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New Delhi, Aug 14: The Supreme Court on Friday held activist-lawyer PrashantBhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it would hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan in the matter. The apex court had on August 5 reserved its verdict in the matter after Bhushan had defended his

Bengaluru, Aug 14: Karnataka has logged a record number of 7,908 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours, raising the state's tally to 2.1 lakh, said Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey on Friday. Bengaluru continues to be the epicentre of the pandemic, recording 2,452 cases, raising the city's tally to 84,185, out of which 33,432 are active. Among other places, Ballari accounted for 608

New Delhi, Aug 14: Indian flyers holding any kind of valid visa under the 'Air Bubbles' agreement can travel to the UK, the US, Canada and UAE, said the Director-General of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India. "Under bubble agreement any Indian holding any kind of valid visa can travel to Canada, UK, US and UAE," said DGCA India in a statement. According to the earlier guidelines

Bengaluru, Aug 14: Sixty more people have been arrested in connection with violence in Bengaluru over a derogatory social media post earlier this week, said Sandeep Patil, Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime). Among those who were arrested include Kaleem Pasha, the husband of Congress corporator Irshad Begum, who represents Nagwara in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Kaleem

Mangaluru, Aug 14: The city police have booked fresh case after the screenshot of a deleted derogatory Facebook post resurfaced on social media. The development comes within days after a separate defamatory social media post triggered a massive violence in Bengaluru. A case had been registered in connection with the defamatory post in 2018 at the cyber, economic offences and narcotics (CEN) police

The increasing number of covid-19 cases and confusions about a standard treatment for this ailment has been a cause of panic amongst the general public in coastal Karnataka. On the other hand the Dakshina Kannada’s covid-19 fatality rate is far higher than entire Karnataka’s covid-19 mortality rate. According to experts, plasma therapy is one of the ways that have shown remarkable results in

Bengaluru, Aug 14: BJP leader BL Santhosh on Thursday said that former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah did not condemn the attack on Congress MLA Akhand Srinivas Murthy's house but asked 'irrelevant' questions to the BJP. "Ex-CM of @INCKarnataka has tagged me in 13 tweets. Not one condemning riots or attack on his own party's Dalit MLA or asking Govt for tough actions. Same beating around

Dubai, Aug 13: The UAE and Israel have reached a historic deal that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two nations. The agreement, brokered by US President Donald Trump, means Israel has suspended plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. A joint statement from the UAE, Israel and the US said: "This historic diplomatic breakthrough will advance peace in the

Kasaragod, Aug 13: A teenage girl lost her life and her father is in a critical condition after eating the ice cream laced with poison served by the victim’s elder brother in Kerala. The deceased has been identified as Ann Mary (16), daughter of Benny and Bessy couple, residents of Balal in Vellarikundu in Kasaragod district. Mary’s elder brother Albin Benny (22) has been arrested by the police in

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Karnataka's COVID-19 count crossed the grim milestone of 2-lakh mark today. At least 6,706 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of coronavirus patients in the state increased to 2,03,200. There were 78,337 active coronavirus cases in the country. The deadly virus claimed 103 lives in the last 24 hours, bringing the