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Manama, Aug 17: After a video clip of a woman damaging the idols of Ganesha in a shop in Bahrain went viral, the local police have charged her with intentional damage and publicly insulting a religious symbol. The police said on Sunday that the 54-year-old woman was summoned after the video on social media showed her "intentionally damaging a shop... and breaking religious idols" in the Juffair

Bengaluru, Aug 17: A senior police official has rejected rumours that the Central Crime Branc raided the SDPI office in Hegde Nagar in connection with August 11 Bengaluru violence. “We didn’t raid the SDPI office, but we arrested a few of its members. Their residences in Hegde Nagar, Nagawara, Govindapura and surrounding areas were raided,” said the official. However, officers who were a part of

Bengaluru, Aug 17: Karnataka's coronavirus toll crossed the 4,000 mark to reach 4,062 as 115 more patients succumbed to the virus, while 6,317 new infections took its tally to 2.33 lakh, an official said on Monday. Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey also said that 7,071 people have been discharged after treatment, taking the number of recoveries to 1.48 lakh. Of the total cases, 80,643 are

Kasaragod, Aug 17: The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (Kerala RTC) is set to resume interstate bus services to and from Karnataka owing to the Onam festival. Kerala RTC announced that the bus services between Kerala and Karnataka will resume between August 25 and September 6. In a post, the state RTC wrote that the bus tickets can be booked through the official website of Kerala RTC from

Bengaluru, Aug 17: A fact-finding team formed by the BJP to look into the August 11 Bengaluru violence has held Congress and SDPI responsible for the incident. Speaking to media persons after visiting riot hit areas, former minister Aravind Limbavali, who is a member of the BJP’s fact-finding committee charged that the Congress, along with SDPI, was behind the incident. “We will gather more

New Delhi, Aug 17: India's COVID-19 death toll breached the 50,000 mark as 941 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. The number of deaths due to the infection has reached 50,921. As many as 57,982 COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours across the country, taking India's total coronavirus cases to 26,47,664 cases. As

To the immune system, not all germs are equally memorable. But our body’s cells seem to be seriously studying up on the coronavirus. Scientists who have been monitoring immune responses to the virus are now starting to see encouraging signs of strong, lasting immunity, even in people who developed only mild symptoms of Covid-19, a flurry of new studies suggests. Disease-fighting antibodies, as

Washington, Aug 17: US President Donald Trump has indicated that he was looking to ban other Chinese-owned companies, including e-commerce giant Alibaba in the United States, days after signing an executive order targetting TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, Fox News reported. The development came after Trump issued an executive order on August 14, requiring ByteDance to divest its interests in

Udupi, Aug 16: Four fishermen are reported missing after their country boat Sagara Shri crashed into the breakwater at the mouth of Koderi fishing jetty in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district today. The missing fishermen have been identified as Nagraj Kharvi, Manjunath Kharvi, Laxman Kharvi and Shekar Kharvi. They were part of a group of 11 fishermen who had set out for fishing. The remaining

New Delhi, Aug 16: Former India opener Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday due to Covid-19 related complications after being put on life support for nearly 36 hours, his brother Pushpendra Chauhan said. Chauhan, who played 40 Tests for India, was 73 and is survived by his wife and son Vinayak, who is scheduled to arrive from Melbourne later in the day. "My elder brother Shri Chetan Chauhan has left us