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Bengaluru, Sept 6: Karnataka Labour Minister A Shivaram Hebbar on Sunday said he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus and would be under treatment in their home itself being asymptomatic. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa wished the 63-year old leader a speedy recovery and prayed that he continued with his good works. "Me and my wife underwent COVID-19 test and have been found

Prayagraj, Sept 6: The Allahabad high court has dismissed with cost a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking revocation of citizenship of Kanhaiya Kumar, former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students’ union, in connection with the alleged anti-national slogans that he and others raised at a gathering on the central university campus in 2016. A bench comprising justice

Tehran, Sept 6: Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic as COVID-19 cases in Iran surged to 384,666 on Saturday. Meanwhile, an Iraqi health official warned that the citizens should not play down the seriousness of the coronavirus as 4,644 daily new infections were reported. Iran, the hardest-hit country in the Middle East region, reported 1,894 new

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Preparations are underway at the metro stations of Namma Metro, also known as Bengaluru Metro, as it gears up to resume services from September 7 as part of Unlock 4.0. Trains on Bengaluru's Namma Metro will operate between 8-11 am and 4:30-7:30 pm with a frequency of five minutes upon resumption of services from September 7. According to a release by the Bangalore Metro Rail

New Delhi, Sept 5: A mosque that will come up in Ayodhya pursuant to the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case will be of the same size as Babri Masjid, said an office-brearer of the trust formed for its construction. The five-acre complex in Ayodhya's Dhannipur village will also house a hospital, a library and a museum among others, the office-bearer said, adding that retired

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Karnataka on Saturday reported 9,746 new Covid-19 cases and 128 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 3,89,232 and death toll to 6,298, the Health department said. The day also saw a record 9,102 patients getting discharged after recovery. Out of 9,746 fresh cases reported today, 3,093 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone. As of September 5 evening

Mangaluru, Sept 5: Even as the number of Covid-19 cases in Dakshina Kannada showed no signs of decline, the district’s death rate reached 2.82 per cent. Statistics show that Dakshina Kannada is one of the worst effected districts in Karnataka, which is of the worst covid hit states of India. The covid-19 death toll in Karnataka has already crossed 6000-mark. However, the death rates fell from 1.85

Udupi, Sept 5: A leopard which has been creating panic among the people for the last few days at Vijayanagara Kodi in Udupi district fell into a trap laid by the forest department early on Saturday. The local people had complained to the forest department of the leopard which had ventured out of the forests and devoured livestock and pet animals in recent days. The department took prompt action

Washington, Sept 5: US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) termed the ongoing tensions at the India-China border as a "very nasty situation," further adding that "if we can do anything we would love to get involved and help." "It has been a very nasty situation and we stand ready to help with respect to China and India. If we can do anything we would love to get involved and help. We are

Bengaluru, Sept 5: People of Karnataka were taken aback when Kannada film actress Samyuktha Hegde removed her pullover and flaunted her sports bras after she and her friends were allegedly subjected to moral policing by a small group of people led by a woman at a park near Agara lake in Bengaluru. Hegde, who is a fitness enthusiast and often teaches her fans how to hula hoop, chose to protest and