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New Delhi, Oct 31: At least 26 people were killed and more than 700 injured in Turkey and Greece on Friday after a powerful earthquake levelled buildings and caused flooding. As many as 196 aftershocks were felt with 23 hitting over magnitude 4.0, news agency ANI said quoting Turkish media. According to the US Geological Survey, the major earthquake hit 14 kilometres (nine miles) off the Greek

Riyadh, Oct 31: Video footage captured the dramatic moment a car was driven at high speed across the courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, before finally smashing into one of the doors on Friday night. Saudi security authorities then arrested a man who was pulled from the car, state news agency SPA reported. Reports suggest the car was driven at high speed on a road surrounding the southern

Bengaluru, Oct 30: A total of 3,589 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Karnataka taking the total count of cases to 8,20,398. The state Health and Family Welfare Department said 8,521 persons were discharged taking the total discharges to 7,49,740 while active cases in the state stand at 59,499. It said 49 more persons succumbed to the disease taking the death toll to 11,140. India's total

Abu Dhabi, Oct 31: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) batsman Chris Gayle has been fined 10 percent of his match-fee for breaching the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team's match against Rajasthan Royals at Abu Dhabi on Friday. Rajasthan Royals pacer Jofra Archer had ended Gayle's stint at the crease as the 'Universe Boss' missed his century by a run. After getting out Gayle flung

Mangaluru, Oct 30: At least four people suffered injuries in a shootout between two gangs of miscreants at Falnir in the heart of Mangaluru at around 5:30p.m today. Among the injured, the condition of two is said to be critical. They have been admitted to a private hospital in the city. Two others have been admitted to Govt Wenlock hospital. According to sources, a fight broke out between two

Kevadiya, Oct 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated 'Arogya Van', a garden housing medicinal plants and herbs, near the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya village of Gujarat's Narmada district. Arogya Van (health forest) is spread over an area of about 17 acres, displaying a wide range of medicinal plants which play an important role in the well-being of human beings, said a release by

Bengaluru, Oct 30: A senior Indian Police Service officer has resigned from service accusing 'a few individuals' of harassing him indirectly. Dr P Ravindranath, who is serving as Additional Director General of Police in the Forest Cell, tendered his resignation to the Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar through the Director General of Police Praveen Sood on October 28. The officer was booked on

Udupi, Oct 30: Udupi Zilla Rajyotsava award committee has selected 40 achievers from different fields for the district level award for the year 2020. The awards will be conferred on November 1, 2020 to mark Kannada Rajyotsava. Following is the list of winners: Sriranga Pana, Hebri; Montu Panara, Karkala; Manjunath Sherigar, Hebri taluk – Deity Worship Parampalli Narasimha Aithal Saligrama, Vasanth

Amaravati, Oct 30: At least seven persons of a marriage party were killed and ten others injured when a van they were sitting in went berserk and rolled from hilltop in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Friday. About 30 persons, all relatives of the groom, sat in the Tata Ace van to return to their villages after the function was over at Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy temple

Mumbai, Oct 30: Posters of French President Emmanuel Macron were found pasted on a busy road in south Mumbai and were later removed by the police, an official said on Friday. Pedestrians and motorists in the Bhendi Bazaar area spotted hundreds of posters of Macron, who is facing criticism from Muslim countries over a cartoon row in France, pasted on the Mohammed Ali Road under JJ flyover on