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Bengaluru, Sep 1: Filmmaker and journalist Indrajit Lankesh on Tuesday claimed that at least 15 people in the Kannada film industry were involved in drug trafficking. He made the claim a day after deposing before the police to share the information about the alleged drug racket operating in the film industry. "I have given (names of) around 15 people whom I know are into the drug business. I

New Delhi, Sept 1: Rajeev Kumar assumed charge as the Election Commissioner of India on Tuesday. He joined the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra. Kumar, a Former Finance Secretary was appointed as Election Commissioner following the resignation of Ashok Lavasa. "The President is pleased to appoint Rajiv Kumar, IAS

New Delhi, Sep 1: Former President Pranab Mukherjee was cremated with full state honours at the Lodhi road electric crematorium on Tuesday afternoon. His son performed his last rites. Mukherjee's family and relatives paid their last respects clad in PPE kits while conforming to Covid-19 safeguards. An Army contingent gave a guard of honour and a gun salute to the former President. Mukherjee (84)

New Delhi, Sept 1: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted telecom companies, including Airtel Bharti and Vodafone Idea, a period of 10 years to clear their pending adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues to the Central government. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra, passing the order through video conferencing, asked the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to decide on spectrum trading as

New Delhi, Sept 1: Intelligence inputs provided to the Centre have suggested that about 1,000 square kilometres of area in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is now under Chinese control. China has been amassing troops and fortifying its presence along the LAC since April-May. Twenty Indian soldiers were killed on June 15 in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in violent clashes with

Facebook has threatened to block Australian publishers from sharing news on its platform as well as Instagram as the country wants the social network to pay media companies for using their content. Facebook said that the new regulation would force it to pay news organisations for content that the publishers voluntarily place on its platforms "and at a price that ignores the financial value it

Allahabad, Sept 1: The High Court of Allahabad today observed that Dr Kafeel Khan’s speech at the Aligarh Muslim University on December 13, 2019, amidst the anti-CAA protests, that led to his arrest and subsequent detention under the stringent provisions of the National Security Act, "does not disclose any effort to promote hatred or violence." The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Govind

New Delhi, Sept 1: India is the hardest-hit nation by coronavirus disease in Asia and is currently accounting for 30 percent of the daily reported new COVID-19 cases and 20 percent of daily deaths globally. However, a country-wide peak may still be some distance away, experts from Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) said. In a third joint statement on the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a task

Geneva, Sept 1: Countries with significant active spread of coronavirus must prevent amplifying events, as opening up without the virus being under control would be a "recipe for disaster", the World Health Organization said on Monday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recognised that many people are getting tired of restrictions and want to return to normality eight months into the

Bengaluru, Sep 1: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy attacked State Minister for Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar for commenting about his 'background' and said, the latter must "first recall how many times he has switched his party by taking overnight flights". "Talking about my background in the excitement of getting a ministerial position reflects Sudhakar's true personality. People