,664 till date. "With 1,238 new cases on Wednesday, the state's Covid tally rose to 8,97,801, including 19,206 positive cases," said the state health bulletin on Thursday. The infection claimed 12 lives in the last 24 hours, taking the state's death toll to

Bengaluru, Nov 10: Opposition Congress in Karnataka boycotted the proceedings of the legislative assembly on Thursday, the last day of the winter session, in protest against the introduction and passage of the anti-cow slaughter bill, despite repeated requests by the Speaker to participate. The controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, was passed in the

New Delhi, Dec 10: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday had a telephonic conversation with Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and thanked him for taking good care of the Indian community during COVID-19. Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar said he and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman discussed the follow up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim

New Delhi, Dec 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the new Parliament building would become a witness to the creation of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India) and fulfill the aspirations of 21st century India. Speaking at the foundation-laying ceremony of new Parliament building, the Prime Minister said that inauguration of the construction work of the new Parliament House

Dubai, Dec 10: The Makkah Criminal Court on Wednesday issued a new ruling acquitting 13 defendants in the Grand Mosque Crane collapse case, including Saudi Binladin Group, Saudi media such as Okaz/Saudi Gazette reported. In the new verdict, the court said it had found nothing new than what it had earlier ruled in the case. It said it would send a copy of the verdict to the Court of Appeal to

New Delhi, Dec 10: Expressing serious concern over the alleged rape of a woman by 17 men in Jharkhand's Dumka district, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday asked the state police to complete the probe in the case within two months. According to reports, the woman was raped and her husband held hostage by 17 men when the couple was returning from the market on Tuesday night. The

Lucknow, Dec 10: Asserting that the farmers are agitating in and around Delhi for the restoration of the democratic value of the country, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said every citizen is emotionally joining the protest against the recently enacted farm laws. "The farmers' protest is a movement to restore the democratic value of India. And the general public should