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Ambala, Dec 5: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said today that he has been admitted to a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. The 67-year-old BJP leader, who's also the home minister in the Khattar Cabinet, has now requested everyone who might have come in his contact to get tested. "I have been tested positive for Corona. I am admitted in Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt. All those who have

Bengaluru, Dec 5: Former Karnataka minister Roshan Baig has been granted conditional bail by a special CBI court in the multi-billion I-Monetary Advisory (IMA) Ponzi scam. He is the 36th accused in the case. Baig was arrested by CBI on November 22 and a raid was conducted at his residences the next day. In the bail order, the judge ordered to surrender his passport and also directed to appear

Mangaluru, Dec 5: City police chief Vikash Kumar Vikash has rubbished the media reports on arrest of suspect in connection with the provocative graffiti case. In two separate incidents reported on November 27 and 29, graffiti in support of Lashkar-e-Taiba and threatening to behead those who insult prophet appeared on the walls of an apartment complex and in court premises in Mangaluru respectively

Mangaluru, Dec 5: A teenage boy, who was critically injured after being hit by a car while crossing the road yesterday, breathed his last at a private hospital in the city today. The victim is Ayan (16), eldest son of Basheer Ahmed and Riana couple, who reside in a rented house near Kumpala bypass. The accident had occurred on national highway near his house on December 4. He was crossing the road

15-year-old Indian-American Gitanjali Rao, a "brilliant" young scientist and inventor, has been named by TIME magazine as the first-ever 'Kid of the Year' for her "astonishing work" using technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying. Ms Rao is daughter of Mangaluru origin couple Rama Rao and Bharathi settled in Denver, Colorado, USA.

New Delhi, Dec 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday summoned Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal for deliberations before they meet agitating farmers demanding the repeal of farm sector reforms. The government has offered eight amendments to the three reforms and a written assurance on the

New Delhi, Dec 5: The overall coronavirus cases in India crossed the 96-lakh mark with 36,652 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. The overall COVID-19 cases reached 96,08,211, including 4,09,689 active cases and 90,58,822 recoveries. Meanwhile, India reported less than 50,000 cases for the 28th day in a row. With 512 new

Bengaluru, Dec 5: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwathnarayan has said that the state government is in process of bringing bills against "love jihad" and cow slaughter. "Many states have already brought in the bills. We are also in the process of bringing bills against 'love jihad' and to impose a ban on cow slaughter," Ashwathnarayan said. The issue of "love jihad" has been on the boil

Bengaluru, Dec 5: Lauding the Union government's efforts to get the Covid vaccine rolled out early, former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda on Friday said the vaccine should be given for free to the poor and at affordable rates to the majority of the people. "The Covid vaccine should be given for free to the poor, who are economically weak and its cost should be

Washington, Dec 5: California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House. Secretary of State Alex Padilla's formal approval of Biden's win in the state brought his tally of pledged electors so far to 279, according to a tally by The Associated Press