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Udupi, Dec 3: Anti-conversion laws introduced in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are being studied in Karnataka to bring out a new legislation to prohibit religious conversion for the sake of marriage in the state, said home minister Basavaraj Bommai. Speaking to reporters here today, he said Karnataka is gearing up for a law against love jihad. “When UP, MP and Haryana governments proposed laws

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Karnataka Agriculture Minister B C Patil on Thursday said the farmers who commit suicide are cowards. "The farmers who commit suicide are cowards. Only a coward who can't take care of his wife and children commits suicide. When we have fallen (in the water), we have to swim and win," Patil said addressing farmers at Ponnampet in Kodagu district of Karnataka. The minister was

Bengaluru, Dec 3: Graded opening of schools from January may be considered after carefully assessing the pandemic situation in the last week of December, the state’s Covid-19 technical advisory committee (TAC) told the government. If the government accepts this recommendation and the pandemic situation is favourable, then schools will first reopen for classes 10 and 12. “Classes 9 and 11 can

Bengaluru, Dec 3: The imposition of night curfew between December 26 to January 1 and a ban on New Year celebrations were among suggestions put forth by a technical advisory committee advising the Karnataka government on how to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, warning the state of a second wave in January 2021. It has suggested measures like the “An early recognition of the second wave of Covid-19 in

New Delhi, Dec 3: Director of the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr Randeep Guleria has said that he is hopeful of that by the end of this month or early next month, India will get emergency use authorisation for a coronavirus vaccine. In an interview with ANI, Dr Guleria, who is also a member of the national task force on Covid-19 management stated: "In India, we now have a

New Delhi, Dec 3: The Interpol has warned law enforcement agencies across the globe that organised criminal networks could try to advertise and sell fake COVID-19 vaccines physically and on the internet. In an Orange notice issued to all 194 member countries on Wednesday, the Lyon-based international police cooperation body warned agencies to prepare for potential criminal activity in relation to

Chennai, Dec 3:Time has come to change the fate of Tamil Nadu, while political and government change in the state is important and compulsion of time, said actor Rajinikanth on Thursday. The actor sounded his poll bugle against the ruling AIADMK government as well as against the major opposition party DMK. Rajinikanth said he would float his political party in January 2021 and an announcement in

In the process of formation of the nation one of the major pillars is the concept of Fraternity. The words, Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity are flagship of French revolution, the revolution which overturned the feudal system, the kingdom and heralded the coming in of Modern Nation state, the concept of democracy. The path of these values has not been easy in India, where the process of ‘India as

Mangaluru, Dec 3: A suspect was interrogated by the police in connection with controversial graffiti that had sparked uproar in the city a few days ago. The man who was questioned by the police is Nazeer Mohammed (26), a native of Theerthahalli, who was doing online food delivery job in the city. It is learnt that Kadri police took Nazeer into custody today morning for questioning and later let

London, Dec 3: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday hailed the "searchlights of science" which have fought back against the "invisible enemy" COVID-19 with an approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine but urged the British public to not get carried away with "over optimism". Addressing a 10 Downing Street briefing to confirm that the vaccine will be ready to be deployed to the highest risk