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Bengaluru, Dec 8: The Tuesday bandh is expected to make a bigger impact in Bengaluru compared to the one on Saturday, as more associations have declared support for the farmers’ fight with private schools and colleges announcing stopping of all the online classes for the day. In a communication to media, general secretary of the Associated Management of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka D

New Delhi, Dec 7: Led by two-time Asian Games gold-winning former wrestler Kartar Singh, a few sportspersons from Punjab on Monday marched towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan to return "35 national sports awards" in a show of solidarity with farmers agitating against new agriculture laws but were stopped midway by the police. Kartar, who was presented the Arjuna award in 1982 and Padma Shri in 1987

Dubai, Dec 7: Bilateral trade between the UAE and Israel will reach $5 billion as "there are plenty of opportunities", especially in technology, logistics and other industries, senior officials have said. “We estimate at least $5 billion trade in the beginning between the UAE and Israel and it will increase as there are many opportunities. From the technology side, we see huge opportunities. We

Hyderabad, Dec 7: Film actress-turned-politician Vijayashanti joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of the BJP national chief secretary Arun Singh in Delhi on Monday. Mr Sigh welcomed Vijayashanti, who resigned from the Congress two days ago, into BJP by draping a shawl. in the presence of union minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy and BJP BC cell chief K Laxman, among others. She

Vijayawada, Dec 7: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Hindu Prachara Parishat inaugurated a programme called 'Gudiko Gomata' which means a cow for a temple to encourage people to donate cows to the temples at Kanaka Durga Temple premises on Indrakeeladri hillock in Vijayawada on Monday. Talking about the aim of the programme, Andhra Pradesh Endowments Minister Velampalli Srinivas appealed to

New Delhi, Dec 7: Transporters' union AIMTC on Monday said it will suspend operations in the entire country on Tuesday to support the Bharat Bandh called by agitating farmers. The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) is the apex body of transporters, representing about 95 lakh truckers and other entities. It has already extended its support to the farmer agitation from day one. "Earlier it

New Delhi, Dec 7: IndiGo on Monday said it will refund all customer credit shells, which were created when flights were cancelled due to the coronavirus lockdown earlier this year, by January 31, 2021. The airline in a statement said it has already processed close to Rs 1,000 crore of refunds, which is approximately 90 per cent of the total amount it owed to its customers. IndiGo chief executive

New Delhi, Dec 7: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday visited the Singhu border, where thousands of farmers are protesting against the Centre's new farm laws, and checked arrangements made for them by the city government. The visit comes a day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) extended its support to the 'Bharat Bandh' called by farmers' organisations on December 8. Kejriwal was

Bengaluru, Dec 7: A Muslim businessman in Karnataka has won the hearts of many Hindus by donating 1.5 guntas of land worth around Rs 1 crore for revamping a Hanuman temple. 65-year-old H M G Basha, who is into cargo business, is the man who set an example of communal amity during times of heightened religious intolerance. A resident of Belathur in Kadugodi, Basha's family-owned three acres of land

Bengaluru, Dec 7: Karnataka logged 1,321 new cases on a day, taking its Covid tally to 8,93,006, including 25,381 active cases till Saturday, said the state health bulletin on Sunday. "With 889 discharged in the last 24 hours, recoveries across the southern state rose to 8,55,750 so far, while 10 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the state's death toll to 11,856