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The novel coronavirus seemed like a distant problem in Boisar, a small factory town about two hours from Mumbai, until Daniel Tribhuvan died. The 35-year-old tutor started feeling feverish in April, while bringing his father home from a chemotherapy appointment in the Indian financial capital. When a test confirmed Tribhuvan was infected, the local health system’s reaction was shambolic. After he

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Congress worker Kavitha Reddy has been booked under sections 323, 504(b), and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in connection with an alleged attack on actor Samyuktha Hegde, according to the HSR Layout Police Station, Bengaluru. Hegde, a Kannada actor who is known for her role in 'Kirik Party', claimed that she got heckled and locked in a park by Reddy "for wearing a sports

Bengaluru, Sept 8: The Central Crime Branch probing the drug abuse in the Kannada film industry, on Tuesday arrested actress Sanjjanaa Galrani here, police sources said. The development comes in the wake of city police arresting actress Ragini Dwivedi for supplying drugs to people at high-end parties in the city. Galrani was arrested at the end of a CCB raid at her Indira Nagar residence here

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi, arrested in a drugs case, was produced in court on Monday which sent her to 5-day custody, according to Central Crime Brance (CCB). As per the CCB, one Niyaz has been arrested in connection with the case as part of the ongoing probe. Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi has been arrested and taken into custody for her alleged involvement in a drug case

New Delhi, Sept 7: India has successfully flight tested hypersonic technology that will pave the way towards development of missiles travelling at six times the speed of sound. With this successful demonstration, the country enters an elite club to become a member of the hypersonic regime. This is a step towards manufacture of advanced Hypersonic Vehicles. India became the fourth country after the

Mangaluru, Sept 7: As many as 90 people accused in drugs peddling cases were paraded at the Police Parade grounds in Mangaluru today. The police had served notices to 180 persons reportedly involved in drug peddling and its consumption, in Police Commissionerate jurisdiction. Among them, only 90 including six students appeared at the parade grounds. Some of the accused are from Kasargod. The

Abu Dhabi, Sept 7: Visitors or tourists in UAE whose visas expired after March 1 now have only four days left to regularise their status or exit the country without incurring overstay fines. The UAE's Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) in August announced a one-month extension for visitors whose entry permits expired after March 1. The extension that began on August 11 will end

New Delhi, Sept 7: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has been given Y-plus category security by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central government’s security agencies and will be protected by about 10 armed commandos around the clock, Union Home ministry officials said on Monday. The decision comes two days before Ranaut, who is in her home state Himachal Pradesh, said she plans to visit Mumbai on

Lucknow, Sept 7: Putting an end to speculation about him joining the Congress after being released from jail recently, Dr Kafeel Khan said that he is a doctor and would like to remain so. He was recently released from Mathura jail after the Allahabad High Court quashed his detention under the stringent National Security Act (NSA). The court had ordered his immediate release, asserting that his

China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic. High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week -- vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm. Neither has hit the market yet but the makers