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Jerusalem, Nov 14: Palestinian officials have slammed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to visit Israeli settlement in the West Bank, calling the planned trip "a challenge to the international consensus". "The visit will be a challenge to the positions of all previous US administrations that emphasized the illegality of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories," Xinhua news

Mangaluru, Nov 14: District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel have said that the decision on organising Kambala, the traditional folk sports of coastal Karnataka, will be taken only after the Central government issues fresh set of guidelines. A delegation of Kambala Samithi led by president P R Shetty, vice-president Naveenchandra Alva and others had met the

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has ordered the creation of a new ‘Maratha Development Authority’ for which Rs 50 crore will be set aside. This move could gain significance ahead of the bye-election to the Basavakalyan assembly constituency, where Marathas are said to form a good number of voters. The bypoll is yet to be announced. In a note to Additional Chief

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday appeared to have mocked the party’s Karnataka president D K Shivakumar on his belief in 'superstitions'. This happened during an event organized by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on the occasion of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. “Nehru had no place for superstitions. Shivakumar ji, he had no place for

Lucknow, Nov 14: Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday categorically ruled out an alliance with the Congress or the BSP in the next assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, which are due in a little over a year's time. Speaking to reporters in his home town of Etawah, Akhilesh said that his party, however, could consider aligning with smaller outfits in the elections. ''We will, under

Bengaluru, Nov 14: The official probing the IMA multibillion Ponzi scheme case has asked depositors to file their claims from November 25 and fixed December 24 as the last day to accept the claims. A statement from the office of the special officer and competent authority (IMA and other scam cases) said depositors can submit the claims via Bangalore One, Karnataka One or Atalji Jan Snehi Kendra

New Delhi, Nov 14: India's active caseload of Covid-19 has shrunk to 4,80,719, registering a four-day streak of less than five lakh active cases, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said the share of active cases in the total positive cases has further decreased to 5.48 per cent. "New cases continue their downward slope indicating adoption of Covid Appropriate

At least 7-8 Pakistan Army soldiers were killed in retaliatory firing by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations from across the Line of Control on Friday, said ANI. The list of Pakistan Army soldiers killed includes 2-3 Pakistan Army Special Service Group (SSG) commandoes, Indian Army sources told ANI.

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Friday a decision on whether to go in for cabinet expansion or reshuffle will be taken after discussion with the BJP top leadership, as he indicated his meeting with the high command was likely only after government formation in Bihar. "I will be contacting (central leadership)... I have to go to Delhi, but things look like I will

Srinagar, Nov 13: Three security forces personnel were among six persons killed in multiple ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) from the Gurez sector to the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. They said the Pakistani troops fired mortars and other weapons. In the Nambla sector in Uri, two Army soldiers were killed in the Pakistani firing